More Books

I finished Disney War a few days ago. It's by James Stewart. It was pretty good. Its about Disney during the Michael Eisner era. I remember when The Little Mermaid came out. It was kind of the first big cartoon (animation) movie in a long time by Disney. Computer graphics was becoming a big deal then too. Anyway, the rebirth, so to speak, of the animation group at Disney was a big part of Disney's resurgence. Another one was Video sales. Plus they bought Mirimax and raised prices at DisneyWorld amongst other things.

Anyway, Eisner comes off largely as a jerk. He did not seem to appreciate the people who worked for him and he was one of those CEO's who gets a zillion dollar bonus even if the company lost money that year.

I finished The Wanderers earlier today. It's a novel set in the Bronx during the Dion era (1950's I believe). It was pretty good too. It starts off kind of slowly. I liked the subject. It seemed like an interesting time and place. There are about a half a dozen main characters. They are high school aged guys. The are in a club called The Wanderers. There are a different gangs like The Baldies, The Wongs, The Ducky Boys. The structure of the book is what made it interesting. It doesn't have a single plot per se. Each chapter will be like a short story about a particular Wanderer. Its sort of the Slice-of-Life approach. Which is kind of cool. It gives you a feel for the way life was for these guys. The book seemed believable. I remember liking the movie. It was good but not a classic, like American Graffiti.....