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Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: 811952 on April 13, 2006, 07:13:40 AM

I just finished Neil Peart's book Ghost Rider and recommend it to riders and non-riders alike (as well as to musicians and non-musicians alike).  It's a compelling tale told well, with an interesting view of what it's like to be a legend striving for anonymity in public places while wracked with grief.  It's also interesting to me that of all the things he was ready to face after the deaths of his daughter, wife and dog, and the incarceration of his riding buddy, playing music wasn't one of them for a long time.  While not as deep as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, its an interesting and enjoyable book, full of things worth thinking about that can be read in a few evenings.
 
John

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: lbpesq on April 13, 2006, 07:58:20 AM

An airplane flying over my house just lost a crate of these books which flew open and fluttered down.  Yes, I looked up and saw Ghost Riders in the Sky!
(sorry, couldn't resist.  It's almost the weekend!)
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: glocke on April 13, 2006, 08:07:20 AM

lol....for a split second I believed you Bill...

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: 811952 on April 13, 2006, 08:10:24 AM

That's gotta be far more personal than Ghost Writers in the Sky...
These days, I AM the weakened!!  ;)
 
John

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: kmh364 on April 13, 2006, 02:55:47 PM

Joey (bigredbass) did a big write-up on Ghost Rider here about a year or so ago...there's a big, drawn out discussion on this and everything M/C, if you care to do a search and have nothing better to do, LOL!
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: David Houck on April 14, 2006, 05:05:17 PM

I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance back in the seventies and thought it was wonderful.  Are you saying this book is in the same vein?

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: David Houck on April 14, 2006, 05:12:20 PM

Kevin; I couldn't find a review of this book by Joey.

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: 811952 on April 14, 2006, 08:05:31 PM

It's a lot more consumeable than Zen, but worth the read.  I did a search earlier today for Joey's review and was able to find a nice mention of it in a thread labeled read this if you want to live or something like that (I'm tired and just got home and don't recall specifics so please forgive...) from last summer, but that thread didn't have a lot to say about it (or maybe I just missed it).  
 
Unlike Zen, which touched my wife and me deeply in a tragic way, Ghost Rider is more of an uplifting tome, and through it Neil ultimately reconciles his demons in a positive fashion.  
 
John (edited to fix a typo - I fear being remembered as having lousy grammar, spelling and such..)
 
(Message edited by 811952 on April 17, 2006)

Title: Ghost Rider
Post by: David Houck on April 15, 2006, 05:45:33 AM

Thanks!