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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1982)
Consider o Futon! • Firm yer comfortable sleeping surface • Affordable price • 100% Cotton • Handcrafted Bed Frames also available 's<oSrc° 372 W. 10th • Eugene 344-7006 Great for use os bed or couch! Copies Binding Laminations Passport photos Open 7 Days COPY Christmas letters, 32§»§^ design your '-i^EjSjVr own cards GREEN or RED PAPER Your choice - no extra charge with this coupon Expires 12/23/82 *25 A PAIR TRADE-IN TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW PAIR! COME DICKER WITH “TRADER DON”! Each yaar many paopla ask ma what they should do with their old ski equipment This year my answer is our huge Trade-In Sale' I will guarantee you $25 00 or more trade-in value on your old downhill skis or boots So don’t throw it out bring it in' YOUR USED DOWNHILL SKIS OR BOOTS ARE WORTH AT LEAST CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HOURS Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 12-5 p.m. Reprints Continued from Page 13B Oliphant's cartoons? His name is Punk, and he's the star of the campaign He appears on t shirts, posters and his own stuffed doll "Ban This Book” contains cartoons from this past year, featuring the big enemies James Watt, Ronald Reagan and The Bomb Oliphant's humor is as crisp and sharp as his drawing He deserves the hype An earlier darling has also been anthologized Jules Felffer's America (Knopf. $12 95) is a best of cartoons from Eisenhower to Reagan Feiffer is an American institu tion His multi-panel drawings have been appearing since the 50s Few professors do not have at least one Feiffer tacked up on their bulletin boards or their doors Another anthology is College Humor, edited by Don Carlinsky (Harper and Row, paper, $9.95). This collection spans more than 100 years of campus funnies, including parody, satire, jokes and cartoons. The first flower ing (or in some cases deflower ing) of some of America's finest humorists is reproduced here Quite interestingly, the col lection was done with style and reverence There is a definite place in American culture for campus humor Several prominant journalists have been collected this year too Investigative reporter James Phelan has published Scandals, Scamps and Scoundrels (Ran dom House, $13 95). The col lected stories feature the likes of the Clifford Irving hoax, Jim Garrison vs. Clay Shaw and re clusive Howard Hughes. The Red Smith Reader (Ran dom House, $15 95) contains Smith's own choices for the best of this venerable sports writer's columns from the 40s to the present Sports fans, jour nalists and all lovers of fine prose will enjoy the work of this writer who is as colorful as iiis subjects While not a journalist, Fran Liebowitz, is the consummate New Yorker And she is out again in Social Studies (Pocket Books, paper. $3 25) Liebowitz. for whom roughing it might mean unfiltered cigarettes, once again takes on people, places, thinqs and ideas "Don't bother discussing sex with small children." she ad vises "They rarely have anyth ing to add " To teenagers she says, "Stand firm In your refusal to remain conscious during alge bra In real life, there is no such thing as algebra " To parents she notes, "Do not, on a rainy day ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you, what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching " Paul Dickson has compiled Words (Delacorte Press, $13 95) From the author of "Toasts" we've been given lists of words for all occasions These might be a complete al phabet of words to describe be ing drunk, or just the right word for the perfect moments Se rious writers may find "Words" as necessary as Roget The rest of us ordinary mortals may find it humorous, interesting and highly entertaining The big seller this year just may be The World of Dark Crystal (Knopf, $14 95). This large-format book written by J.J Llewellyn and illustrated by Brian Froud is the complete de scription/explanation of the soon to be released film The movie is expected to be a big hit. Much of the work behind it came from Muppet creator Jim Henson. "Dark Crystal" should draw the audience from the recent successful space movies, fantasy freaks and chil dren growing up What would I982 be without a video games book? This year try Defending the Galaxy edited by Michael Rubin (Triad Publish ing). This irreverent, tongue-in cheek collection pokes fun at our video culture and answers such important questions as proper video etiquette The choice of new fiction is very difficult However. Mean Time, a first novel by Chris topher Leland (Random House, $12 95) may find a place on vacation reading lists "Mean Time" is a tough look at passion, violence and lives with little else to do but burn away inside It's a raw exposure to the existence of Americans whose lives are so without meaning they go from one emotional crisis to the next in order to fill out their tawdry time on earth It's a hard look at a hard life Finally one book not to look at Real Men Don't Cook Quiche, (Pocket Books. $3 95) The real man idea was cute, and not without a small amount of merit, if only to poke tun at our rapidly-evolving androgeny But this book, which tries to answer the question of what real men eat is just plain tacky The writing is cloying, the jokes innane and the subject trite The basic premise, that man was born to barbeque, has been gone over many times before, and done much, much better Give a HOME FABRICS GIFT CERTIFICATE For Christmas y it Of (0? pgr. 51 'fwfiiw* •'/* 5^ 4 — . -fD ate3«5Svi^ I Nth fc Willamette 34.1<W07 '*v. ftottct 'S/fs »c^ Store Hours: Mon - Sat 9 - 6 Sun 12-5 * # # # # # # %> # <#> # # # #>###
