RIP Cormac McCarthy

[Meadow Skipper]

Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89

Guy was an amazing writer, really amazing.

“All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.

[ZomblibulaX]

I know he was an acclaimed writer, but I still feel like he didn't get enough credit. Every book of his I've read is gut-wrenching, beautiful and tragic. Blood Meridian is one of the best American novels of the 20th century.

[lowsparkco]

Blood Meridian is my fav too. Been a long time since I’ve read anything of his. Maybe it’s time to reread a few.

[bennymac]

and I think writing was just an occasional pastime for him when he wasn’t being a super genius

[The Reverend Floater]

Oh man, I didn't hear about this.

As mentioned in the Books thread, All the Pretty Horses is likely my favorite read of my adult life. Don't be dissuaded by the movie. The book is a masterpiece. Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men and The Road are also incredible works.

RIP to a truly unique author and storytelling artist.

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[Skistack]

I had just picked up All the Pretty Horses to read on vacation week.

[riser4]

I can't read dark and depressing stuff anymore, current reality is bad enough.

[Mudfoot]

Blood Meridian is my fav too. Been a long time since I’ve read anything of his. Maybe it’s time to reread a few.

Blood Meridian was mind altering to read. No Country for Old Men was written in a more traditional style but BM was like he took a hammer, smashed the English language, and then created a new diction or something for putting words together. He could directly evoke emotions with his stream of consciousness style like nothing I have ever experienced. A true master in his own class.

[brutah]

RIP

one of my favorites. blood meridian is a great book and quick read because there is action/people dying on every page. I'd add Suttree to the list of Cormac McCarthy books you should read. Suttree follows some guy (suttree) living off the river in tennessee, and it's a just crazy ride. He's one of those authors that I feel you should read the entire catalog.

[RootSkier]

and I think writing was just an occasional pastime for him when he wasn’t being a super genius

Like living penniless in a barn without plumbing and refusing to take paid speaking gigs so his wife had to eat nothing but beans? Super genius? Super genius!

[ötzi]

RIP but it's not like he didn't see it coming a long ways off.

[Meadow Skipper]

and I think writing was just an occasional pastime for him when he wasn’t being a super genius

He hung out with scientists at the Santa Fe Institute genius place.
https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/...ing-friendship

[DBdude]

RIP but it's not like he didn't see it coming a long ways off.

funny and true...

[Meadow Skipper]

Like living penniless in a barn without plumbing and refusing to take paid speaking gigs so his wife had to eat nothing but beans? Super genius? Super genius!

You’ve unlocked an interesting secret - McCarthy was actually an idiot.

[jackstraw]

He hung out with scientists at the Santa Fe Institute genius place.
https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/...ing-friendship

Thanks for posting that link

[frorider]

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[Meadow Skipper]

^ Heh

[The Reverend Floater]

"In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will. The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and reality, even where we will not. Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting."

"He thought that in the beauty of the world were hid a secret. He thought the world's heart beat at some terrible cost and that the world's pain and it's beauty moved in a relationship of diverging equity and that in this headlong deficit the blood of multitudes might ultimately be exacted for the vision of a single flower."

Dude had an undeniable gift for beautiful prose.

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[stuckathuntermtn]

I know he was an acclaimed writer, but I still feel like he didn't get enough credit. Every book of his I've read is gut-wrenching, beautiful and tragic. Blood Meridian is one of the best American novels of the 20th century.

Yeah, I figured he should have gotten a Nobel.

Sad, but then dude was old af.