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Ron Hogan

author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/profile/ronhogan

born

June 16, 1970

gender

male

place of birth

United States

website

http://www.ronhogan.net

genre

History, Entertainment

influences

Greil Marcus, Dawn Powell, Jim Bouton, Gavin Lambert, Robert Anton Wilson

about this author

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Ron Hogan is the author of The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane, a visual tribute to '70s Hollywood published in 2005. He also contributed to the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning.

In addition to editing (and writing a good chunk of) the literary website Beatrice.com, he writes about the business side of publishing at GalleyCat. And he published an e-book of his "translation" of the Tao Te Ching that is downloaded by more than 25,000 readers a year in various formats.

books by Ron Hogan

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avg rating: 4.24 | 21 ratings | 2 distinct works

	The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane! American Films of the 1970s (Hardcover) by Ron Hogan (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.47 — 19 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	View from the Top: Law Firm Leaders Unlock the Secrets of a Successful Legal Career (Paperback) by Ron Hogan (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 2005	my rating:

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Ron is currently reading

	03/06 Ron is currently reading: Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter (Hardcover) by Robert Rummel-Hudson (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, memoirs	my rating:
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October 12
	Ron gave to: Sly Mongoose (Hardcover) by Tobias S. Buckell bookshelves: adventure, science-fiction, war	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "If you loved the way classic science fiction writers like Hal Clement would imagine a planet with radically different living conditions than Earth, and then extrapolate what sort of people would...more " add a comment
October 10
	Ron gave to: The Whiskey Rebels: A Novel (Hardcover) by David Liss (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: early-america, historical-fiction, thriller	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "Liss takes the very real financial crisis of 1792, which very nearly upended the nascent American economy, and creates a highly credible conspiracy to explain it -- it is, I think, perhaps the most plausible fictional conspiracy of its kind since ...more " add a comment
	Ron gave to: Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family (Hardcover) by Veronica Chater bookshelves: memoirs, religious, roman-catholic	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "When I went to Notre Dame, we would always joke about Catholics who were so conservative that they thought Vatican II was a mistake, but Veronica Chater actually lived through it -- her father quit his job and moved the entire family from California ...more " add a comment
October 06
	Ron gave to: The Good Thief (Hardcover) by Hannah Tinti (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: debut-novel, historical-fiction, made-me-cry	my rating:
	recommended for: anybody who loves a good story read in October, 2008 Ron said: "Because of its youthful protagonist, there's been some talk about whether this is a YA novel that's good enough for adults or a "grown-up" literary novel that's straightforward enough for teens--whatever side of that fence you want to fall ...more " add a comment
	Ron gave to: Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life (Hardcover) by John Adams bookshelves: classical-music, memoirs	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "As you would expect, there's plenty of backstory into the creation of Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, and other major works, including Adams' most recent opera, Doctor Atomic. For me, though, some of the most important ...more " add a comment
	Ron said "maybe" to attending the event: ONLINE LAUNCH OF THE GRANGE HALL. date: October 07, 2008 12:37PM location: THE WORLD WIDE WEB, United States description: Please check out THE GRANGE HALL ... a new online zine that asks you to become a part of the conversation... Submissions welcomed.
October 04
	Ron gave to: Invite (Iowa Short Fiction Award) by Glen Pourciau bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "Many of the stories here are about characters who have been rendered outwardly inarticulate, be it by rage or frustration or humiliation or, in the case of "Gone," by physical deterioration. But their inner monologues are intricate and emot...more " add a comment
	Ron gave to: The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones bookshelves: debut-novel, historical-fiction, islam, religious	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "Anybody who says this novel is "soft-core pornography," as Islamic studies professor Denise Spellberg did, must have some sort of agenda -- there is nothing in this book that even remotely meets that standard. There are scenes where sex is ...more " add a comment
October 03
	Ron gave to: Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940 (Hardcover) by D. J. Taylor bookshelves: celebrities, cultural-studies, history	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "I picked this one up because I'm a longtime Evelyn Waugh fan, so I was curious to learn more about the social scene that inspired Vile Bodies and Decline and Fall. There's a lot of great anecdotes in here, but it turns out to be not so much a straigh...more " add a comment
October 01
	Ron gave to: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us (Hardcover) by Seth Godin bookshelves: blogs, business, career, leadership, mindblowing, motivational, nonfiction, radical	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Ron said: "This book will make you want to go out and change the world. It's a powerful reminder that what we call "marketing" is really just doing something that you believe in passionately and then sharing that passion with other people, getting ...more " 1 comment

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Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to re...more

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from Kevin

03/08/2008 01:27AM

Ron Hogan! Hello!!

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from Jonathan

03/02/2008 09:44AM

What ho, Ron. Good to see you on here.

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