StormSurge Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 This sounds like it will be right up our alleys. He's a fantastic writer. I'm looking forward to this. Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316392235/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_RJPtzbVH8NBX8 A wild and bittersweet memoir of a classic '70s childhood It's a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons and advertising jingles that they'll be humming all day. A father-one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track-salesman fathers-traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. It's Steve Rushin's story: of growing up within a '70s landscape populated with Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. Sting-Ray Afternoons paints an utterly fond, psychedelically vibrant, laugh-out-loud-funny portrait of an exuberant decade. With sidesplitting commentary, Rushin creates a vivid picture of a decade of wild youth, cultural rebirth, and the meaning of parental, brotherly, sisterly, whole lotta love. Atari 5200 Guy, Rowsdower70, Justin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Me and my buddy were just talking about Schwinn Sting-Rays today. I told him having had an older brother, I never owned a new bike in my life! StormSurge 1 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted February 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 So, Sting Ray Afternoons is a MUST read. This book was fantastic & right up our (as in age group) alley. He's not much of a gamer & is a little older than (most) of us, but it's a wonderful nostalgia trip. I highly recommend it. SRAs ends when the author graduates high school. He has since announced a sequel that picks up where SRAs leaves off. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316419435/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_1sUDCb72C96KB Justin and RickR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 I put Sting Ray Afternoons on hold at my library (the audiobook version). Thanks for the suggestion. StormSurge and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 2/27/2019 at 11:39 AM, StormSurge said: So, Sting Ray Afternoons is a MUST read. This book was fantastic & right up our (as in age group) alley. He's not much of a gamer & is a little older than (most) of us, but it's a wonderful nostalgia trip. I highly recommend it. SRAs ends when the author graduates high school. He has since announced a sequel that picks up where SRAs leaves off. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316419435/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_1sUDCb72C96KB I know this thread is pretty old, but I just finished this book. I agree with you, StormSurge: highly recommended. I listened mostly on our many trips to/from Seattle in the last month. Even my wife enjoyed it. Not a lot of gaming stuff, but still absolutely great to listen to and remember. There's not much plot here. It kind of reminded me of a 70's episode of "Seinfeld". It's about nothing, yet it's really fun and entertaining. StormSurge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted June 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it Rick! The sequel was pushed back to August, so I think I'm going to give this another spin before that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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