Big fan of Mark Helprin. Just ordered “The Pacific” as I don’t have it in my collection and Helprin said it’s his proudest work. Thanks for the discussion.
After hearing this episode I immediately ordered both the new Oceans and Stars as well as The Pacific and Other Stories. Both books are masterpieces. My one question with Oceans and Stars is why Mark Helprin went into such great technical detail on his fictional warship class, Athena. I spent a bit of time trying to find out if this was an actual class of US ships.
I said last week "I wish roberts would quit doing these. Glib, one-sided." At least this week it wasn't glib. However, this was his absolute worst episode touching on the Middle East. Bad, bad, bad, ....
Excellent episode, Russ!
Big fan of Mark Helprin. Just ordered “The Pacific” as I don’t have it in my collection and Helprin said it’s his proudest work. Thanks for the discussion.
After hearing this episode I immediately ordered both the new Oceans and Stars as well as The Pacific and Other Stories. Both books are masterpieces. My one question with Oceans and Stars is why Mark Helprin went into such great technical detail on his fictional warship class, Athena. I spent a bit of time trying to find out if this was an actual class of US ships.
55:00 I disagree with what Mark Helprin said. Bro is being hypocritical here.
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Expand on your views please
I said last week "I wish roberts would quit doing these. Glib, one-sided." At least this week it wasn't glib. However, this was his absolute worst episode touching on the Middle East. Bad, bad, bad, ....
Why, because you support Hamas?