I must have read this book 30 years ago and now I want to read it again! Burt Reynolds is one of my favorites too , so I may have to watch the movie again as well.
Hello Heidi! This is really an amazing novel, and for all the action involved, pretty short, just 250 pages. Definitely a novel that is hard to put down. All the way to the end, he always has a little more. One comment said this book is no longer in print. I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope my video will inspire some new readers, this book is just too incredible to be forgotten.
@@heidi6281 Please let me know how you enjoy it. I didn't mention it in my review, but I was wondering how female readers might feel about this one. Maybe it is a silly question, but it is quite a manly book, and I would like to get a female perspective on it.
I really liked “Deliverance” the movie and years later enjoyed the book. I then read “To the White Sea”. It’s about a soldier behind enemy lines. (Can’t remember if it was Vietnam or Korea) The soldier is going through village after village. Exciting. It was optioned to be a movie but never got made.
Both the book and the movie are pretty incredible. I liked the book more because of the focus on the canoeing and then the climbing the gorge scene. In the movie I think everyone only remembers the one famous scene. It really made me feel like I wanted to try some canoeing, here in BC. But I'm not an outdoorsy person, I wouldn't even know where to begin. I think you've got to have a friend who is already into canoeing and camping to help get his friends into it. I know I will deeply regret it when I leave BC that I didn't do more outdoors activities. My wife just hates it, she doesn't even like long walks.
Well, I happened to have read this before the movie came out. It's been a long time, but i do remember thinking that the Ed and Lewis characters were two different parts of Dickey's personality. There are other dichotomies too--man vs. nature, country/city et al--and then there's canoeing down a river. Classic Hero's Journey stuff and very satisfying. Thank you for this.
Hello Sal. I think you are on to a good thing with the two sides of Dickey's character idea. He must have been like that. The soldier and hunter on one hand, and then the poet.writer on the other. He was a professor for most of the second half of his life. There was really a lot going on with that man. Read this before the movie came out? Wow! What was it like before electricity? Is it hard to shoe your horse? Just joking Sal, I'm happy to read your comment.
Ha, ha. Another Dickey quote that’s stuck in my head all these years ( since the flood) is “There are two occupational hazards to being a poet. One is alcoholism and the other is suicide.” I think this was from a Paris Review interview.
@@TheSalMaris I've often wondered about this. Alcohol and poetry. Whether someone who is naturally inclined to excessive drinking feels that occasionally writing a poem makes it acceptable. Maybe it's all the mystique. I wanted to be that way when I went to university in 1993, live life the hardest way possible. It took me a long time to realize that it's only drinking, any fool can do exactly the same.
The talk about body odor reminded me of years ago my 3 kids were little. My wife and I took the kids to the movie theater and I was far end of the row. After 15min my wife in the aisle seat wanted to swap seats. So not knowing why I did. Within a minute I realized the guy sitting in front of me had that extreme painful stench. Covered my face best I could. Eyes running with tears. Worst ever.
That's funny and terrible. In Vancouver we have a large problem with body odour on the public transportation. Not joking, they even had an advertising campaign a few years back asking people to wash their clothes and wear deodorant. We have an abundance of a certain class of citizen who think they are saving money by washing less often, themselves and their clothes. Sometimes they stink like they've been sleeping in their clothes for many days running.
I read this when it came out. One of the first commentaries about how insulated from reality suburbanites are. Docile versus "wild" humanity. FYI, Deliverance is currently out of print.
Out of print!! You have to be kidding me? This book is amazing. That really annoys me quite a lot. It completely captures that feeling of being comfortable in the suburbs, and the fear of getting out into the wild.
It is quite strange, although his writing in Deliverance is quite brutal at times. I am not sure about his poetry, but from what little I've seen, it still has that raw, wild nature element.
I highly recommend hearing the Audible version of this book read by Will Patton with a southern accent. I am reading my way through the top 100 Modern Library novels and this is one of my favorites. Three to go!
Hello Capybara, three to go! Good job! Currently I have 4 left, and I know I can read one, but the other three I have a feeling I might never have the patience for. The audible version sounds good. I think this could be a really fun book to listen to, especially with someone with the right accent. Thanks for writing! (Which three?)
@@grantlovesbooksThe 3 to go are Old Wives Tale, Nostromo, and Finnigan's Wake. I am in the middle of listening to the Old Wive's Tale on you tube Mystic Books with an excellent reader. Hoopla has Nostromo on audio and I have the book. Finnigan's Wake may remain unread.
@@Capybara87515 Do your best. Sometimes I would like to get my hands on the dummies who came up with this list and ask them what they were thinking. Point Counterpoint? All those wretched books by Henry James? But it has been great for really opening a lot of doors to me. Tobacco Road and The Ginger Man! Holy Cats!
@@grantlovesbooks I agree that Tobacco Road and The Ginger Man took me out of my normal sphere of existence. Evidently, the Ginger Man influenced a few bars of which one still exists in New York City. Some people seem to find the Ginger Man endearing but I did find his honesty about himself refreshing. Have you attempted to attack the Nonfiction Modern Library to 100? I have only read 7 (unintentionally) but tried starting with #1 The Education of Henry Adams and stopped cold.
@@Capybara87515 I've never even heard of the non-fiction top 100. I am not sure that is my cup of tea. I sometimes get a bit interested in reading something 'real' especially history, but I've got at least 200 books of fiction just on my shelves to read, and I'm keen to read most of them. Who knows, if I live long enough I might have a go at it. I just checked it. I've got 7 also. I might like to read that Nabokov, but the rest don't do much for me.
"This was his first novel, and you could say he really..."
...delivered.
I must have read this book 30 years ago and now I want to read it again! Burt Reynolds is one of my favorites too , so I may have to watch the movie again as well.
Hello Heidi! This is really an amazing novel, and for all the action involved, pretty short, just 250 pages. Definitely a novel that is hard to put down. All the way to the end, he always has a little more. One comment said this book is no longer in print. I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope my video will inspire some new readers, this book is just too incredible to be forgotten.
@@grantlovesbooks I am going to order it from the library now.
@@heidi6281 Please let me know how you enjoy it. I didn't mention it in my review, but I was wondering how female readers might feel about this one. Maybe it is a silly question, but it is quite a manly book, and I would like to get a female perspective on it.
@@grantlovesbooks It is on my nightstand and I will start my re-read tonight. I will come back with my thoughts as soon as I am done.
@@heidi6281 Please do Heidi!
I really liked “Deliverance” the movie and years later enjoyed the book. I then read “To the White Sea”. It’s about a soldier behind enemy lines. (Can’t remember if it was Vietnam or Korea) The soldier is going through village after village. Exciting. It was optioned to be a movie but never got made.
Both the book and the movie are pretty incredible. I liked the book more because of the focus on the canoeing and then the climbing the gorge scene. In the movie I think everyone only remembers the one famous scene. It really made me feel like I wanted to try some canoeing, here in BC. But I'm not an outdoorsy person, I wouldn't even know where to begin. I think you've got to have a friend who is already into canoeing and camping to help get his friends into it. I know I will deeply regret it when I leave BC that I didn't do more outdoors activities. My wife just hates it, she doesn't even like long walks.
Well, I happened to have read this before the movie came out. It's been a long time, but i do remember thinking that the Ed and Lewis characters were two different parts of Dickey's personality. There are other dichotomies too--man vs. nature, country/city et al--and then there's canoeing down a river. Classic Hero's Journey stuff and very satisfying. Thank you for this.
Hello Sal. I think you are on to a good thing with the two sides of Dickey's character idea. He must have been like that. The soldier and hunter on one hand, and then the poet.writer on the other. He was a professor for most of the second half of his life. There was really a lot going on with that man.
Read this before the movie came out? Wow! What was it like before electricity? Is it hard to shoe your horse?
Just joking Sal, I'm happy to read your comment.
Ha, ha. Another Dickey quote that’s stuck in my head all these years ( since the flood) is “There are two occupational hazards to being a poet. One is alcoholism and the other is suicide.” I think this was from a Paris Review interview.
@@TheSalMaris I've often wondered about this. Alcohol and poetry. Whether someone who is naturally inclined to excessive drinking feels that occasionally writing a poem makes it acceptable.
Maybe it's all the mystique. I wanted to be that way when I went to university in 1993, live life the hardest way possible. It took me a long time to realize that it's only drinking, any fool can do exactly the same.
@@grantlovesbooks Yes, the drinking part is merely mystique and great, grand poetry has been written without the aid, or crutch, of alcohol,
The talk about body odor reminded me of years ago my 3 kids were little. My wife and I took the kids to the movie theater and I was far end of the row. After 15min my wife in the aisle seat wanted to swap seats. So not knowing why I did. Within a minute I realized the guy sitting in front of me had that extreme painful stench. Covered my face best I could. Eyes running with tears. Worst ever.
That's funny and terrible. In Vancouver we have a large problem with body odour on the public transportation. Not joking, they even had an advertising campaign a few years back asking people to wash their clothes and wear deodorant. We have an abundance of a certain class of citizen who think they are saving money by washing less often, themselves and their clothes. Sometimes they stink like they've been sleeping in their clothes for many days running.
I read this when it came out. One of the first commentaries about how insulated from reality suburbanites are. Docile versus "wild" humanity. FYI, Deliverance is currently out of print.
Out of print!! You have to be kidding me? This book is amazing. That really annoys me quite a lot.
It completely captures that feeling of being comfortable in the suburbs, and the fear of getting out into the wild.
What a contrast! A poet laureate and warrior. Thanks.
It is quite strange, although his writing in Deliverance is quite brutal at times. I am not sure about his poetry, but from what little I've seen, it still has that raw, wild nature element.
I highly recommend hearing the Audible version of this book read by Will Patton with a southern accent. I am reading my way through the top 100 Modern Library novels and this is one of my favorites. Three to go!
Hello Capybara, three to go! Good job! Currently I have 4 left, and I know I can read one, but the other three I have a feeling I might never have the patience for.
The audible version sounds good. I think this could be a really fun book to listen to, especially with someone with the right accent.
Thanks for writing!
(Which three?)
@@grantlovesbooksThe 3 to go are Old Wives Tale, Nostromo, and Finnigan's Wake. I am in the middle of listening to the Old Wive's Tale on you tube Mystic Books with an excellent reader. Hoopla has Nostromo on audio and I have the book. Finnigan's Wake may remain unread.
@@Capybara87515 Do your best. Sometimes I would like to get my hands on the dummies who came up with this list and ask them what they were thinking. Point Counterpoint? All those wretched books by Henry James?
But it has been great for really opening a lot of doors to me. Tobacco Road and The Ginger Man! Holy Cats!
@@grantlovesbooks I agree that Tobacco Road and The Ginger Man took me out of my normal sphere of existence. Evidently, the Ginger Man influenced a few bars of which one still exists in New York City. Some people seem to find the Ginger Man endearing but I did find his honesty about himself refreshing. Have you attempted to attack the Nonfiction Modern Library to 100? I have only read 7 (unintentionally) but tried starting with #1 The Education of Henry Adams and stopped cold.
@@Capybara87515 I've never even heard of the non-fiction top 100. I am not sure that is my cup of tea. I sometimes get a bit interested in reading something 'real' especially history, but I've got at least 200 books of fiction just on my shelves to read, and I'm keen to read most of them.
Who knows, if I live long enough I might have a go at it.
I just checked it. I've got 7 also. I might like to read that Nabokov, but the rest don't do much for me.
Commenting for the algorithm. Now for the review.😂
Thanks Deb, hope you enjoy the review!
Meh...