Comments on: For the Literary Mormon Daddy http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/ Mormon Arts and Culture Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:17:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Th. http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36747 Th. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:09:42 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36747 . Novel. <i>Rift</i>. Coming out later this year. (Same characters as the opening story.) .

Novel. Rift. Coming out later this year. (Same characters as the opening story.)

]]> By: Laura Craner http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36746 Laura Craner Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:30:44 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36746 Long After Dark update: the Lysol smell was almost as bad as the cigarette smell. So I ran around the front yard in circles waving the book above my head(my kids were riding bikes in the driveway so I had to be out front to supervise). The neighbors already think I'm weird since I'm one of two Mormon families on the block . . . the book waving just adds to my mystique. Anyway, now that the book alternates between vaguely smelly and a little bit stinky, I've been devouring/savoring it. Whoa. I hope this guy is writing more stuff. Long After Dark update: the Lysol smell was almost as bad as the cigarette smell. So I ran around the front yard in circles waving the book above my head(my kids were riding bikes in the driveway so I had to be out front to supervise). The neighbors already think I’m weird since I’m one of two Mormon families on the block . . . the book waving just adds to my mystique.

Anyway, now that the book alternates between vaguely smelly and a little bit stinky, I’ve been devouring/savoring it.

Whoa. I hope this guy is writing more stuff.

]]> By: MoJo http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36704 MoJo Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:43:13 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36704 Laura, I meant The Fob Bible, the "Plain and Precious Parts" (abridged) version you can download from Peculiar Pages and/or read it online and/or get it at Amazon on the Kindle for 99c. Here's the link (scroll down a bit; it's in the sidebar): http://b10mediaworx.com/peculiarpages/ Laura, I meant The Fob Bible, the “Plain and Precious Parts” (abridged) version you can download from Peculiar Pages and/or read it online and/or get it at Amazon on the Kindle for 99c.

Here’s the link (scroll down a bit; it’s in the sidebar):

http://b10mediaworx.com/peculiarpages/

]]> By: S. P. Bailey http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36702 S. P. Bailey Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:35:29 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36702 Great list. But, as my wife well knows, I don't wait for holidays to acquire books! It's funny: I'm getting cooking stuff too. A sweet barbecue thermometer. Because one must smoke meats in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should cook faster than baby back ribs can bear while remaining tender and juicy. Great list. But, as my wife well knows, I don’t wait for holidays to acquire books!

It’s funny: I’m getting cooking stuff too. A sweet barbecue thermometer. Because one must smoke meats in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should cook faster than baby back ribs can bear while remaining tender and juicy.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36701 Tyler Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:50:33 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36701 <i>A Mormon male who does not cook is not fulfilling his priesthood responsibilities to bring the Spirit and joy into his home and to provide a refuge from the evils of the world.</i> Phew. I guess I'm safe. I cook way more than my wife does (could have something to do with the fact that the gender roles are reversed in the Chadwick household). A Mormon male who does not cook is not fulfilling his priesthood responsibilities to bring the Spirit and joy into his home and to provide a refuge from the evils of the world.

Phew. I guess I’m safe. I cook way more than my wife does (could have something to do with the fact that the gender roles are reversed in the Chadwick household).

]]> By: Wm Morris http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36700 Wm Morris Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:44:05 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36700 Interesting, Laura. I need to ILL more Mormon titles. I've stopped reading as many as I do because I no longer have easy access to a library system that carries many of them. One thing I miss about the new bar code scanning for libraries is the date due stamp. I use to enjoy looking at books and seeing how often and when they had been checked out. I remember checking out _Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature_ from the UC Berkeley library and finding the due date stamp for the last time it had been checked out was when I had checked it out 2 years before. Interesting, Laura. I need to ILL more Mormon titles. I’ve stopped reading as many as I do because I no longer have easy access to a library system that carries many of them.

One thing I miss about the new bar code scanning for libraries is the date due stamp. I use to enjoy looking at books and seeing how often and when they had been checked out. I remember checking out _Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature_ from the UC Berkeley library and finding the due date stamp for the last time it had been checked out was when I had checked it out 2 years before.

]]> By: Laura Craner http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36699 Laura Craner Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:28:51 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36699 Mojo--Are you talking about the Fob Bible? Or is Long After Dark available online somewhere? Th--the shipping might be prohibitive for you :) William--Since I live in Colorado I had to interlibrary loan the book, like I do most LDS/Mormon titles. Many books come to me from exciting locales (Massachusetts and Hawaii are the two furthest)and sometimes are marked up or underlined which always makes reading more fun. It's like my own private book club :) Anyway, Long After Dark came from *drum roll* Uinta County Library in Evanston, Wyoming. The only thing I know about Evanston is that there's a big mental hospital there so maybe one of the patients there decided to read the book and was so engrossed by it that he/she took up chain smoking. My husband sprayed a liberal amount of Lysol into the air and I flipped the pages back and forth in the cloud so I'm hoping that took care of the smell. I had a similar problem with OSC's Saints. Sure makes me wonder about the readers and the conclusions they're drawing. . .nothing's scarier than a non-Mormon reading Mormon books! *wink* Mojo–Are you talking about the Fob Bible? Or is Long After Dark available online somewhere?

Th–the shipping might be prohibitive for you :)

William–Since I live in Colorado I had to interlibrary loan the book, like I do most LDS/Mormon titles. Many books come to me from exciting locales (Massachusetts and Hawaii are the two furthest)and sometimes are marked up or underlined which always makes reading more fun. It’s like my own private book club :) Anyway, Long After Dark came from *drum roll* Uinta County Library in Evanston, Wyoming. The only thing I know about Evanston is that there’s a big mental hospital there so maybe one of the patients there decided to read the book and was so engrossed by it that he/she took up chain smoking.

My husband sprayed a liberal amount of Lysol into the air and I flipped the pages back and forth in the cloud so I’m hoping that took care of the smell.

I had a similar problem with OSC’s Saints. Sure makes me wonder about the readers and the conclusions they’re drawing. . .nothing’s scarier than a non-Mormon reading Mormon books! *wink*

]]> By: Wm Morris http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36698 Wm Morris Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:05:31 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36698 I requested a copy of the Joy of Cooking (an older, non-softened-for-suburban-sensibilities one with recipes for game, including possum) for Father's Day. A Mormon male who does not cook is not fulfilling his priesthood responsibilities to bring the Spirit and joy into his home and to provide a refuge from the evils of the world. ---- I'd love to know the story behind the smoky Long After Dark. I requested a copy of the Joy of Cooking (an older, non-softened-for-suburban-sensibilities one with recipes for game, including possum) for Father’s Day. A Mormon male who does not cook is not fulfilling his priesthood responsibilities to bring the Spirit and joy into his home and to provide a refuge from the evils of the world.

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I’d love to know the story behind the smoky Long After Dark.

]]> By: Theric Jepson http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36697 Theric Jepson Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:39:23 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36697 . That's the saddest thing I've ever heard, Laura. I would lend you my copy, but I already promised it to a guy in my ward. .

That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard, Laura. I would lend you my copy, but I already promised it to a guy in my ward.

]]> By: MoJo http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/for-the-literary-mormon-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-36694 MoJo Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:16:24 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=2406#comment-36694 Laura, have you tried reading the abridged version online or downloaded one of the available files? Laura, have you tried reading the abridged version online or downloaded one of the available files?

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