Epic is the right word. Grendel is the right name. I've been following the story through the vanagon list. Bobowolf slays the monster Grendel. Well worthy of a book together with his other writings. I've heard he's not interested in writing a book. All he really needs is an editor to put together what he already writes. I strongly feel his writngs compare favorably to works such as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. bill killian On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, Leonard Jones wrote: > Andrea, > > I've been keeping up with Bob's hair-ball run on the WWW page - but > I'm glad you're cross-posting these the the vintage list for everyone > to read. > > Thought I would let you know that I agree with your comments regarding > Bob Hoover writing his memoirs. He writes with a lot of style and > class - his descriptions of working under Grendel make me feel muddy > just reading them. I'm sure his life is filled with similar stories > that - told in his unique style - would be worth reading. I'd pay > $21.95 for 'em anyway. > > I feel that Bob's serial story of trying to deal with Grendel is a > tale of epic proportions. A kind of vision quest. A man, maybe a > little over the hill - but driven by a vision of what he wants to do, > goes off to solve some personal problems and ends up in a classical > struggle with sometimes indifferent and often malevolent gods - > represented or symbolized by the local FLAPS, the local junkies, > unfriendly natives, and - above all - Grendel... a tale of struggle, > woe, near-defeat - and (hopefully) ressurection (of Grendel) and > victory! > > keep up the good work! > > leonard jones > '72 SB - (new engine about 25% assembled) > (old engine wheezing bad) > > Bob's Epic Saga
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