"In planning this book of stories I decided against any rewriting or revising. So these are presented to you just as they were when they were first finished no matter how long ago and then published, or in the case of two, not published at all.... The truth is, I don't think I could revise them, because I am no longer the man who wrote them. As a matter of fact, the man who wrote each story probably ceased to exist after the story was written and finished, by the mere fact of having written it." --James Jones, from the introduction to The Ice-Cream Headache, a collection of his short stories
To pre-order your copy of this long awaited forthcoming book by George Hendrick, Helen Howe, and Don Sackrider, access the links below:
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"Works like Dante's Inferno, Joyce's Ulysses, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men all represent the output of men who have stood toe-to-toe with life and tried, through the telling of one enormous, ambitious tale, to tell the full story of humanity. From Here to Eternity is, in many ways, a mostly forgotten member of this thinly populated but towering tribe." --See: http://www.flakmag.com/books/eternity.html
"He [Malick] has investigated Jones as a writer more fully and grafted Jones's writing onto some of his own literary and cinematic purposes."
Also see past JJLS President J. Michael Lennon's "Norman Mailer: Novelist or Nonfiction Writer?" in Provincetown Arts.
CNN article highlights James Jones and the 2002 Paris Symposium
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT'S PROPOSAL ON JONES' BOYHOOD HOME
"Keeping Up With the Jones: An Interview With Kaylie Jones," by Dan Lybarger (Pitch Weekly)
"A Novel Approach to War," New Jones Article by Edward Oxford, Published in December American History Magazine, Page 48+. Watch Their Web Page At http://www.thehistorynet.com/AmericanHistory/
Read New Member/Published Author Paul Clayton's Vietnam Novel-In-Progress (His home page is at http://www.by-the-web.com/paulclayton/home.htm.)
UPDATE: JJLS MEMBER/AUTHOR PAUL CLAYTON'S NEW HOME PAGE WITH JONES'
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Clayton's Dedication from Carl Melcher Goes To Vietnam:
"To Willie Morris and his friend,
James Jones, both gone now,
There is no better man, no braver heart,
Than he who shares good Fortune's grace,
For love of muse, for sake of art,
With those inclined to join the race."
Great Some Came Running Story On New Member's Web Site!
And Check Out His Alum Falls Cartoon Creations About Coming of Age In Small-Town America!
From Here to Eternity Listed As One of 20th Century's Best Novels by Random House
But What Does It mean? - From The Wall Street Journal, 8/10/98
"I would have preferred something that smacked of the ruder, slightly darker, sexually heated milieu of From Here to Eternity ... The 1953 Fred Zinneman film was considerably toned down from the James Jones novel, and was made under a stricter moral climate than exists today, but the characters - unlike most of those in Pearl Harbor - felt believably gritty and well-shaped." --Jeffrey Wells, Reel.com (don't miss Wells' tour of From Here to Eternity sites)
"From Here to Eternity was written by a rugged, recalcitrant, independent human being who, grudgingly, was there at Pearl on the day it was bombed. Pearl Harbor is made by and inhabited by people who have no independence, who have never been anywhere and who would rather stand as stuffed patriots tossed around by special-effects explosions than face the challenge of thinking for themselves. --David Thomson in Salon
JUDI HOFFMAN'S COMMENTS ON FROM HERE TO ETERNITY FOR NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY
Thin Red Line Receives Seven Oscar Nominations
Best Picture; Best Director - Terrence Malick; Best Cinematography - John Toll; Best Original Dramatic Score - Hans Zimmer; Best Adapted Screenplay - Terrence Malick; Best Film Editors - Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein; Best Sound - Andy Nelson, Anna Behmler, Paul Brincat
From Here to Eternity Candidate for National Film Registry (Thanks to Jim Revello for the link!)
Thin Red Line Film Reviews (See Official Fox Web Site for The Thin Red Line)
Reviews: Dark Horizons, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Moriarty Review, Bill Coleman's Review, Metro Web Review
See Excellent Trailer for Thin Red Line Film
Reviews Coming In For A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (See Official Site)
Greenwich Village Gazette, New York Daily News, Paul Wunder, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, L.A. Times, Roger Ebert, Screen-It (Most Bizarre Review!)
Search The Internet Movie Database for Information About A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries and The Thin Red Line.
The Thin Red Line Audio Clip From All Thing's Considered Radio Program