false 46 408 402 true 5656445 read 2 true 507816 currently-reading 4 true 507815 to-read 0 false 515121 currentlyreading <![CDATA[George made a comment on George Lynn's profile]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/243419-george George made a comment on George Lynn's profile:

I'm fine, thank you. And you? ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from George]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/76055-historical-event-game George made a comment in the History is Not Boring group:

I was going to say Nijinsky until we got to the violin concerto. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from George]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/234603-holocaust-movies George made a comment in the Movies We've Just Watched group:

Actually, I liked Schindler over all, but it's so well known I didn't see any need to mention it. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from George]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/238770-scariest-horror-film-you-have-seen George made a comment in the (good) Horror Films group:

Well, I'll throw 2 names into the hat, one of which has already been mentioned, The Exorcist. I saw it when it first came out and I don't think I've ever been more viscerally affected by any film. I went to a late night showing with a girl friend who was comepletely unable to sleep for the next 12 hours or so. and you definitely don't have to be Catholic to appreciate it. I went to Morocco a bit later on when the Exorcist played there and people literally ran out of the theater screaming at some showings. Belief in demonic possession isn't the sole property of Roman Catholics.

I would also put in a good word for Psycho. the first time I saw it was at a college theater showing along with 200 or so other students, and believe me, you could cut the collective fear in that room with a knife. It made a huge difference seeing the film with a sizeable audience.

Actually, I think some of the reactions here on what is or isn't scary have more to do with whether or not people were seeing it at home on dvd or in an actual theater on a large screen, as the two experiences aren't remotely similar and real panic and fear are contagious.

In my personal experience, the most horrifying film I've seen, as opposed to the scariest would be the original Dawn of the Dead. I accidently saw it at a multi screen movie theater as I was coming out from a different film and I heard the audience screaming from behind the closed doors, louder than the soundtrack. No one was watching so I went inside to see what it was all about and just stood there transfixed with my mouth open for about 15 minutes or so, watching zombies pull people apart. after a while, when I regained some semblance of rational thought and realized no one had come to throw me out, I sat down and watched the rest of the film. ]]> <![CDATA[George added 'To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77909284 to: To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign (Hardcover) by Stephen W. Sears
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]]> <![CDATA[George is on page 200 of The Secret History o... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77909140 George is on page 200 of 512 of The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from George]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/239947-longstreet George made a comment in the The American Civil War group:

In my opinion as well. ]]> <![CDATA[George added 'War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71037229 to: War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta (Hardcover) by Russell S. Bonds
A very engaging read from beginning to end. The author is himself from Atlanta, and the book starts off with the opening premier of Gone with the Wind, and ends up with the resurrection of Atlanta from the literal ashes left behind in Sherman's wake. Interestingly enough, there's a segment on Sherman's return speaking engagement to Atlanta long after the end of the war. It's a pretty comprehensive and very balenced study of the campaign and the city itself. The book is not particularly kind to Sherman as commander, who clearly made a number of mistakes during the campaign, most of which he was able to get away with, but doesn't attack him on any personal level. It's somewhat kinder to Hood than he deserves in my opinion, although doesn't really pull any punches in his continued destruction of the Confederate Western forces during and long after Atlanta. The author is far more critical of Joe Johnston in his continual bloodless withdrawals from Sherman's advance in Northern Georgia leading up to the seige of the city. All in all, it's a very entertaining book while leaving out few if any pertinent facts. One wishes he would take on Sherman's march to the sea at some point. ]]> <![CDATA[George added 'The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71147266 to: The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863 (Paperback) by Eric J. Wittenberg
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