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Thread: Best longform magazine articles
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05-30-2023, 11:24 PM #201
Best longform magazine articles
The V Files: The Shocking Legacy of an ’80s Sci-Fi Cult Classic
Hollywood backstabbing, conspiracy theories, and the devastating murder of a star behind the TV alien-invasion sensation.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...v-files-legacy
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Maybe not a true long form article but I didn’t know where else to put it
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06-07-2023, 01:02 AM #202
I read this article a few years ago, came across it again today. About fires and debris slides above LA. Article is from 1988. Great read.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1...he-mountains-i
I think this is part 2, but looks like you need to be a subscriber. https://archives.newyorker.com/newyo...3/flipbook/072
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06-07-2023, 08:50 AM #203
Assuming from the URL that’s John McPhee’s essay, you can find it (along with similar essays on Mississippi flooding, etc) in his book The Control of Nature. It’s worth a read.
I read this last night:
https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/stre...paramount.html
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06-07-2023, 12:25 PM #204
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12-23-2023, 09:35 PM #205
Here’s one that’s really worth reading. Different subject than most but very good writing. Gifted past paywall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/m...smid=url-share
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12-24-2023, 10:12 AM #206one of those sickos
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Wow, that was glorious. Thanks for sharing!
My mom subscribes to TNY and periodically sends me a big stack of them, which I work through during sleepless nights or plane rides. This was a fun article:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...hen-trucks-flyride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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12-24-2023, 10:34 AM #207
Along those lines, they just ran this story about supercars and the market for them.
The World’s Fastest Road Cars—and the People Who Drive Them https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...who-drive-them
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12-25-2023, 01:41 PM #208man of ice
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This doesn't fit this topic, but it's long and interesting. 50 years ago an expedition to Aconcagua ended in disaster for some of the members. A couple of years ago a camera owned by one of the expedition members melted out of the glacier and was found, with film still in it. The Times made a special section on it in today's paper and here's the interactive version: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...smid=url-share
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12-25-2023, 02:48 PM #209
Has anyone read a recent issue of Mountain Gazette? A long time ago, I used to pick up a copy at the climbing gym, but it has been years since I have read on, but have been seeing recent advertisements for it and it sounds like it is making a come back.
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12-25-2023, 05:26 PM #210
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12-25-2023, 05:43 PM #211man of ice
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The paper version is how I found out about it when it came with out copy yesterday. It's well done and impressive but I think the online version is better, the photos are clearer and there's the ancillary videos too.
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12-25-2023, 08:59 PM #212Registered User
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12-25-2023, 09:41 PM #213
Yeah, John Branch is a writer that, when I see his byline, it’s a must read. Most here have probably read his piece snowfall, about the tunnel creek avalanche, but even better is his series on Derek Boogaard and the role of the NHL enforcer. It’s from around 2010 and I think was fleshed out into a book later. I’ll look and post a link if I can.
edited to add - had not finished the Aconcagua piece when I posted. Now I have. Very worth reading. I find the last sentence haunting:
”The details — the newspaper stories, the letters, the official documents, all the questions and regrets — were swallowed up by sadness, then by time.”Last edited by Squirreljam; 12-25-2023 at 10:08 PM.
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12-25-2023, 09:42 PM #214
Ok think I was able to gift it
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/s...smid=url-share
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12-26-2023, 08:40 AM #215
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12-26-2023, 10:15 AM #216
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02-18-2024, 01:13 AM #217
Not really a long form article, but still a cool read and great photos.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/people...mden-thrasher/
https://www.hagerty.com/media/drivin...ets-continues/
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02-18-2024, 01:36 AM #218
Great New Yorker bit on Jokic.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...ketball-player“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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