Subj : Brain Fog Fix: an excerpt.
To   : George Pope
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Apr 10 2022 13:00:00

Hello George Pope!

** On Thursday 07.04.22 - 09:16, George Pope wrote to August Abolins:

 >> I just list them all in alphabetical order by title in my
 >> shop.

 GP> I prefer book order, as there might be references to past
 GP> books that I'd like  to read as they're intended:
 GP> renminiscences.

Yes.. the traditional expectation would be to tackle a series  
in publication order. But a successful series won't make too  
many references to the earlier releases.  Except for "The  
Killing Floor" which is the 1st book one should probably read  
when starting out in the Jack Reacher series, the other books  
can stand on their own reasonably well.


 GP> Iguess if a customer wanted publication order, you'd just
 GP> Google up that list  for them, eh?

I keep a small printed list of titles sorted by pubdate.

 GP> Of course shelf order would be alphabetical by title with
 GP> author(also alphabetical); book shelvbing requires an
 GP> abcedarian mind!

It was simply one of those "necessity is the mother of  
invention" moments. I got tired of "looking" across two shelves  
for a Jack Reacher title.  But when laid out in title order, I  
know which one's I've got or not.


 >> The Cruise versions?  I hear there's a "series" featuring a
 >> new actor to play Reacher.

 GP> Yeah, plural? I've only sen the one, yup, with Cruise --
 GP> why is he made out to  be the all-in-one actor -- that's
 GP> not as bad as recasting Bruce Willis as an  action hero --
 GP> I'm still stuck on him in Mnonlighting

Yes.. Cruise did two Jack Reacher films: 2012 and 2016

Cruise's role of Reacher and the Mission Impossible guy tended  
to blend as one character for me.


 GP> I'd've missed so much with screaming 'kids' in the
 GP> theatre! Kids defined as those acting like such.

Just the overpowering stench of popcorn is enough to make me  
want to never set foot in one ever again.

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  ../|ug

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