In ‘The Social Network,’ Aaron Sorkin tells Facebook story from conflicting points of view

My May-Dec 2007 Reading Stack

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It’s a year end roundup! I only started the reading stack in May, but judging from how high I got, another four months wouldn’t have forced me to reveal my secret identity. (My wife looked at my stack and remarked how this would be like a month for her.)

I slipped in a re-read of the The Golden Compass (top of the pile) after going to the movie. The book is wonderful, please read that instead of/before seeing the movie. Kidman was perfect casting but the script is your typical breathless checklist instead of a dramatization.

(Okay, I’m still reading Fisher’s Art of Eating and Boswell’s Life of Johnson, they get devoured bit by bit from my bedside, but honest I’ve read, if not remembered all the other books.)

In ‘The Social Network,’ Aaron Sorkin tells Facebook story from conflicting points of view
Early reviews compare “The Social Network” to a modern-day, high-tech “Citizen Kane” that may be the defining film of its generation. People have been turned away at advance screenings — suggesting that it may be the rarest of films, an adult drama about complex ideas that could be a box-office success.
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Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complete Collection
Highly Recommended A true TV “event,” to be sure…35 years ago. A&E and NBC Universal have released Rich Man, Poor Man , the classic miniseries from 1976 based on the best-selling Irwin Shaw novel, starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely, and a host of familiar TV and movie star names. Curiously, someone over in A&E’s marketing department forgot to put Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complete …
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