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Thanks all. Useful to

Flavius — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:18:12 +0000

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Thanks all. Useful to encourage me to give him more options.

Perhaps in conflict with that Malumud ś The Assistant would let him share in the for him foreign world of social relations

It might be loss of fantasy,

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:57:16 +0000

In reply to Yeah, it's a puzzle. My dad

It might be loss of fantasy, but I'd guess it's more comfort with what's already known and long baked in. It could be easier to have somewhat dementia seniors in 2010 hold a 1950s party and be perfectly comfortable, whereas a 1990's/2000's theme be full of confusion and forgetfulness. (there might be psychological relaxation too - "it's so long ago, it's no surprise if I don't remember - oh gee, i did!" vs (to self) "you big idiot, why can't you remember what you had for dinner yesterday?")

So much of "cognition" is learning comfortable patterns rather than thinking tough thoughts.

Yeah, it's a puzzle. My dad

ocean-kat — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:28:17 +0000

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Yeah, it's a puzzle. My dad isn't stupid and when I was a kid every night after work he'd sit down and read the newspaper from first to last page.He started to read a lot of books when he retired, mostly the Mike Hammer type of detective novels or country/western novels. So I went through my collection and gave him what I considered some of the greatest sci-fi books every written. It wasn't so much that he didn't like them or called them weird and crazy. He didn't understand them and quit after half of the first one he tried.

Just as an awareness, i used

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 05:17:24 +0000

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Just as an awareness, i used to read with one kid who had trouble with any subtlety, any "hidden" but obvious (to most people) subcurrent. It's like you're reading Old Man and the Sea and you finish and while everyone's nodding waiting for the obvious conclusion, she says "what shark?" As long as it's on the surface it's manageable, but once it requires intuition or non-linear thinking, the plot's lost - the guy rising to heaven obviously the savior instead is just some flock of birds for no reason. Ask for the logic in the response and you get some wild ass guesses that often get further afield than closer. "He's a pilot" "he's climbing a mountain" "he's afraid of Earth"... (I guess I'm channeling Jonathan Livingston Seagull here, but you get the point - the story that clued me in was only 3 pages long, but it was like slicing off the bottom half with her. Eventually it got better, but it was a huge awakening about different perceptions )

I couldn't begin to guess

ocean-kat — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 04:38:00 +0000

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I couldn't begin to guess what he might like and could make a list of the classical greats, which I'm sure you already know and have thought of. How about something a little more unusual? The Diamond Age by Stevenson, Child of Fortune by Spinrad, or Stand on Zanzibar by Brunner. Child of Fortune is pretty far out there. Maybe too much? He might prefer more real world stories.Maybe the Mars Trilogy by Robinson. It's pretty mainstream in it's characters and the difficulties they face while being set on Mars. And Red Mars stands alone and doesn't have to be followed by the rest of the trilogy

How nice to see your name and

artappraiser — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:37:46 +0000

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How nice to see your name and commentary, Flav! (thought for sure you were gone this time forever.) That is all. No need to reply.

Nice. I was thinking about

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:28:21 +0000

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Nice. I was thinking about "The Things They Carried".

I'm still curious what the traits are that fit this autistic reader's delight - is it meticulous linearity, description? Is there a type of humor he appreciates? Is there something about more rural or nature settings, or is A Farewell to Arms in a hospital suitable? Does it have to be clean, uncluttered, or does the mayhem of Wise Bloodnor A Confederacy of Dunces work? Can it be grotesque, like Vonnegut's book about the perverse super intelligent twins?

Thanks.

Flavius — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 02:51:11 +0000

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Thanks.

I'm thinking of John Cheever and "The day the pig fell in the well".

Maupassant's The Necklace?

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 02:29:05 +0000

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Maupassant's The Necklace?

May Day, F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Truman Capote has some nice straight forward short stories

Ballad of the Sad Cafe/McCullers

certain Bradbury?

(I'm assuming subtext & abstract might be tough?)

A Perfect Day for Bananafish? (not sure how dark endings work)

Here's a collection of short stories - i don't know all of them

https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-la...

A Curious Story of a Dog... is about a bright boy who's autistic-like - gets lost in large numbers but has trouble understanding irony and people's cues - may be fun/may be confusing...

As I Lay Dying

Larry McMurtrey, such as Leaving Cheyenne?

Until Covid 19 I used to read

Flavius — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 01:24:10 +0000

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Until Covid 19 I used to read to a person with autism .And to those of his house mates who wanted to listen

.Unlike them he has never had any speech-he can spell a message by pointing to the letters

that make a word. He seldom does.

Hemingway's ¨The Killers"" kept his attention .

Jack London ś ¨To bui;d a fire".¨When I temporarily closed it he came from his usual chair , opened it and

handed it back to me.

I ḿ going to resume reading. Any suggestions?