Author Cormac McCarthy Dead at 89

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The author of Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men has died today.

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Literary icon Cormac McCarthy dies age 89 at his home in Sante Fe

McCarthy died of natural causes at his home in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday, his son John McCarthy confirmed.
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Cormac McCarthy, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in American history, has died aged 89.

McCarthy died of natural causes at his home in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday, his son John McCarthy confirmed.

The Pulitzer Prize-winner was known for such Western and apocalyptic novels as 'The Road,' 'Blood Meridian' and 'No Country for Old Men,' which was adapted by the Coen brothers into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name.
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Et in Arcadia ego
 
RIP

I'll always remember him for his cameo on Mike Tyson Mysteries.
 
Well, it seems that there really is no country for old men

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I read the The Road in one sitting, I couldn't put that book down. It was the first novel of his that I read, and probably remains my favorite.
Blood Meridian for a close second, that book is something else.
 
So I told my wife, Hey Cormac McCarthy died. She said, Who? I replied The guy that wrote The Road and Blood Meridian and really hated quotation marks and conventional grammatical rules. She said Oh.

RIP though, a true visionary despite the issues I have withhis writing style.
 
I've read three of his books. No Country for Old Men is an American literary masterpiece. It's just mind-boggingly brilliant. If you like the movie even a little bit, you should read the book. The Road is almost as good. Blood Meridian... I don't like Blood Meridian. But I can still appreciate it on its merits. RIP.
 
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Trogdor1123 said:
Did he ever say the cause of the roads apocalypse? I assume it was a meteor but don't know for sure
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From the description in the book I always thought nuclear war but it's been a while since I read it.
 
A literary giant and one of my favourite authors. Just finished reading All the Pretty Horses. There was a mythic quality in how he explored the lands and the people that occupied them.
 
Thaedolus said:
From the description in the book I always thought nuclear war but it's been a while since I read it.
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That was always my second thought too. Give the calamity it always felt external to me, something that man had zero control over, adding to the depression and sadness
 
NecrosaroIII said:
I regret watching The Counsellor. It ruined Fassbender for me. It's the most depressing and nihilistic movie I've ever seen
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I hated it the first time. Second time it became scary rather than depressing. It is an honest picture of where we are politically.
 
Anyone read Stella Maris? It's a companion book to The Passenger and is a conversation between a self-institutionalised woman and her psychiatrist. It's a departure from his modern western novels and gives voice to McCarthy's views on maths, philosophy and mental illness. The guy was such a profound thinker
 
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