Ostensibly Hoops

Owlman · Post by **Owlman** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:00 am

never heard of it

TheBigMook · Post by **TheBigMook** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:12 am

It was probably written after you were already through school.

Basically a child of divorced parents is flying from one to the other in a little two seater plane that goes down in the wilderness (I think in Canada) and then has to survive for like a year or so. The main tool he has is a hatchet. I can't remember how exactly he manages his rescue from the wilderness, but it involves going back into the plane's cabin (which had sunk in a lake) to retrieve something-inspite of the fact that the rotting corpse of the pilot is still in said cabin. Maybe flares? Its been like 20 years since I read it.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:34 am

AlabamAlum · Post by **AlabamAlum** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:17 pm

Almost has a Jack London feel to it thematically. Hmmm.

Speaking of JL: WF > CotW

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:53 pm

WF was the first time I had heard of a PB.

Hizzy III · Post by **Hizzy III** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:06 pm

I'm more of a Mailer, Pynchon, Vonnegut kind of guy. Melville had his moments, though I just couldn't ever really appreciate the Old Man And the Sea.

TheBigMook · Post by **TheBigMook** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:09 pm

Hemingway not Melville.

Hizzy III · Post by **Hizzy III** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:31 pm

Heh. Just realized I wrote that. I also do that with Fitzgerald's work. Like, I'll occasionally attribute the Grapes of Wrath to Fitzgerald and not Steinbeck.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:37 pm

Why is Steven A. Smith still on ESPN? I'd rather hear Mook give a speech on Japanese cartoons.

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:11 pm

SAS is a clown. He must have impressive photos of some high ups from a 1999 holiday party.

TheBigMook · Post by **TheBigMook** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:43 pm

Shannon Sharpe needs to go along with Smith.

TheBigMook · Post by **TheBigMook** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:44 pm

Hizzy III wrote:Heh. Just realized I wrote that. I also do that with Fitzgerald's work. Like, I'll occasionally attribute the Grapes of Wrath to Fitzgerald and not Steinbeck.

Well, you know... two stories about big fish/cetaceans. Its understandable.

DooKSucks · Post by **DooKSucks** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:46 pm

Mook, a tornado came through the area where the kid was camping and after the storm, the tail of the plane was visible in the little lake in which it had crashed. He went in, found the survival gear, which included a gun and a radio. He got the radio to work and it sent out a signal.

aTm · Post by **aTm** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:48 pm

Hey use the spoiler tag asshole!

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:56 pm

You can't read anyway.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:08 pm

I think in Hatchet, its a girl who's father makes her eat soured mutton stew and then proceeds to chop him up along with her step mother when he is asleep on the couch.

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:52 pm

TheBigMook wrote:Shannon Sharpe needs to go along with Smith.

I give him a one year pass after his HOF speech.

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:01 pm

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AlabamAlum · Post by **AlabamAlum** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:03 pm

Which reminds me, I saw "Paranormal 3" yesterday.

Meh. It's paranormal 1 and 2 but with an evil grandma.

Hizzy III · Post by **Hizzy III** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:03 pm

Well, that just kills it for me.

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