Evan’s Reviews > Bring On the Empty Horses > Status Update

last page is 369 in this edition, and a punchline it is. Well, gotta think a little bit on this before revewing.

Page counts differing between editions; mine has 368 pp. One more session gets it.

In the homestretch on this marvelous book. Thought it would be light puffery after notching several heavy duty histories, but this one stands up with the best of them. Niven was pretty awesome and this was a surprise from left field for me. So well done. Onward.

John Barrymore justified his use of cue cards instead of script memorization when making films, thusly (paraphrased): "My mind is filled with the beauty of Shakepeare's sonnets and soliloquys ... I'm not going to clutter my mind with this horseshit!" Can't argue with that. Had me laughing loudly.

Loving Mr. Niven the more I read of this. His observations on the Hollywood blacklist were astute and thoughtful. Choice tidbits too on that crazy bastard, Errol Flynn. I'm into it now.