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Some of these were tailor made for The Twilight Zone in some ways. Still, they've all been decent stories thus far.

Good stories so far, but certainly antiquated with its nearly constant use of the n-word. But, as that's the time she lived in, it's not inappropriate. Just a bit shocking when you run across it every fifth line or so.

"I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered, stabilized-within-the-photo lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot of our actual lives, or actual night, the hell of it, the senseless nightmare road." ~Sal Paradise.

"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? --it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-by. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." ~Sal Paradise

"Until you learn to realize the importance of the Banana King you will know absolutely nothing about the human-interest things of the world." ~Remi Boncoeur

I see what the fuss is about with this book. I can only put it down to sleep, and even that takes some convincing.

I've seen the movie already, but I thought I'd give it a whirl anyway. The movie was decent, so hopefully the book will be just as good.

I like this "entertainment." It has a Bond/Clouseau aspect to it.

Steinbeck never ceases to amaze me. I could fill a commonplace book with the quotables and the things I've discovered in the first 70 pages. Plus, the vocabulary...oh, I need to learn to use words like this.

As this was written in 1991, there are a few outdated issues. 20 years is a long time even in a tradition-oriented game such as baseball. The latest chapter on statistics would certainly have served to be updated post-Billy Beane and Moneyball. Still, each chapter is of interest and I continue to enjoy it.