tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post4276798421266220066..comments2024-02-28T05:21:34.011-05:00Comments on Love In A Tent: Book Review: Every Day's A Good DayMaple Kiwihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132790743405212481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post-44434589986524827382010-04-10T00:10:17.459-04:002010-04-10T00:10:17.459-04:00I think after any big accident or survival ordeal ...I think after any big accident or survival ordeal the people involved get bombarded with suggestions to sell their story. Unfortunately it's usually done quickly, while people are still interested, instead of taking the time to craft a good book (or film, or whatever) out of it.Maple Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132790743405212481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33931895.post-39204618495773013122010-03-28T04:16:34.360-04:002010-03-28T04:16:34.360-04:00Wow, I hadn't heard he'd published a book....Wow, I hadn't heard he'd published a book. I bet it's an interesting story and I'd love to learn more about how things panned out from the source, but it's a shame in a way that it's come out in a book this way if your thoughts about it are right (which doesn't surprise me).<br /><br />It reminds me of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_a_Rock_and_a_Hard_Place_(book)" rel="nofollow">Aron Ralston's book</a>, which someone threw at me a few years ago. He's the guy who trapped himself in a canyoning accident, then had to break his arm and saw it off to save his life. It was an interesting story, but the book was pretty vacuous and to fill in space it was full of details about the rest of his life that weren't especially unique, and didn't seem relevant. (All he did was have an accident!) I only read the first few chapters and then gave up.<br /><br />I guess this happens when the publishers think they can create a book that'll sell based on a single incident rather than the content. If they do it then I guess it must work and people must buy it, but the biographies I've found worth reading as complete books are of people who are nearer the end of their lives and have done a lot of things to actually fill the space. If it has to be in book form though, it'd be nice to have a compilation of several of these kinds of stories though, each more condensed and to the point. That's one of the things I enjoyed a lot about Paul Hersey's recent book (High Misadventure) that I've just finished reading.Mikehttp://www.windy.gen.nz/noreply@blogger.com