The John Steinbeck Thread

Gus- Can I pay you out in Jelly Belly's???? Please, please please!

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I'm often mistaken for Cindy Lou Who.....oh wait, that's another thread Rolling Eyes

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My God! What has happened to my thread?

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I think it is a rather fine thread. when you squint and pull your eyelids to the side, it looks just like any other thread, if not better!

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Gus- It has simply reached its logical conclusion. Hey, what about the Jelly Belly's?

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I thought "The Grapes of Wrath" was, like, awesome. Totally rad.

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John Steinbeck would be damn proud. Pass me the Jelly Belly's.

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I have no idea what a jelly belly is. Unless you're talking about that chick in Cleveland back in '34.

But how would you know about her?

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Greyfan wrote:

I thought "The Grapes of Wrath" was, like, awesome. Totally rad.

Now we're getting somewhere! "The Grapes of Wrath" was, like, awesome, but not nearly as satisfying as "The Wayward Bus"

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Gus- When one is omipotent, and omniscent, one knows about EVERYTHING. Watch out!

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I think Steinbeck wrote about her in the Cannery (is that the right translation? I read it in Czech. It was called Na plecharne).

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I own an illustrated first edition of "The Red Pony" published in 1945.

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Those, Gus m'love, are Jelly Bellys. They are the Rolls Royce of jelly beans!

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Dagmaraka wrote:

I think Steinbeck wrote about her in the Cannery (is that the right translation? I read it in Czech. It was called Na plecharne)

What else have you read by Steinbeck, Dag?

If you haven't read "The Wayward Bus", I would suggest you do so.

An incredible dissection of the thought process of the various characters.

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< Gus picks out a solitary black jelly bean from Phoenix's pile and eats it >

Oh my friggin lord! That sounded disgusting!

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An incredible dissection of the thought process of the various characters.

Hey Gus- Are you sure that you haven't confused it with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", by Edward Albee?

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that did sound disgusting. shame on you. i have not read the wayward bus. i must. i am now on a Rohit Gupta splurge. Young guy I met in Mumbai who blew my mind away. I mentioned him in my diary that nobody read. If you google him, you'll find some shorter things by him, but his books are hard to get - i just got one and it's being shipped to me from india. play-on edward it's called. oh sigh. what a wonderful...errr...writer he is.

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Loved "Grapes of Wrath" book and movie.

I never could finish "East of Eden" - I tried at least 3 times. Was James Dean in the movie?

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Interesting. The Wayward Bus and East of Eden are among the Steinbeck books that I have never read. (There are probably others, as well.)

Dag, in English it's Cannery Row. There's also a sequel -- Sweet Thursday -- which has many of the same characters. (Those two I have read, along with some others.)

Gus, have you read Tortilla Flat? Hilarious book.

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I listened to an audiobook version of Tortilla Flat; very enjoyable. But I wonder if its portrayal of shiftless, drunken paesanos would even be publishable today...

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