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12544706 No.12544706 [Reply] [Original]

>Tom Hanks wrote a short story collection
wut da hell? anybody read this?

>> No.12544718
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12544718

Is that cover a Turner Diaries reference?

>> No.12544733

another celebrity that only gets published because of celebrity status

another democratic left wing shill

>> No.12544743

>>12544733
>When will the industry ever publish my right-wing shills!?
>Take my moneis massah! Please!!

>> No.12544828

>>12544743
I hope you're doing well, butterfly
Not many people are nice to you here

>> No.12544864

>uncommon
>some
>short stories
>that fucking cover

Can you get any more pretentious than that?

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>>12544864
>A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.

>A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have!

>> No.12544894

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/uncommon-type-tom-hanks-review-a8018916.html

>> No.12544901

>>12544828
Based niceposter

>> No.12544907

>>12544706
Yeah I've read it.
It's not bad but it's just ordinary, nothing interesting in the stories, nothing unique about his worldview.

>> No.12544917

>>12544706
I read a short story of his a few years back, it was painful and I really had to force my way through.

>> No.12544925

>>12544706
I've tried reading through one of his short stories. Nothing stuck out as bad but it wasn't any good either like really bland mushy apple pie. Not something I want to read through.

I should watch Big again.

>> No.12545018

>>12544864
The reasoning behind it is incredibly stupid. Tom Hanks is apparently obsessed with typewriters, and these stories are so special and amazing because he wrote them on a typewriter, like he expects you to be amazed just by that. "Wow, hollywood superstar Tom Hanks writes on a typewriter? No laptop for him, no sir!"

>> No.12545805

>>12544828
I'm quite well, thank you.

>>12544733
If this is coming from a leftists perspective, I do apologize. I just expect a lot of rightwingers.

>> No.12546556

>>12544907
Do you think short story writers write about their own worldview?

>> No.12546654

>>12545805
Can I make a trip and be cool too?

>> No.12547020

>>12544743
>When will the industry ever publish my right-wing shills
What right-wing shills? It's saturated with left-wing shills. I don't see Eastwood or Woods getting published. In any case, a small collection of short stories has nothing to do with his politics.

>> No.12547028

>>12546654
Only if you can make yourself lactate and post webms.

>> No.12547042

>>12547020
>he says in a thread with the Turner Diaries posted
Rightwing lit is published all the time. They know there’s a market

>> No.12547069

>>12544718
That is at least one of his favourite works.

>> No.12547085

>>12545805
>I just expect a lot of rightwingers.
I don't normally use the rent-free meme, but you have some uninvited tenants in your mind
are you taking medication for paranoia?

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>>12547085
It gets rather difficult trying to read a group of people with the same name and blank faces