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Read any good books lately? Ever?
Welcome to The Book Lodge, you felonious bookworm, you.
Drive right up. Drop your thoughts into the slot.
Recently read - first book in 2021:
1.) THIS PERFECT DAY (1970)
by Ira Levin
This dystopian gem was published after ROSEMARY'S BABY and before THE STEPFORD WIVES.
In 1969 - Levin writing about enormous subterranean super conducting computers controlling our future world.
Recommended
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Currently The Devil in the White City.
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Most recent..
Evil Archaeology:
Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics
The cover of the book features nonother than Pazuzu, the demon from The Exorcist who possesses 12 yr old Regan. A real live demon that existed long before the book, and movie. Pazuzu and the story of kicks the book off in a rather rousing way and then branches out from there.
**** of 5
PS: The second book I ever read WAS The Exorcist at the age of 13. First was most likely a Curious George adventure :o If only Pazuzu would've possessed George and saved me the graphic William Peter Blatty read.
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I've just discovered Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. I think Reacher is trying to be the new Kirk - hitting everything.
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Most recent..
Evil Archaeology:
Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics
The cover of the book features nonother than Pazuzu, the demon from The Exorcist who possesses 12 yr old Regan. A real live demon that existed long before the book, and movie. Pazuzu and the story of kicks the book off in a rather rousing way and then branches out from there.
**** of 5
PS: The second book I ever read WAS The Exorcist at the age of 13. First was most likely a Curious George adventure :o If only Pazuzu would've possessed George and saved me the graphic William Peter Blatty read.
Your book looks interesting.
I was too young to see the Exorcist at the theater. My mother forbade it. She did not, however, restrict my visits to the library in any way so I read it around the same age you did, @KSM. YES IT WAS A LOOPHOLE AND I TOOK IT! I also read Jaws. We lived half a block from the town library and I went there and got stacks of books frequently.
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Most recent..
Evil Archaeology:
Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics
The cover of the book features nonother than Pazuzu, the demon from The Exorcist who possesses 12 yr old Regan. A real live demon that existed long before the book, and movie. Pazuzu and the story of kicks the book off in a rather rousing way and then branches out from there.
**** of 5
PS: The second book I ever read WAS The Exorcist at the age of 13. First was most likely a Curious George adventure :o If only Pazuzu would've possessed George and saved me the graphic William Peter Blatty read.
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The Bart Ell Dr Heather Lynn book giveaway effect!
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The Bart Ell Dr Heather Lynn book giveaway effect!
I won no such contest. Unless the Barnes & Noble price was the buy in. ? uh oh
Your book looks interesting.
I was too young to see the Exorcist at the theater. My mother forbade it. She did not, however, restrict my visits to the library in any way so I read it around the same age you did, @KSM. YES IT WAS A LOOPHOLE AND I TOOK IT! I also read Jews. We lived half a block from the town library and I went there and got stacks of books frequently.
@anniem Um , is that a typo or an actual book? Seems a tad abrasive if you ask me.
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I read the novel Jaws years ago and man-o-man what a difference between it and the movie. Let's see if I can remember the differences.
1. After Chief Brody hires the shark expert Hooper to study the shark, Mrs. Brody, who is dissatisfied with her life, takes the sharkologist to a local motel and does the nasty with him.
2. After fisherman Quint is hired to kill the shark, he, Chief Brody and shark expert Hooper make multiple trips out into the sea to get the shark. (In the movie, they just make one long trip in search of the shark.)
3. After they find the shark, Hooper goes down in his shark tank and the shark proceeds to rip the cage open and then it eats Hooper. (Of course, he survived in the movie.)
4. When the shark causes the boat to begin to sink, Quint manages to harpoon it a number of times, but then his foot gets caught in the rope and when the shark dives into the deep, Quint is taken with him and drowns.
5. In the movie, Chief Brody was able to get the shark to explode, but in the book, the shark flopped its way up the sinking boat, eager to get a bellyful of the chief, but sadly (sad because I was rooting for the shark) it died from the effects of Quint's harpoon strikes, and Brody was able to paddle his way back to shore.
6. I imagine there are more differences that I can't remember. My god, I read that book back in 1975, not too long after the movie came out.
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I read the novel Jaws years ago and man-o-man what a difference between it and the movie. Let's see if I can remember the differences.
1. After Chief Brody hires the shark expert Hooper to study the shark, Mrs. Brody, who is dissatisfied with her life, takes the sharkologist to a local motel and does the nasty with him.
2. After fisherman Quint is hired to kill the shark, he, Chief Brody and shark expert Hooper make multiple trips out into the sea to get the shark. (In the movie, they just make one long trip in search of the shark.)
3. After they find the shark, Hooper goes down in his shark tank and the shark proceeds to rip the cage open and then it eats Hooper. (Of course, he survived in the movie.)
4. When the shark causes the boat to begin to sink, Quint manages to harpoon it a number of times, but then his foot gets caught in the rope and when the shark dives into the deep, Quint is taken with him and drowns.
5. In the movie, Chief Brody was able to get the shark to explode, but in the book, the shark flopped its way up the sinking boat, eager to get a bellyful of the chief, but sadly (sad because I was rooting for the shark) it died from the effects of Quint's harpoon strikes, and Brody was able to paddle his way back to shore.
6. I imagine there are more differences that I can't remember. My god, I read that book back in 1975, not too long after the movie came out.
RIGHT I REMEMBER THEM ALL.
Movies are never quite as good are they? Certainly when the best dramatic bits are changed.
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I won no such contest. Unless the Barnes & Noble price was the buy in. ? uh oh
@anniem Um , is that a typo or an actual book? Seems a tad abrasive if you ask me.
Terrible, such a typo!
;D ;D ;D
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Most recent..
Evil Archaeology:
Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics
The cover of the book features nonother than Pazuzu, the demon from The Exorcist who possesses 12 yr old Regan. A real live demon that existed long before the book, and movie. Pazuzu and the story of kicks the book off in a rather rousing way and then branches out from there.
**** of 5
PS: The second book I ever read WAS The Exorcist at the age of 13. First was most likely a Curious George adventure :o If only Pazuzu would've possessed George and saved me the graphic William Peter Blatty read.
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One of my favorite shirts:
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One of my favorite shirts:
Very nice. I want: The power of Christ compels he.
One of my favorite shirts:
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Currently The Devil in the White City.
Oh nice, you grabbed it @Annie ! What do you think so far?
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Very nice. I want: The power of Christ compels he.
One of my favorite shirts:
Saying that he can sing is a stretch.
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I've read this book several times and always enjoy it. It's an oldy but a goody.
The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
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Saying that he can sing is a stretch.
..just disgusting.
I've read this book several times and always enjoy it. It's an oldy but a goody.
The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
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Trying to convince others you can read. Please ::)
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Your book looks interesting.
I was too young to see the Exorcist at the theater. My mother forbade it. She did not, however, restrict my visits to the library in any way so I read it around the same age you did, @KSM. YES IT WAS A LOOPHOLE AND I TOOK IT! I also read Jaws. We lived half a block from the town library and I went there and got stacks of books frequently.
If you enjoyed the book there's an interesting podcast about the boy that was the actual child/experiences The Exorcist was based on @KSM @Annie .https://www.americanhauntingspodcast.com/pods/haunted-st-louis-episode-16-the-st-louis-exorcism-pt-1 (https://www.americanhauntingspodcast.com/pods/haunted-st-louis-episode-16-the-st-louis-exorcism-pt-1)
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..just disgusting.
Trying to convince others you can read. Please ::)
You're really working for those -1 aren't you?
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Oh nice, you grabbed it @Annie ! What do you think so far?
Just now getting to his doings. So far, good, I like it.
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Just finished reading my second book of 2021. Plans to read a book a week have gone horribly awry. This novel is a quick and absorbing story. King can sometimes be the king of digression, but not in this burning flipper. I started rationing pages read at one sitting because I wanted it to last. That's high praise in my book ... about his book.
2.) LATER (2021)
by Stephen King
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Just finished reading my second book of 2021. Plans to read a book a week have gone horribly awry. This novel is a quick and absorbing story. King can sometimes be the king of digression, but not in this burning flipper. I started rationing pages read at one sitting because I wanted it to last. That's high praise in my book ... about his book.
2.) LATER (2021)
by Stephen King
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I did not know of this book. It will be next.
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I did not know of this book. It will be next.
:)
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Just finished reading my second book of 2021. Plans to read a book a week have gone horribly awry. This novel is a quick and absorbing story. King can sometimes be the king of digression, but not in this burning flipper. I started rationing pages read at one sitting because I wanted it to last. That's high praise in my book ... about his book.
2.) LATER (2021)
by Stephen King
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I've read the cover. Think I'll read the book.
Illustrated chicks are so fucking hot! Especially on illustrated cars!
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That looks like the cover on a 1950s-60s John D. MacDonald novel.
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I've read the cover. Think I'll read the book.
Illustrated chicks are so fucking hot! Especially on illustrated cars!
Here's another. Frowny faces so you know how serious things are, but no car.
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Here's another. Frowny faces so you know how serious things are, but no car.
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It seems Later is very pro-cleavage. 8)
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I've read the cover. Think I'll read the book.
Illustrated chicks are so fucking hot! Especially on illustrated cars!
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In case you have not run across this yet, KSM, this is the illustrated thumbnail index page for Hard Case Crime's book catalog, listed in newest to oldest, in descending order. The femme fatale archetype is prevalent!
A multitude of attractive women in that John D. McDonald / classic pulp style Juan referenced. Some of these covers just slap the hell out of me. All the covers are original artwork with the publication of the HCC book, though some might appear to be reprinted vintage.
http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi (http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi)
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Heavens to Betsy!
I misspelled John D. MacDonald's name as McDonald.
Damn it.
You were no mere facilitator of burgers, John.
I regret the error. :(
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In case you have not run across this yet, KSM, this is the illustrated thumbnail index page for Hard Case Crime's book catalog, listed in newest to oldest, in descending order. The femme fatale archetype is prevalent!
A multitude of attractive women in that John D. McDonald / classic pulp style Juan referenced. Some of these covers just slap the hell out of me. All the covers are original artwork with the publication of the HCC book, though some might appear to be reprinted vintage.
http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi (http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi)
Appreciate the link. And the info!
OOohh I see, Killer Come Back To Me :) I like that place! Gonna get my browse on!
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Currently reading
3.) THE POPE OF PALM BEACH (2018)
by Tim Dorsey
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Appreciate the link. And the info!
OOohh I see, Killer Come Back To Me :) I like that place! Gonna get my browse on!
You're welcome.
Every time I turn around, HCC is publishing something cool. The Ray Bradbury collection you cited is a perfect example. And Brian fucking DePalma wrote a book with Susan Lehman? What the hell? Another King book that is not your typical King? Wait, you found an unpublished novel by a deceased master pulp writer and it's coming out when? You even hooked up with that scary writing machine chick Joyce Carol Oates?
And so it goes.
It's always happy time when I check their site.
Like everyone else, I can get wrapped up too much into tech.
I find it beneficial to always retain analog tethers. Hard Case Crime - with the retro art, wide author base, keen editing, and just their overall approach - contribute to some much needed goddamn grounding.
I'm not a number! I'm a free man! etc
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I visited a thrift store a little while back and found 15 John D. MacDonald books that were not Travis McGee. All have those kinds of covers. He reminds me of Kerouac a bit. Perhaps because they were both drunk much of the time.
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4.) WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (2018)
by Delia Owens
Decided to see what all the hype was about.
Hype warranted.
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I visited a thrift store a little while back and found 15 John D. MacDonald books that were not Travis McGee. All have those kinds of covers. He reminds me of Kerouac a bit. Perhaps because they were both drunk much of the time.
I'm working on this idea for SHARK TANK:
An IBM SELECTRIC styled typewriter with refrigerated rear storage cylinders for two cans of beer, using solid state Peltier effect cooling tech to keep cans hard chilled while wordsmithing on analog paper.
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I'm working on this idea for SHARK TANK:
An IBM SELECTRIC styled typewriter with refrigerated rear storage cylinders for two cans of beer, using solid state Peltier effect cooling tech to keep cans hard chilled while wordsmithing on analog paper.
It will be on Craigslist in 3 months
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It will be on Craigslist in 3 months
I will be needing one with a sepulchral black crinkle finish, so that I may fasten a 3/4 inch bas relief chrome human skull facing toward the typist - as if Death itself is emerging from the typewriter key bay.
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I will be needing one with a sepulchral black crinkle finish, so that I may fasten a 3/4 inch bas relief chrome human skull facing toward the typist - as if Death itself is emerging from the typewriter key bay.
An Orator and a Courier ball or two and you will be all set.
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An Orator and a Courier ball or two and you will be all set.
And an ultra rare, after market Select Egyptian Hieroglyphs ball.
Then just sit back and wait for the magic to happen.
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My current book marker.
5" x 7" unused sticker
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5.) THE BLACKWOOD CULT (1968)
by T. A. Waters
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6.) THOMAS WOLFE - AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY (2006)
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7.) STEPPENWOLF (1927)
by Hermann Hesse
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I was supposed to read this years ago and recently resurfaced it.
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7.) STEPPENWOLF (1927)
by Hermann Hesse
excellent read.
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Behold a Pale Horse
Milton William Cooper
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8.) TIME OUT OF JOINT (1959)
by Philip K. Dick
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9.) A CONSPIRACY OF TALL MEN (1998)
by Noah Hawley
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Heh, heh, heh... “My whole body’s a weapon.â€
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excellent read.
Indeed it* is!
Somewhat of a fatalistic blueprint for my pathetic and miserable existence.
Highly recommended**.
* Hermann Hesse's Der Steppenwolf
(**Though the book is less often sought; the Magic Theater is not for everybody.)
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Heh, heh, heh... “My whole body’s a weapon.â€
"Atta boy, IO!"
Heh.
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10.) THE ANNOTATED ALICE
THE DEFINITIVE EDITION
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
&
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
by Lewis Carroll
(Notes by Martin Gardner)
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11.) THE SPINSTER BOOK (1901)
by Myrtle Reed
"A man will ride, row, and swim with one girl and marry another who is afraid of horses, turns pale at the mention of a boat, and who would look forward to an interview with His Satanic Majesty with more ease and confidence than to dip in the summer sea."
- Myrtle Reed, The Spinster Book
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I've been in the mood for old classics I hadn't read yet or inspired by the same and one mind-bending Reason We Are Here tome
My Fall, Winter and Spring reads
The Complete Cthulhu Mythos tales - HP Lovecraft
https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/sources/ccmtce.aspx
Turn of the Screw - Henry James
The Mabinogion Tetralogy - Evangeline Walton
Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
Teaching the Law of One Book One - the Ra Contact
Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
*Now you know why I'm so weird
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The Complete Cthulhu Mythos tales - HP Lovecraft
https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/sources/ccmtce.aspx
@TigerLily
Now that's what I call an excellent link in this world of chaos.
Here is mine:
https://global-mind.org/gcpdot/ (https://global-mind.org/gcpdot/)
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@TigerLily
Now that's what I call an excellent link in this world of chaos.
Here is mine:
https://global-mind.org/gcpdot/ (https://global-mind.org/gcpdot/)
The Princeton Eggs. I tried to make some sense of it a long time ago looking for a big universal pattern but way beyond my limited scope and short attention span. What's the official line @Camazotz Automat ? Are we universally connected? Right now I'm taking RA's word for it
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Indeed it* is!
Somewhat of a fatalistic blueprint for my pathetic and miserable existence.
Highly recommended**.
* Hermann Hesse's Der Steppenwolf
(**Though the book is less often sought; the Magic Theater is not for everybody.)
I haven't read Der Steppenwolf I'm somewhat surprised to say but I dearly love Siddhartha. Very beautiful. I have read it a few times and thinking it might be time to read it again. I like the translation by Rosner
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8.) TIME OUT OF JOINT (1959)
by Philip K. Dick
I seem to be reading this thread backwards. Still makes sense I believe. Not like it's ruining the plot. I'm a big Science Fiction geek and have read a lot of Philip K. Dick. I don't believe I've read this one. On my list it goes
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The Princeton Eggs. I tried to make some sense of it a long time ago looking for a big universal pattern but way beyond my limited scope and short attention span. What's the official line Camazotz Automat ? Are we universally connected? Right now I'm taking RA's word for it
@TigerLily - I had to wait for word from the Main Office.
(Now there, RIGHT THERE, a snarky New Orleans witch in the old AOL authors lounge chatroom would have interjected, "I do believe you misspelled 'Orifice,' Cam. I recall Ann Crispin displaying a similar omission when she spoke to us of one "black hole" gobbling up toy spaceships in one of her 'Star Trick' manuscripts. "
Jesus! Will she ever leave my memory? Short of a massive brain injury, it is extremely doubtful.)
Where was I?
From the Main Office, the official Camazotz Automat company line regarding whether the interconnectedness of all things (and all times) is "true" : Yes. (Subject to change. Your results may vary.)
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@TigerLily - I had to wait for word from the Main Office.
(Now there, RIGHT THERE, a snarky New Orleans witch in the old AOL authors lounge chatroom would have interjected, "I do believe you misspelled 'Orifice,' Cam. I recall Ann Crispin displaying a similar omission when she spoke to us of one "black hole" gobbling up toy spaceships in one of her 'Star Trick' manuscripts. "
Jesus! Will she ever leave my memory? Short of a massive brain injury, it is extremely doubtful.)
Where was I?
From the Main Office, the official Camazotz Automat company line regarding whether the interconnectedness of all things (and all times) is "true" : Yes. (Subject to change. Your results may vary.)
Oh. I was thinking Main Office should have been Maine Orifice. Well burn me at the stake and call me Crispy
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Oh. I was thinking Main Office should have been Maine Orifice. Well burn me at the stake and call me Crispy
And because you went in that carto - graphic direction, I am compelled to mention:
Bangor, Maine Office
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11.) THE SPINSTER BOOK (1901)
by Myrtle Reed
"A man will ride, row, and swim with one girl and marry another who is afraid of horses, turns pale at the mention of a boat, and who would look forward to an interview with His Satanic Majesty with more ease and confidence than to dip in the summer sea."
- Myrtle Reed, The Spinster Book
This is one of those rare occasions that the cover of the book trumps the title and compels me to read/buy or purchase online in the case that I am unable to find locally.
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This is one of those rare occasions that the cover of the book trumps the title and compels me to read/buy or purchase online in the case that I am unable to find locally.
@KSM
Another interesting quote from Myrtle (that again made me think of The Rolling Stones) wherein she is literally being devil's advocate:
"It pleases a man very much to be told that he 'knows the world,' even though his acquaintance be limited to the flesh and the devil - a gentleman, by the way, who is much misunderstood and whose faults are persistently exaggerated."
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@KSM
Another interesting quote from Myrtle (that again made me think of The Rolling Stones) wherein she is literally being devil's advocate:
"It pleases a man very much to be told that he 'knows the world,' even though his acquaintance be limited to the flesh and the devil - a gentleman, by the way, who is much misunderstood and whose faults are persistently exaggerated."
Thank you. And now I hear Paint it Black.
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Thank you. And now I hear Paint it Black.
Shouldn't it be Sympathy for the Devil?
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12.) NO TITLE (NO YEAR)
by NO NAME
It's my 12th book this year. That's all I will say, least I be disciplined by the organization.
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13.) ZOTZ! (1947)
by Walter Karig
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How To Turn A Prince Into A Frog
- Megan Markle
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How To Turn A Prince Into A Frog
- Megan Markle
LOL!!
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I've read more books over the past year and a half during the Wuhan flu era than probably any other 18 month period in my life.
I'm currently 200 pages in on Graham Hancock's 'Before America: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization'. This is probably the best thing I've read in a long time. I've always liked his interviews on Coast, and one of my top interests is how the America's came to be populated. Another interest is alternative history, even if some of it it is purely for entertainment - there is much that has been lost, much of what we've been told is wrong, and someone needs to at least ask questions and speculate sometimes based on the little evidence we do have in certain areas.
I've never read any of his books before, he's a good writer, and takes care to state what is fact (with plenty of support), vs speculation.
So far he's tying plenty of fairly new information together in one place. The chapters I've read so far include alignment information on the Serpant Mound in Ohio, some really ancient sites found in the Americas, updated DNA information on Native Americans, and newly found ancient culture in the Amazon - including cities, moundworks, the manufactured Amazon Dark Earth (look it up, absolutely fascinating), and the fact that most of the plants and trees there appear to have originally been planned ''gardens'' and tended.
300 pages to go, yay! Hopefully most of it is more of the same, and not drifting off to raw speculation and pet theories.
I though there would be a higher kook factor, I'm definitely going to consider more of his books.
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RIGHT I REMEMBER THEM ALL.
Movies are never quite as good are they? Certainly when the best dramatic bits are changed.
I loved reading the Michael Crichton books, and Jurassic Park was just great. I remember thinking how awesome the dinosaurs were going to be in the upcoming (at the time) movie, and they were spectacular. The movie itself was just one small part of the book, but it mattered not, great movie too.
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8.) TIME OUT OF JOINT (1959)
by Philip K. Dick
The Variable Man (a collection of short stories) was the first one of his I read, assigned in English class, and I was hooked.
There was a time when his books were out of print, and not to be found anywhere. Over a period of years I would somehow find one here or there in a used bookstore, until I had a pretty solid collection.
I gave 'em all away to a friend once when I moved. Ever look back and wonder wtf?
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Re-reading Venus on the Half Shell by Kilgore Trout. His books are hard to find, also.
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Toying with diving into the Dunes of Frank Herbert. Alot o' fuckin' readin' there. Not sure I'm up for it.
@PB Were you expecting more of a "Kook factor" from Hancock because of the Art Bell association?
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12.) NO TITLE (NO YEAR)
by NO NAME
It's my 12th book this year. That's all I will say, least I be disciplined by the organization.
I had no idea that was in existence. Um.. what's it about? @Camazotz Automat
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Toying with diving into the Dunes of Frank Herbert. Alot o' fuckin' readin' there. Not sure I'm up for it.
@PB Were you expecting more of a "Kook factor" from Hancock because of the Art Bell association?
No, the alternative history factor - some of those guys have some pretty wild theories.
So far his speculations on the information, which are a very small part of the book, seem reasonable - mostly that some of what they have found in the Amazon so far in the way of civilizations, cultivation, alignments, and so on, are likely to have originally occurred considerably earlier than what's been found and documented so far.
His main speculative theory, what he calls his life's work and apparently runs through all his books (hence the subtitle), is that there was an ice age civilization that was completely wiped out of collective memory that ALL early civilizations descended from. He's only mentioned that in passing so far, I imagine he'll tie all this into it at the end of the book.
I remember him being on Art's shows, but it's been so long I don't really remember any specific details. If I were ever to go back and listen to any of those old shows, it would be the ones with Graham Hancock and a few others on similar topics. Maybe I'll do that - thanks for the idea!
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I've read more books over the past year and a half during the Wuhan flu era than probably any other 18 month period in my life.
I'm currently 200 pages in on Graham Hancock's 'Before America: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization'. This is probably the best thing I've read in a long time. I've always liked his interviews on Coast, and one of my top interests is how the America's came to be populated. Another interest is alternative history, even if some of it it is purely for entertainment - there is much that has been lost, much of what we've been told is wrong, and someone needs to at least ask questions and speculate sometimes based on the little evidence we do have in certain areas.
I've never read any of his books before, he's a good writer, and takes care to state what is fact (with plenty of support), vs speculation.
So far he's tying plenty of fairly new information together in one place. The chapters I've read so far include alignment information on the Serpant Mound in Ohio, some really ancient sites found in the Americas, updated DNA information on Native Americans, and newly found ancient culture in the Amazon - including cities, moundworks, the manufactured Amazon Dark Earth (look it up, absolutely fascinating), and the fact that most of the plants and trees there appear to have originally been planned ''gardens'' and tended.
300 pages to go, yay! Hopefully most of it is more of the same, and not drifting off to raw speculation and pet theories.
I though there would be a higher kook factor, I'm definitely going to consider more of his books.
I'm glad I read this post. I like Hancock as well, however I've never read his books. I too find the topic you've addressed in your text to be fascinating. I will order the book you referenced very soon.
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Toying with diving into the Dunes of Frank Herbert. Alot o' fuckin' readin' there. Not sure I'm up for it.
Go for it. @KSM At least read Dune. I really liked it. You may get a taste for it, but for me it became taxing. After the first 3 books I had to submit. Nonetheless, as your attorney, I advise you to drive at top speed, it'll be a god damn miracle if we can get there before you turn into a wild animal. Shit! That's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
I meant to say, as your attorney I advise you to read Dune then choose your path. :D
*Disclaimer ~ I'm not an attorney.
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I've read more books over the past year and a half during the Wuhan flu era than probably any other 18 month period in my life.
I'm currently 200 pages in on Graham Hancock's 'Before America: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization'. This is probably the best thing I've read in a long time. I've always liked his interviews on Coast, and one of my top interests is how the America's came to be populated. Another interest is alternative history, even if some of it it is purely for entertainment - there is much that has been lost, much of what we've been told is wrong, and someone needs to at least ask questions and speculate sometimes based on the little evidence we do have in certain areas.
I've never read any of his books before, he's a good writer, and takes care to state what is fact (with plenty of support), vs speculation.
So far he's tying plenty of fairly new information together in one place. The chapters I've read so far include alignment information on the Serpant Mound in Ohio, some really ancient sites found in the Americas, updated DNA information on Native Americans, and newly found ancient culture in the Amazon - including cities, moundworks, the manufactured Amazon Dark Earth (look it up, absolutely fascinating), and the fact that most of the plants and trees there appear to have originally been planned ''gardens'' and tended.
300 pages to go, yay! Hopefully most of it is more of the same, and not drifting off to raw speculation and pet theories.
I though there would be a higher kook factor, I'm definitely going to consider more of his books.
Graham Hancock was on with Joe Rohan at least 3 times. Lots better than on coast. There are YouTube videos out there of the complete interviews.
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Graham Hancock was on with Joe Rohan at least 3 times. Lots better than on coast. There are YouTube videos out there of the complete interviews.
Shame on me, those completely slipped my mind. I did watch at least a couple awhile back, one was on Gobekli Tepe, and another also had geologist Randall Carlson on and they were talking about a massive water deluge event around the end of the last ice age that flowed down from Canada into Washington State and reshaped quite a bit of it - with the desert landscape in the eastern past of the state clearly showing the result to this day once one understands what they're looking at.
It probably didn't come to mind since it wasn't the same topic as this book. I'll have to look for other interviews he must of done when the book came out, including with Joe Rogan - thanks!
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Go for it. @KSM At least read Dune. I really liked it. You may get a taste for it, but for me it became taxing. After the first 3 books I had to submit. Nonetheless, as your attorney, I advise you to drive at top speed, it'll be a god damn miracle if we can get there before you turn into a wild animal. Shit! That's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
I meant to say, as your attorney I advise you to read Dune then choose your path. :D
*Disclaimer ~ I'm not an attorney.
Noted. I think ???
I remember my dad reading them all one after the other. I think he went through the series a few times. Always had that stack of books on the arm of the couch back then. I sure hope Sting isn't in the book.
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I'll have to look for other interviews....
@PB
This is Mr. Hancock on The Unexplained podcast with host Howard Hughes in London. I enjoyed it very much. About 1 full hour. At the end of 2015. Show #227.
https://theunexplained.tv/episodes/edition-227-graham-hancock
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@PB
This is Mr. Hancock on The Unexplained podcast with host Howard Hughes in London. I enjoyed it very much. About 1 full hour. At the end of 2015. Show #227.
https://theunexplained.tv/episodes/edition-227-graham-hancock
Thanks - I'll def check it out.
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I was looking through books at the thrift store and found “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy†shelved in the travel section.
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@PB
This is Mr. Hancock on The Unexplained podcast with host Howard Hughes in London. I enjoyed it very much. About 1 full hour. At the end of 2015. Show #227.
https://theunexplained.tv/episodes/edition-227-graham-hancock
Thanks for for sharing. A good listen.
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I was looking through books at the thrift store and found “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy†shelved in the travel section.
Haha. It doesn't get better than that. (Note to self: visit used bookstore soon and creatively recategorize and file that book.)
And if that was recent, it times well with your mentioning Venus On the Half Shell, which was supposedly an inspiration to writing AHGTTG.
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Thanks for for sharing. A good listen.
:) I'm glad PB brought all this up. It had been a great while since I listened to that episode and Hancock effectively slamming lazy/inept/slanted journalism was good to hear again.
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I spotted the book today.
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I spotted the book today.
Ladies and gentlemen . . . we have synchronicity.
I would not be surprised if PKD's Horselover Fat coalesced into the Matrix during my next local used books store visit.
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The Variable Man (a collection of short stories) was the first one of his I read, assigned in English class...
I thought about this a little, that class was science fiction only. I'd already taken English I and II, and needed a third. The only other English class option that quarter was a class writing and given speeches, so the choice was easy.
The other books we were assigned were -
A Canticle For Liebowitz - Walter M Miller
Solaris - Stanislaw Lem
Childhoods End - Arthur C Clark
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
To Your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip Jose Farmer
The Variable Man - Philip K Dick
And some book about a kid with a telepathic dog (or something like that), which I didn't like.
There may be one or two others I'm not remembering. It was a pretty good list, and didn't just go with more obvious stuff.
The thing I remember most about the class was playing hangman in the back of the room with a friend, using only the letters in the professor's name. Also, who could name (write down) the most current and former Seattle SuperSonics players. The books were good, but class discussion was less than riveting.
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I was looking through books at the thrift store and found “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy†shelved in the travel section.
That' some funny shit. If I ever want to read it, I'll know where to look.
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip Jose Farmer
Not to beat a dead Horse(lover Fat), but since the aforementioned Philip José Farmer is the true author of Venus On the Half Shell - writing under the pseudonym Kilgore Trout (with Kurt Vonnegut's approval) - we do indeed seem to be navigating a Farmer - Vonnegutian web of synchronicity.
Yes, I had the unmitigated fucking nerve to type the sci-fi affectation "Vonnegutian."
(I've also been known to say "Gigeresque.")
What nerdism is next?
Do I attend a Comic Con while wearing vulcanized rubber Vulcan ears?
Carry an accurate, overly sharp replica of the Krull glaive, while singing Don't Be Krull in Elvis, I mean, in Spock ears?
Steal an updated hyper realistic Philip K. Dick android from Hanson Robotics again via jump seating to Hong Kong headquarters while posing as a Google cum Apollo Mind Initiative exec with the crucial collaboration of an old college buddy airline employee at DFW International?
(pause)
Strike that. Forget I mentioned that.
By the Nine Gods, where/when does this madness stop?
Vonnegutian.
(Eats a Cheeto. Sips Dr. Pepper. Vulcan ears twitching.)
Perhaps I am overthinking this and it is just another night at the lodge.
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14) JAWS (1974)
by Peter Benchley
Listening to this as an unabridged audiobook; the CD case comprises 8 discs.
This book was cited by @Rikki Gins on page 1 / comment #7 of this topic.
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14) JAWS (1974)
by Peter Benchley
Listening to this as an unabridged audiobook; the CD case comprises 8 discs.
This book was cited by @Rikki Gins on page 1 / comment #7 of this topic.
I hope my memory serves us well, Cam. Your audiobook reminds me that I have a William F. Buckley 'book' that has thirteen unabridged tapes in it. It is called Miles Gone By and is read by Bill. I bought it years ago at a Goodwill store. To be honest, I doubt that I will ever take the time to listen to it.
Spender: "I'm the last Martian." From the movie. Not sure if he said that in the book.
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One area that's long been an interest to me is Central Asa - the Silk Road, the Himalayas, Tibet, and so on.
Awhile back I found an author that had written six books, all on the general subject, named Peter Hopkirk.
The first one I read was 'Foreign Trespassers on the Roof of the World' - the early westerners who tried and mostly failed to reach and enter Lhasa.
'Foreign Devils on the Silk Road' was about the various ''scientific'' expeditions to the ancient cities along the Silk Road that had been lost - abandoned and covered with sand, and how they found them and carted off the treasures to various museums.
'The Great Game' was about Russia, China, and British India maneuvering for control of Central Asia
'On Secret Service East of Constantinople' was the Germans and Turks attempting to foment uprising and rebellion in India during WWI to tie the British down there.
'Setting the East Ablaze' was Russia's attempt between WWI and WWII to grab as much of Central Asia as they could
The last one I read was 'Quest for Kim', tracing the footsteps of Kipling's fictional character. Of course I had to read 'Kim' first.
Really good books on the subjects.
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15) NO SUNSCREEN FOR THE DEAD (2019)
by Tim Dorsey
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I also read Jaws.
I read the novel Jaws years ago and man-o-man what a difference between it and the movie. Let's see if I can remember the differences.
1. After Chief Brody hires the shark expert Hooper to study the shark, Mrs. Brody, who is dissatisfied with her life, takes the sharkologist to a local motel and does the nasty with him.
2. After fisherman Quint is hired to kill the shark, he, Chief Brody and shark expert Hooper make multiple trips out into the sea to get the shark. (In the movie, they just make one long trip in search of the shark.)
3. After they find the shark, Hooper goes down in his shark tank and the shark proceeds to rip the cage open and then it eats Hooper. (Of course, he survived in the movie.)
4. When the shark causes the boat to begin to sink, Quint manages to harpoon it a number of times, but then his foot gets caught in the rope and when the shark dives into the deep, Quint is taken with him and drowns.
5. In the movie, Chief Brody was able to get the shark to explode, but in the book, the shark flopped its way up the sinking boat, eager to get a bellyful of the chief, but sadly (sad because I was rooting for the shark) it died from the effects of Quint's harpoon strikes, and Brody was able to paddle his way back to shore.
6. I imagine there are more differences that I can't remember. My god, I read that book back in 1975, not too long after the movie came out.
RIGHT I REMEMBER THEM ALL.
Movies are never quite as good are they? Certainly when the best dramatic bits are changed.
I hope my memory serves us well, Cam. Your audiobook reminds me that I have a William F Buckley 'book' that has thirteen unabridged tapes in it. It is called Miles Gone By and is read by Bill. I bought it years ago at a Goodwill store. To be honest, I doubt that I will ever take the time to listen to it.
Spender: "I'm the last Martian." movie. Not sure if he said that in the book.
Your memory served perfectly, RG. You and anniem possess excellent recall.
Your differential points, 1 through 5 : all correct.
I would also bet, in point the sixth, you are also correct, but I would have to see the film again to swear to it. It has just been too long for my brand of recall. heh.
Those "Buckley Tapes" "sound" fascinating!
To recap, JAWS was cited by @anniem on page 1 / comment 4
and
by @Rikki Gins on page 1 / comment 7 of this topic
1) The unabridged audiobook of JAWS was highly enjoyable.
2) I plan to read JAWS in hardcopy at some point for tactile X, Y, & Z axis mapping. ( don't ask)
3) Will also rewatch the film after all these years.
JAWS. To the third power.
That's how we sometimes obsessively compulsively roll at the Book Lodge.
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Those "Buckley Tapes" "sound" fascinating!
Thanks, Cam. Your post has prompted me to listen to the tapes. I'll have to locate my tape player up in the attic but that's no biggie.
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Thanks, Cam. Your post has prompted me to listen to the tapes. I'll have to locate my tape player up in the attic but that's no biggie.
That's great to hear! I look forward to any updates.
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I had no idea that was in existence. Um.. what's it about? @Camazotz Automat
@KSM
Heh heh.
It is a strange little book I ordered from the United Kingdom.
It is a bit difficult to describe. I will quote from PS Publishing's website.
My apologies for the much delayed response:
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THE CATALOGUE OF THE GREATEST OCCULT BOOK AUCTION OF ALL TIME edited by Nate Pedersen
"Scholars and book collectors across the country have long pondered the intended fate of the infamous collection of rare occult books left to rot in the Church of Starry Wisdom in Providence, Rhode Island, after the Starry Wisdom cult dispersed to parts unknown in the late 19th century.
The recent, shocking discovery of a previously unknown book auction catalogue issued in 1877 offers insight into the myriad mysteries of the cult. Entitled “Catalogue of the Occult Library of the Recently Disbanded Church of Starry Wisdom of Providence, Rhode Island,†and issued by the notorious Arkham firm Pent & Serenade, the catalogue reveals the long-suspected fact that the Church intended to sell its library to finance its removal from Providence.
The sale, of course, never materialized—as later events make obvious—but the book auction catalogue informs us of the cult’s original intent and leaves for us an enormously valuable and fascinating piece of ephemera detailing the infamous collection of rare occult books in all of its dark and foreboding glory.
Furthermore, the book auction catalogue is unique amongst its contemporaries in that the auction firm Pent & Serenade—recognizing the importance of the exceedingly rare volumes in the cult’s possession—commissioned a wide variety of 19th-century scholars to write essays on the histories of the books offered at auction.
As such, the catalogue is a uniquely—almost absurdly—valuable item for scholars and collectors around the world, and is presented here in exacting facsimile by PS Publishing."
https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/the-starry-wisdom-library-jhc-edited-by-nate-pedersen-2564-p.asp (https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/the-starry-wisdom-library-jhc-edited-by-nate-pedersen-2564-p.asp)
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@KSM
Heh heh.
It is a strange little book I ordered from the United Kingdom.
It is a bit difficult to describe. I will quote from PS Publishing's website.
My apologies for the much delayed response:
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THE CATALOGUE OF THE GREATEST OCCULT BOOK AUCTION OF ALL TIME edited by Nate Pedersen
"Scholars and book collectors across the country have long pondered the intended fate of the infamous collection of rare occult books left to rot in the Church of Starry Wisdom in Providence, Rhode Island, after the Starry Wisdom cult dispersed to parts unknown in the late 19th century.
The recent, shocking discovery of a previously unknown book auction catalogue issued in 1877 offers insight into the myriad mysteries of the cult. Entitled “Catalogue of the Occult Library of the Recently Disbanded Church of Starry Wisdom of Providence, Rhode Island,†and issued by the notorious Arkham firm Pent & Serenade, the catalogue reveals the long-suspected fact that the Church intended to sell its library to finance its removal from Providence.
The sale, of course, never materialized—as later events make obvious—but the book auction catalogue informs us of the cult’s original intent and leaves for us an enormously valuable and fascinating piece of ephemera detailing the infamous collection of rare occult books in all of its dark and foreboding glory.
Furthermore, the book auction catalogue is unique amongst its contemporaries in that the auction firm Pent & Serenade—recognizing the importance of the exceedingly rare volumes in the cult’s possession—commissioned a wide variety of 19th-century scholars to write essays on the histories of the books offered at auction.
As such, the catalogue is a uniquely—almost absurdly—valuable item for scholars and collectors around the world, and is presented here in exacting facsimile by PS Publishing."
https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/the-starry-wisdom-library-jhc-edited-by-nate-pedersen-2564-p.asp (https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/the-starry-wisdom-library-jhc-edited-by-nate-pedersen-2564-p.asp)
No apology necessary. I appreciate the information and the link! :) Very intriguing to say the least.
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Arkham! As in Lovecraft. His Arkham was in Massachusetts. This book moved it to Rhode Island. Lovecraft's home state. Later usurped by Batman mythos as in Arkham Asylum
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I read the novel Jaws years ago and man-o-man what a difference between it and the movie. Let's see if I can remember the differences.
1. After Chief Brody hires the shark expert Hooper to study the shark, Mrs. Brody, who is dissatisfied with her life, takes the sharkologist to a local motel and does the nasty with him.
2. After fisherman Quint is hired to kill the shark, he, Chief Brody and shark expert Hooper make multiple trips out into the sea to get the shark. (In the movie, they just make one long trip in search of the shark.)
3. After they find the shark, Hooper goes down in his shark tank and the shark proceeds to rip the cage open and then it eats Hooper. (Of course, he survived in the movie.)
4. When the shark causes the boat to begin to sink, Quint manages to harpoon it a number of times, but then his foot gets caught in the rope and when the shark dives into the deep, Quint is taken with him and drowns.
5. In the movie, Chief Brody was able to get the shark to explode, but in the book, the shark flopped its way up the sinking boat, eager to get a bellyful of the chief, but sadly (sad because I was rooting for the shark) it died from the effects of Quint's harpoon strikes, and Brody was able to paddle his way back to shore.
6. I imagine there are more differences that I can't remember. My god, I read that book back in 1975, not too long after the movie came out.
And the totally unnecessary affair between Hooper and Mrs. Brody. One example where the movie was much better than the novel. I got a very dog-eared copy at a garage sale but still read it several years ago. I should have saved my $1
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Arkham! As in Lovecraft. His Arkham was in Massachusetts. This book moved it to Rhode Island. Lovecraft's home state. Later usurped by Batman mythos as in Arkham Asylum
@TigerLily
(puzzled look)
No, you are incorrect. This book has not "moved" Arkham anywhere.
( If such an error had been made, I'm sure S.T. Joshi would not have contributed his introduction, which ends thusly:
S. T. Joshi
Rare Books & Manuscripts Division
Armitage Library, Miskatonic University
Arkham, Massachusetts
November 2013 )
Throughout the book, if Arkham is referenced, it is as being in Massachusetts.
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Dear BatGod. I know you do not know me very well. But it's time you learn I may have misread but I am never mistaken. Perhaps it was this paragraph that threw me off: "Entitled “Catalogue of the Occult Library of the Recently Disbanded Church of Starry Wisdom of Providence, Rhode Island,†and issued by the notorious Arkham firm Pent & Serenade, [I assumed of the same location]
So a simple logical leap steered me wrong. Precision in writing is all important. Please don't let that happen again
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Dear @Camazotz Automat I am looking for a like new or gently used issue of the Necronomicon. Only a first issue penned by Abdul Alhazred himself will do. You seem to traveI in those literary circles so I thought you might keep an eye peeled. Two eyes if it's not asking too much. I seemed to have left mine at Lestat's while enjoying an iced vanilla café. And I was right in the middle of a particularly interesting incantation
I did leave a tip and an appropriate salutation for the absconder
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Dear @Camazotz Automat I am looking for a like new or gently used issue of the Necronomicon. Only a first issue penned by Abdul Alhazred himself will do. I seemed to have left mine at Lestat's while enjoying an iced vanilla café. And I was right in the middle of a particularly interesting incantation
I did leave a tip and an appropriate salutation for the absconder
Backpedaling from your previous snarky post. @TigerLily
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Backpedaling from your previous snarky post. @TigerLily
Snark? Moi? Impossible!
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16) EIGHTBALL #23
by Daniel Clowes
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17) VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL (1974/ 1975)
by Kilgore Trout
I was fated to read this book when it was cited by @juan, on page 5 / comment 71 of this topic.
"Synchronicity cannot be denied, nor damned. But it can often be worn as a pinback button. "
- Kilgore Trout, from his rare and almost impossible to find novel 2BR02B.
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Kinship With All Life
This book actually tells you how to communicate with a common housefly amongst almost everything else on the planet. Wayne Green whom you may remember was a guest several times over on Art's show highly recommended it. Years ago I ordered it and it really is quite intriguing.
@ 157 pages - you'll knock this one back real quick.
https://www.amazon.com/Kinship-All-Life-Allen-Boone/dp/0060609125/ref=asc_df_0060609125/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312090128349&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16881903529356185462&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002126&hvtargid=pla-562487247726&psc=1
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... "Synchronicity cannot be denied, nor damned. But it can often be worn as a pinback button. "
- Kilgore Trout...[/I].
''Ther awr no coincidenches''
- George Noory, the book of Late-Night Butter Snacks
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Kinship With All Life
This book actually tells you how to communicate with a common housefly amongst almost everything else on the planet. Wayne Green whom you may remember was a guest several times over on Art's show highly recommended it. Years ago I ordered it and it really is quite intriguing.
@ 157 pages - you'll knock this one back real quick.
That looks good to me. I'm enjoying accumulating several interesting suggestions from this thread as I continue on with my goal of 52 books in 2021.
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Oh god, now I'll probably be seeing ads for the Snorge's snack book for the rest of the year.
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Oh god, now I'll probably be seeing ads for the Snorge's snack book for the rest of the year.
Let's feed that algorithm - via tangential crumbs - even "More Nor":
Breakthrough to Creativity by Shafica Karagulla
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Breakthrough to Creativity by Shafica Karagulla
Hahaha, that reminds me of an interview Snoors once did. It turned out the guest had known his aunt fairly well. The guest pronounced her name Kara-goola, while Noory pronounced it Ka-rig-you-luh.
During the interview, they both pronounced her name their way several times each, but neither commented about the way the other was pronouncing it...
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Hahaha, that reminds me of an interview Snoors once did. It turned out the guest had known his aunt fairly well. The guest pronounced her name Kara-goola, while Noory pronounced it Ka-rig-you-luh.
During the interview, they both pronounced her name their way several times each, but neither commented about the way the other was pronouncing it...
Hahaha
That is subtle talk-radio gold, and approaches platinum.
And the longer the standoff / impasse lasts, the more precious the metal becomes.
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18) DANCING NAKED IN THE MIND FIELD (1998)
by Kary Mullis
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Sanctuary - William Faulkner
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Trout Fishing In America by Richard Brautigan.
Richard was trying to thumb his way to a fishing spot but nobody would stop to give him a ride. This went on for hours on end, under a hot broiling sun.
"The sun was like a huge fifty-cent piece that someone had
poured kerosene on and then had lit with a match and said,
"Here, hold this while I go get a newspaper, " and put the
coin in my hand, but never came back."
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19) PILLARS OF THE EARTH (1989)
by Ken Follett
I picked this book to read because it was cited by @PolkaDot on page 1 / comment 14 of this topic.
My thoughts:
(Digression Alert)
This is a large idea book - in scope & theme & page count.
Think DUNE epic minus the sandworms - plus waaaaay more attention to architecture.
(I learned that little summation trick from my good friend Joe Bob Briggs.)
Pillars of the Earth is ~a tad~ heavy "for me wee Scottish brain," so I will pace myself accordingly, while concurrently reading other books at different speeds, which is typical; no matter how many times I attempt to go cryo-turkey & read but one tome start to finish at a time, I always end up reading a few at a time.
You say "one tome at a," I say "tomes ought to."***
( *** I "boldly" and preternaturally quote a posthumous Tom(e) Robbins novel before His demise & prior to the novel's publication! You read it here first.
My apologies & sincere regret, Mr. Robbins. Obviously, I can't be trusted, even on the astral plane. :(
In my defense, "Tom" (cackling madly), it was just such Tomatoes of temptation that did hang humanity from their stations on that Tree of Knowledge.
How could I be so differently designed than Atom & Evil as to not succumb to such precariously hanging fruit as quoting your fabulous pun?)
Back to my reading habits of naked nuns:
(evil grin)
I prefer having something at claw to read no matter my mood, current attention span, or claw sharpness.
At 973 pages, PILLARS will last a while & will gradually assume the position of engine in the perpetual book train.
The last time I read Follet was in the early 80s! Eye of the Needle.
That retractable stiletto to the eye scene "still haunts-etto" me.
Now, back to Dick & Jane:
See Spot run.
(Things don't look so good for that infernal bouncing tomato red ball.)
It is "fortunate" that the ball is a Calvinist & believes in Dog's mysterious ways!
(penetrating fang clamp)
I amuse myself here.
End of digression.
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19) PILLARS OF THE EARTH (1989)
by Ken Follett
I picked this book to read because it was cited by @PolkaDot on page 1 / comment 14 of this topic.
My thoughts:
(Digression Alert)
This is a large idea book - in scope & theme & page count.
Think DUNE epic minus the sandworms - plus waaaaay more attention to architecture.
(I learned that little summation trick from my good friend Joe Bob Briggs.)
Pillars of the Earth is ~a tad~ heavy "for me wee Scottish brain," so I will pace myself accordingly, while concurrently reading other books at different speeds, which is typical; no matter how many times I attempt to go cryo-turkey & read but one tome start to finish at a time, I always end up reading a few at a time.
You say "one tome at a," I say "tomes ought to."***
( *** I "boldly" and preternaturally quote a posthumous Tom(e) Robbins novel before His demise & prior to the novel's publication! You read it here first.
My apologies & sincere regret, Mr. Robbins. Obviously, I can't be trusted, even on the astral plane. :(
In my defense, "Tom" (cackling madly), it was just such Tomatoes of temptation that did hang humanity from their stations on that Tree of Knowledge.
How could I be so differently designed than Atom & Evil as to not succumb to such precariously hanging fruit as quoting your fabulous pun?)
Back to my reading habits of naked nuns:
(evil grin)
I prefer having something at claw to read no matter my mood, current attention span, or claw sharpness.
At 973 pages, PILLARS will last a while & will gradually assume the position of engine in the perpetual book train.
The last time I read Follet was in the early 80s! Eye of the Needle.
That retractable stiletto to the eye scene "still haunts-etto" me.
Now, back to Dick & Jane:
See Spot run.
(Things don't look so good for that infernal bouncing tomato red ball.)
It is "fortunate" that the ball is a Calvinist & believes in Dog's mysterious ways!
(penetrating fang clamp)
I amuse myself here.
End of digression.
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LOL. This made me laugh, so thank you for that. ;D
Dune-esque? I don't know, I've only read the first book- which I thoroughly enjoyed by the way. I was on a Mexican beach I believe....it could have been a Central American beach....definitely a beach.
I hope you enjoy it!
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LOL. This made me laugh, so thank you for that. ;D
Dune-esque? I don't know, I've only read the first book- which I thoroughly enjoyed by the way. I was on a Mexican beach I believe....it could have been a Central American beach....definitely a beach.
I hope you enjoy it!
@PolkaDot
You're welcome for the laugh(s). :)
With a post of that length, I was in that superposition zone of "possibly amusing" and "possibly tedious."
The environment in which you consumed Dune was ideal. (There's absolutely no reason to get all crazy and read it in Joshua Tree, CA.)
I can almost see you as heat shimmered memory: lazing about like a rogue Bene Gesserit (speaking of naked nuns and their reading habits) - reclining on an appropriate sandy surface, to be sure - but also present, just over there, in that direction, the juxtaposition of an eternity of water!
That alien azure horizon is a destination desirous enough to make a sandworm Itself fold space to become witness, replete with a reeeeeeally big orange beach towel of course, that says THE SPICE MUST FLOW OR BUST in seventy foot tall crimson letters.
I am confident I will enjoy The Pillars of the Earth.
No one in the Lodge has led me astray thus far.
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Addendum
I neglected to illustrate precisely why Shai Hulud's enormous beach towel is orange.
On the towel's obverse, in 70 foot tall white letters, it reads:
THE ORANGE CATHOLIC BIBLE
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20) THE PARTY AT JACK'S (posthumously, 1995)
by Thomas Wolfe
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@PolkaDot
You're welcome for the laugh(s). :)
With a post of that length, I was in that superposition zone of "possibly amusing" and "possibly tedious."
The environment in which you consumed Dune was ideal. (There's absolutely no reason to get all crazy and read it in Joshua Tree, CA.)
I can almost see you as heat shimmered memory: lazing about like a rogue Bene Gesserit (speaking of naked nuns and their reading habits) - reclining on an appropriate sandy surface, to be sure - but also present, just over there, in that direction, the juxtaposition of an eternity of water!
That alien azure horizon is a destination desirous enough to make a sandworm Itself fold space to become witness, replete with a reeeeeeally big orange beach towel of course, that says THE SPICE MUST FLOW OR BUST in seventy foot tall crimson letters.
I am confident I will enjoy The Pillars of the Earth.
No one in the Lodge has led me astray thus far.
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Possibly amusing, at least to one's self, is an aspirational goal I can appreciate. Go with "absolutely amusing" whenever the opportunity presents itself.
I must say, there are not a TON of reasons to go to California and Joshua Tree does NOT rank in the upper tiers. If i were a nun lounging or otherwise, i may skip the habit but I always keep a very large hat on hand. It's a rather dramatic look, but I pull it off. Sandworms be damned.
I can't wait to hear the report in the Autumn of your thoughts of Pillars.
I'm reading three books at the moment but don't feel an attachment to either of the first two. :-\
This was a gift, and it's okay but is very much a love story. ehh..perhaps I am not the romantic people seem to think I am.
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This one is terribly dry but interesting. It's a lot of torture to take in one fell swoop though.
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The third is a Jenny Lawson book. I love her. She absolutely cracks me up, but can also be profoundly sad. I would absolutely recommend her first book if you want to dip a toe in. Again, I have to break her up with other reads..alas...three books....
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The best part of the X-Files mytharc.
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Time to read his memoir, Where There's Smoke ... The Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man.
This could make it onto my 2021 list. Would attach effortlessly onto my book train and as I'm an X-files-phile, it looks interesting.
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Books read in 2021
21) THE $64 TOMATO: HOW ONE MAN NEARLY LOST HIS SANITY, SPENT A FORTUNE, AND ENDURED AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT GARDEN (2006)
by William Alexander
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Books read in 2021
21) THE $64 TOMATO: HOW ONE MAN NEARLY LOST HIS SANITY, SPENT A FORTUNE, AND ENDURED AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT GARDEN (2006)
by William Alexander
@Camazotz Automat If one was not a Graduate of the Green Thumb I wonder if that one could enjoy this book. The extreme gardener does seem like a status I'll never achieve.
Iron Maiden are gardening may go well together.
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Iron Maiden are gardening may go well together.
???
*cough* Iron Maiden AND gardening may go well together.
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???
*cough* Iron Maiden AND gardening may go well together.
The tomatoes might be a little tough skinned but extra juicy
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Books read in 2021
22) THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE (1871)
by Lewis Carroll
(THE ANNOTATED ALICE
THE DEFINITIVE EDITION)
(Notes by Martin Gardner)
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Iron Maiden AND gardening may go well together.
@KSM
Absolutely.
Sixteen Art Studio Pamphlets for Funfilled Ferrous Farming
1) Our May Den :
Extending your living room area into your garden.
2) Killers :
Insects that can destroy everything you've done.
3) Number of the Bees :
Why pollinators are essential.
4) Piece of Rind :
Picking those prize-winning melons.
5) Tower Slave :
DIY - Building the ultimate rose trellis.
6) Somewhere in Thyme :
Lose yourself in a wonderful world of herbs.
7) Seventh Sun of a Seventh Sun :
14 ways to utilize solar power in your home and garden.
8) Fear of the Dark?
Never be afraid of cultivating mushrooms ever again.
9) No Sprayer for the Dying
Why commercial insecticides may not be the answer.
10) The Sex Factor
Growing successful hybrids and forcing stubborn producers to fruit.
11) Brave New Manure
(Compost of the Gods)
12) Ants of Death :
Colonies that can kill, Colonies that will.
13) A Matter of Growing and Reaping
(You have the perfect garden, now what? What's it all about?)
14) Final Front Yard
The last landscaping booklet you will ever buy.
15) The Book of Moles :
Humane methods to remove the little grave diggers.
16) Senjutsu :
Waging war in a soiless city - Green samurai strategies for an
apartment balcony's clay-potted garden; Tactics for bedroom closet
hydroponic tents.
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@KSM
Absolutely.
Sixteen Art Studio Pamphlets for Funfilled Ferrous Farming
1) Our May Den :
Extending your living room area into your garden.
2) Killers :
Insects that can destroy everything you've done.
3) Number of the Bees :
Why pollinators are essential.
4) Piece of Rind :
Picking those prize-winning melons.
5) Tower Slave :
DIY - Building the ultimate rose trellis.
6) Somewhere in Thyme :
Lose yourself in a wonderful world of herbs.
7) Seventh Sun of a Seventh Sun :
14 ways to utilize solar power in your home and garden.
8) Fear of the Dark?
Never be afraid of cultivating mushrooms ever again.
9) No Sprayer for the Dying
Why commercial insecticides may not be the answer.
10) The Sex Factor
Growing successful hybrids and forcing stubborn producers to fruit.
11) Brave New Manure
(Compost of the Gods)
12) Ants of Death :
Colonies that can kill, Colonies that will.
13) A Matter of Growing and Reaping
(You have the perfect garden, now what? What's it all about?)
14) Final Front Yard
The last landscaping booklet you will ever buy.
15) The Book of Moles :
Humane methods to remove the little grave diggers.
16) Senjutsu :
Waging war in a soiless city - Green samurai strategies for an
apartment balcony's clay-potted garden; Tactics for bedroom closet
hydroponic tents.
By God they've always had a way with titling songs. At least half of those could be names for other bands or albums crated by bands.
Whatta list!
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By God they've always had a way with titling songs. At least half of those could be names for other bands or albums created by bands.
Whatta list!
@KSM
I knew you (and hopefully a few other music oriented Rivet Heads, Earth Dogs, & Hell Rats that visit the Lodge) would recognise the "slightly" augmented studio album discography of IRON MAIDEN. Heh heh.
It might be one of my all time favorite posts. I wrote it immediately after you said Maiden and gardening may go together, but I decided it was too long of a post.
Yet I saved it. (writers' disease)
And it kept haunting me. (Camazotz disease)
With Maiden's upcoming (SEP 03) SENJUTSU album, I realized it was my DUTY, to go ahead with sharing the compostition. (Iron Maiden fan disease)
Now, if I could just hear Nicko read the list on a podcast, I could consider my current incarnation complete and exit stage left while laughing myself into oblivion.
To most others, it must appear I've gone to an awful lot of trouble to list sixteen garden advice booklets.
Even so, it could be considered pertinent in the Book Lodge.
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Books read in 2021
23) PATIENCE - A Cosmic Timewarp Deathtrip To The Primordial Infinite Of Everlasting Love (2016)
by Daniel Clowes
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https://www.joeydevilla.com/2020/11/03/only-the-boomer-with-a-computer-can-save-us-now/
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Books read in 2021
24) THE POCKET I-CHING (1977)
by Wen-kuang Chu and Gary Melyan
Now. I must locate three interesting, identical
flipping coins - instead of using American coinage
like some ill informed New Age sluggard.
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I use three silver Kennedy half dollars.
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I use three silver Kennedy half dollars.
I will concede an exception. ;)
Acceptable due to heft (even more acceptable if they are 1964 mint, with that ringing 90% silver content.)
This interesting introduction pocket book endorses three Quarters. Convenient, but lacking ritual anchoring/conviction.
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That’s exactly what they are. Full of ritual anchoring.
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Books read in 2021
25) BILLY SUMMERS (2021)
by Stephen King
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I guess I should join the fun.
Reading now
1. Built From Broken - Scott Hogan
2. Intellectuals - Paul Johnson
3. Shirley Jackson - Lenemaja Friedman
Writing - Jamboree Jones and the Aberrant Abduction (Southern gothic crime with flying cars)
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Books read in 2021
26) THE CROQUET PLAYER (1936)
by H. G. Wells
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Writing - Jamboree Jones and the Aberrant Abduction (Southern gothic crime with flying cars)
That makes me think of early Jonathan Lethem.
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I use three silver Kennedy half dollars.
For now, I'm using three of these novelty coins. They are a little too thin, but feel better than American quarters. They were just $1.75 for three. I bought three sets: one to use with the book, one fresh set to give to whomever I pass the book on to, and a third set to carry in my pocket as I become a walking talking feng shui money magnet.
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Let us know when that money magnet part works.
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Commmme ooooonnnnn, powerball!
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Books read in 2021
27) GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX (2017)
by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
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Books read in 2021
27) GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX (2017)
by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
Color me curious.
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Arrives in 10-12 days. Local stores did not carry it and I WANT IT NOW! hardcover
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just read a newspaper and pretend the people mentioned are farm animals
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May as well pick up Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and 1984 while you're at it
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I've never read any Ayn Rand, what should I start with?
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just read a newspaper and pretend the people mentioned are farm animals
I am aware.
May as well pick up Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and 1984 while you're at it
Read 84 and BNW. I want more.
#MyPrerogative
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What a classic.
No disrespect to King and Chizmar before I've even read all of Gwendy's, but Animal Farm is light years ahead in staying power compared to Gwendy's, in my opinion.
(I may change my opinion later. Button Box is the first in a trilogy, so it is possible I could be swayed the other direction after part three comes out in FEB '22.
But it seems unlikely.)
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What a classic.
No disrespect to King and Chizmar before I've even read all of Gwendy's, but Animal Farm is light years ahead in staying power compared to Gwendy's, in my opinion.
It took me 20 minutes to order the dang thing as my OCD was sparked with the various renditions of essentially the same book cover.
that poor pig
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I've never read any Ayn Rand, what should I start with?
My dad would say Atlas Shrugged. That is his bible although growing up I saw The Fountainhead out much, much more. Fountainhead is a funny thing to call someone BTW.
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I am aware.
Read 84 and BNW. I want more.
#MyPrerogative
Fahrenheit 451 was a quick read
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Fahrenheit 451 was a quick read
You burned through it rather quickly.
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Books read in 2021
28) A FRIENDSHIP - The Letters of Dan Rowan and John D. MacDonald • 1967 - 1974 (1986)
by Dan Rowan and John D. MacDonald
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'Allo!
Nice 'Avatar' or 'Logo'.
Am I haveing difficulty with reply frequencies.
Still am i looking for the historic summary of books from 'Gnome Press'by Mr.Heinlein,Jouvenile directed.
No time to write long missive,Ta Ta for now...
Beelzebubbelah
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PS:More to come...
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Allo!
Found this have I!! (***a pic of what Belz found is at bottom of this Lodge post***)
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Seriously off typewritten files...
Beelzebubelah
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Hey, oh, Beelz!
Hi, oh, Zebub!
My, oh, Belah!
I am not 100%, but I believe the avatar you mention was the close up pic of the brand plate on my portable Underwood.
I have since switched to one of my illustrations that started out as a harmless doodle on a book shipment to a friend. Eventually it required purchasing some odd paint to get the look I wanted. A very demanding doodle to say the least. The post office did not deserve to see my eternal work of art, so I wrapped the box in brown paper. Well, you can guess what happened next. I started messing with the regenerated "canvas."
I finally managed to stop retooling it and ship it, but it was a little heavier.
You may see some R. Crumb influence in my coyote. Or even the less well known Bruce Hilvitz. I recall when Hilvitz did a Snakes & Ladders illustration for Gnosis Magazine. I've always meant to do a SNL game board of my own, but at this late date, who knows.
Hey, I found a few sellers of various Gnome Pressed Heinlein, but they are charging collector prices. I don't know if you're seeking Methuselah's Children or what exactly.
If you want the links anyway, let me know and I will send in private message.
That Medusa book looks nifty for sure. Perhaps $100 to $300 nifty for the hardcover London version which you appear to have. Lol.
I found an old Kirkus review about The Medusa Touch.
Excerpt:
" Mr. Van Greenaway is such a good writer that you almost don't mind not knowing what he's saying -- sometimes in Latin or French or German which adds to the intellectual tone of his cryptic entertainment, namely, ""can a mask stripped from the Medusa, smile""? Kirkus, 1973
Heh heh. If that doesn't make me want to read The Medusa Touch, then nothing will.
I'm going to post this in the Book Lodge area. I want any book loving members who might not frequent the typewriter topic to see the Van Greenaway Medusa title you scored.
Thanks for bringing Van Greenaway to my attention!
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Books read in 2021
29) ROBERT A. HEINLEIN : IN DIALOGUE WITH HIS CENTURY
Volume I
Learning Curve | 1907 - 1948
(2010)
by William H. Patterson
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Books read in 2021
30) EXTRAORDINARY HORSESHOE CRABS (1999)
by Julie Dunlap
I purchased this book several days ago. Interestingly, the Noory thread began talking about horseshoe crabs today because of something said on Wednesday's show.
If I had purchased a book on the history of Zeppelins / blimps, would airships have been mentioned on the show?
Of course not.
Right?
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Trying diligently to stay within topic here to tell any of you who are desperately seeking
Susan that oh-so elusive motivate to take your own life!? I highly recommend the uplifting writings of Mr. Happy, Arthur Schopenhauer.
Goodness-Fucking-Gracious-what-a-legendary-bummer.
#whybotherbothering
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Books read in 2021
31) CHILDHOOD'S END (1953)
by Arthur C. Clarke
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Books read in 2021
31) CHILDHOOD'S END (1953)
by Arthur C. Clarke
The good ones always float off into space
I read the Tibetan Book of the Dead at an impressionable age. It has had quite an impact on my global viewpoint. At some point I will have it written into my will that I would like Tibetan lamas chant at my bedside as I begin my journey into the the next realm
Another quick story if you will indulge me. I was on a business trip with a colleague stuck at the St. Louis Airport due to weather. It was very nasty. I was sure they would cancel the flight. Just after they announced we would be boarding soon my colleague nudged me. I looked over and the person next to her was reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead. I giggled a bit nervously. They announced our boarding and I lived to tell the tale
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The good ones always float off into space
I read the Tibetan Book of the Dead at an impressionable age. It has had quite an impact on my global viewpoint. At some point I will have it written into my will that I would like Tibetan lamas chant at my bedside as I begin my journey into the the next realm...
I visited the Potala Palace and several other monasteries in Tibet, and walking through the place (100s of rooms of all sizes, dark, dank, no windows, murals on the walls, lighted only by yak butter candles - which were everywhere), there were nooks and crannies with cabinet-like boxes with cubby holes stuffed full of ancient looking scrolls. Thousands of them. I've always wondered what was on them, if anyone ever pulled them out and looked at them, if they were translated...
I remember having tea with some monks in a 12 x 12 sized room in one monastery, and leaning back, looking up at the ceiling, it was covered end to end with a net, and the net held dozens (hundreds?) of ancient weapons - old muskets, swords, deadly looking clubs... apparently the PLA didn't get everything.
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At some point I will have it written into my will that I would like Tibetan lamas chant at my bedside as I begin my journey into the the next realm
YOU HAVE A BED IN YOUR CAR?
Ooops, wrote too much.
Ignore that.
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... I will have it written into my will that I would like Tibetan lamas chant at my bedside as I begin my journey into the the next realm...
And a Tibetan style sky burial?
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Ordered Animal Farm a month ago and it just shipped today! By now I could have started an actual ACTUAL FARM! Yeesh
..had to get the hardcover ::)
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Ordered Animal Farm a month ago and it just shipped today! By now I could have started an actual ACTUAL FARM! Yeesh
..had to get the hardcover ::)
Wow! That's how long it took to receive the Official Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook for Space:1999 in 1977! Heh heh.
Luckily, that poor hardcover pig was very patient.
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YOU HAVE A BED IN YOUR CAR?
Ooops, wrote too much.
Ignore that.
I have a Prius. Very comfy with the seats down. The monks can sit in the front then drive me to the sky burial
And a Tibetan style sky burial?
Ashes to ashes. Dust to vultures
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The good ones always float off into space
I read the Tibetan Book of the Dead at an impressionable age. It has had quite an impact on my global viewpoint. At some point I will have it written into my will that I would like Tibetan lamas chant at my bedside as I begin my journey into the the next realm
Another quick story if you will indulge me. I was on a business trip with a colleague stuck at the St. Louis Airport due to weather. It was very nasty. I was sure they would cancel the flight. Just after they announced we would be boarding soon my colleague nudged me. I looked over and the person next to her was reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead. I giggled a bit nervously. They announced our boarding and I lived to tell the tale
Being a logical, sane, & practical person, I too, would have boarded the plane as you did.
However.
After reaching cruising altitude, I would start thinking:
Why the f$&@ did I get on this go$(+!3$ plane when that f+&#ing passenger was reading that motherfu&#-!g cocksu&${| book?!? That PARTICULAR !%$@&King book?! Could the Universe be any more clear, Cam?! You deluded idiot! Holy Freaking Frankenf@#!!! Talk about a literal sky burial!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
After landing:
I knew it was no big deal. Not at all. People read all kinds of books. Just another plane trip. I like to make up fictional reactions and use them later when developing characters. Helps pass the time. I wouldn't care if a passenger were reading a book on making bombs.
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I visited the Potala Palace and several other monasteries in Tibet, and walking through the place (100s of rooms of all sizes, dark, dank, no windows, murals on the walls, lighted only by yak butter candles - which were everywhere), there were nooks and crannies with cabinet-like boxes with cubby holes stuffed full of ancient looking scrolls. Thousands of them. I've always wondered what was on them, if anyone ever pulled them out and looked at them, if they were translated...
I remember having tea with some monks in a 12 x 12 sized room in one monastery, and leaning back, looking up at the ceiling, it was covered end to end with a net, and the net held dozens (hundreds?) of ancient weapons - old muskets, swords, deadly looking clubs... apparently the PLA didn't get everything.
Thanks for sharing that detailed memory. "Most cool!"
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Thanks for sharing that detailed memory. "Most cool!"
Indeed. I enjoyed visualizing it.
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Thanks for sharing that detailed memory. "Most cool!"
Indeed. I enjoyed visualizing it.
I wish I had better photos inside these places. It was so dark, plus any photo could never take in the whole scene - it was so confined, beams, columns, there were no good sight lines or vantage points.
There were pilgrims from all over Tibet crowding in, going from room to room, shrine to shrine, each one praying, adding butter to the candles, and leaving scarves and other offerings, monks meditating or hurrying here and there. There were shrines everywhere, some main rooms had one huge statue, or a dozen, other rooms had row after row of smaller figures, each with it's own cubby, each one in full dress, surrounded by candles, offerings, scarves, miscellanea, photos of the Dalai Lama, and so on, curtains, murals, little side rooms, stairs taking us up to more levels until finally the roof. All a crowded jumble.
There were a few man made caves that had shrines, monks and pilgrims there as well, the walls were carved into base reliefs of buddhas (I think), and brightly painted.
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Check this monk's drum hanging from the ceiling:
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There's probably 20 ''banned'' photos of the Dalai Lama in this shrine, plus a partially covered postcard sized image of the equally banned Tibet flag (red and blue rays emanating from a yellow sun, lower right):
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" I wish I had better photos inside these places. It was so dark, plus any photo could never take in the whole scene
...." et al
+ googolplex
Outstanding. That drum jumped out immediately for me, just after the atmosphere of it all "set the inner stage first," of course. Heh heh.
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Outstanding. That drum jumped out immediately for me, just after the atmosphere of it all "set the inner stage first," of course. Heh heh.
A few more from outside.
Fresh yak meat
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Yak butter
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Fresh produce
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Pilgrim
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Kids
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More kids
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Jokhang temple, city square. Check out the huge incense burners on either side of the entrance.
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The old Lhasa mosque. I wish I'd gone in.
Minaret behind the wall, topped with crescent moon (it's faint).
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On the steps of the mosque
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@PB
A breathtaking set of photos - the camera eye at its best. I am tempted to comment on each one, but my comments would only ruin their nature/strength.
But what I will say, is that I'm honored you posted them in The Book Lodge.
( Take that, National Geographic Magazine.
Bitches! :) )
They fit in very well here. Every great library or bookstore has photos/objects displayed.
I would think a virtual "book club/lodge" would as well. Some gravitas amongst the expected book cover art.
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... But what I will say, is that I'm honored you posted them in The Book Lodge...
Thank you. It's fun to go back and look through the photos from that trip once in awhile.
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Being a logical, sane, & practical person, I too, would have boarded the plane as you did.
However.
After reaching cruising altitude, I would start thinking:
Why the f$&@ did I get on this go$(+!3$ plane when that f+&#ing passenger was reading that motherfu&#-!g cocksu&${| book?!? That PARTICULAR !%$@&King book?! Could the Universe be any more clear, Cam?! You deluded idiot! Holy Freaking Frankenf@#!!! Talk about a literal sky burial!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
F@#k!!!
After landing:
I knew it was no big deal. Not at all. People read all kinds of books. Just another plane trip. I like to make up fictional reactions and use them later when developing characters. Helps pass the time. I wouldn't care if a passenger were reading a book on making bombs.
Exactly! Pretty much my reaction. But I was cool
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@PB love those pictures! Thank you for sharing
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@PB love those pictures! Thank you for sharing
You're welcome. I just googled the Jokhang temple and the old Lhasa mosque images, I recognize the buildings but everything looks so different from when I was there.
Another place I went on that trip that has changed dramatically was China's far west Xinjiang Province, where all the trouble with the Uighurs and other Moslems is. There were very few Chinese there at the time, no modern buildings, few paved roads...
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Books read in 2021
32) FIVE DECEMBERS (2021)
by James Kestrel
The release date is Oct 26, 2021. I read the uncorrected proofs that Charles Ardai at Hard Case Crime sent me as a PDF, but changes will be minimal. Your reading experience should be similar to mine.
If you like pulp crime/detective and WWII period events/history, your day has come. The epic story spans all of WWII.
Highly recommended.
http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi?title=Five%20Decembers (http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi?title=Five%20Decembers)
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Books read in 2021
28) WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO? (2017)
by Bruce Dickinson
(Previously, Book #28 on my 2021 list was
A FRIENDSHIP - The Letters of Dan Rowan
and John D. MacDonald • 1967 - 1974 (1986)
Due to a fulfillment problem, it was never received.)
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The Wheel of Time Series which I had read about 150 of is being released on Amazon in a day or two. Much like Game of Thrones which I had read about 45 of before they mercifully released that on HBO so it could end
Sorry about the run-on sentences but they do justice to the greediness of Jordan and Martin who certainly knew how to milk the cow until it mooed "STOP!" and then continued on
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And still.
Hasn't even shipped.
All because I wanted the hard cover.
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Books read in 2021
28) WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO? (2017)
by Bruce Dickinson
Man, Bruce just doesn't stop. I'll bet he wrote it while flying his plane and singing Still Life
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Man, Bruce just doesn't stop. I'll bet he wrote it while flying his plane and singing Still Life
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LOL! Bruce is a dynamo.
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@KSM @ShayP @THRUST MEATNOZZLE
After many years of investigation
I discovered Bruce's secret.
That sneaky wanker!
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@KSM @ShayP @THRUST MEATNOZZLE
After many years of investigation
I discovered Bruce's secret.
That sneaky wanker!
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HA! ;D One Bruce flies the plane, one writes the books, and two take turns interchanging during concerts. I always wondered why he'd disappear on stage every one and a while, then come back moments later from the other side wearing something else. You solved it!
By the way @Camazotz Automat I just found out he's starting a podcast in a few days. It's called Psycho Schizo Espresso. His cohost is Oxford University psychologist Dr. Kevin Dutton.
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HA! ;D One Bruce flies the plane, one writes the books, and two take turns interchanging during concerts. I always wondered why he'd disappear on stage every one and a while, then come back moments later from the other side wearing something else. You solved it!
By the way @Camazotz Automat I just found out he's starting a podcast in a few days. It's called Psycho Schizo Espresso. His cohost is Oxford University psychologist Dr. Kevin Dutton.
@ShayP
Thanks for letting me know. I was unaware.
I need multiple Camazotzs to keep up with Bruce news!
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The Wheel of Time Series which I had read about 150 of is being released on Amazon in a day or two. Much like Game of Thrones which I had read about 45 of before they mercifully released that on HBO so it could end
Sorry about the run-on sentences but they do justice to the greediness of Jordan and Martin who certainly knew how to milk the cow until it mooed "STOP!" and then continued on
@TigerLily
Run-on sentences are completely acceptable forms of communication and self expression in this joint.
We all grok. ;D
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@KSM @ShayP @THRUST MEATNOZZLE
After many years of investigation
I discovered Bruce's secret.
That sneaky wanker!
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Hahaha Sneaky Wanker is also a great name for a band!
There seems to be something very wrong with that movie poster but I'm not gonna go there. @ShayP will. Thanks in advance buddy :)
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There seems to be something very wrong with that movie poster but I'm not gonna go there. @ShayP will. Thanks in advance buddy :)
Ha! ;D Oh I could say something but I won't.
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33) KINSHIP WITH ALL LIFE (1976)
by J. A. Boone
I picked this book because it was cited by
@KSM
@THRUST MEATNOZZLE
on page 8 / post 109 of this topic.
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34) A LITTLE NIGHT READING (1974)
by Dave Allen
As a boy, I watched The Dave Show on PBS. I liked how Allen would end the show each night:
"Goodnight, and may your god go with you."
(The recently deceased Alan Hawksaw, noted in the Celebrity Deaths topic, composed theme music for the show.)
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33) KINSHIP WITH ALL LIFE (1976)
by J. A. Boone
I picked this book because it was cited by
@KSM
@THRUST MEATNOZZLE
on page 8 / post 109 of this topic.
Fantastic. Glad I brought it up and I hope you enjoy it.
It is a delightful lil' book.
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@TigerLily
Run-on sentences are completely acceptable forms of communication and self expression in this joint.
We all grok. ;D
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Noted i the obscure word popularised in vernacular of the youthquake generation here,'Grok'.!
Couldn't resist i finding this source reference to it:
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Another famous resident of Laurel Canyon, apparently in the 1940s, was science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein, who reportedly resided at 8775 Lookout Mountain Avenue. Like so many other characters in this story, Heinlein was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and he had served as a naval officer. After that, he embarked on a successful writing career. And despite the fact that he was, by any objective measure, a rabid right-winger, his work was warmly embraced by the Flower Power generation.
Heinlein’s best-known work is the novel Stranger in a Strange Land, which many in the Laurel Canyon scene found to be hugely influential. Ed Sanders has written, in The Family, that the book “helped provide a theoretical basis for Manson’s family.†Charlie frequently used Strange Land terminology when addressing his flock and he named his first Family-born son Valentine Michael Manson, in honor of the book’s lead character.
David Crosby was a big Heinlein fan as well. In his autobiography, he references Heinlein on more than one occasion, and proclaims that, “In a society where people can go armed, it makes everybody a little more polite, as Robert A. Heinlein says in his books.†Frank Zappa was also a member of the Robert Heinlein fan club. Barry Miles notes in his biography of the rock icon that his home contained “a copy of Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince and other essential sixties reading, including Robert Heinlein’s sci-fi classic, Stranger in a Strange Land, from which Zappa borrowed the word ‘discorporate’ for [the song] ‘Absolutely Free.’â€
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Couldn't resist i finding this source reference to it:
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Another famous resident of Laurel Canyon, apparently in the 1940s, was science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein, who reportedly resided at 8775 Lookout Mountain Avenue. Like so many other characters in this story, Heinlein was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and he had served as a naval officer. After that, he embarked on a successful writing career. And despite the fact that he was, by any objective measure, a rabid right-winger, his work was warmly embraced by the Flower Power generation.
Heinlein’s best-known work is the novel Stranger in a Strange Land, which many in the Laurel Canyon scene found to be hugely influential. Ed Sanders has written, in The Family, that the book “helped provide a theoretical basis for Manson’s family.†Charlie frequently used Strange Land terminology when addressing his flock and he named his first Family-born son Valentine Michael Manson, in honor of the book’s lead character.
David Crosby was a big Heinlein fan as well. In his autobiography, he references Heinlein on more than one occasion, and proclaims that, “In a society where people can go armed, it makes everybody a little more polite, as Robert A. Heinlein says in his books.†Frank Zappa was also a member of the Robert Heinlein fan club. Barry Miles notes in his biography of the rock icon that his home contained “a copy of Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince and other essential sixties reading, including Robert Heinlein’s sci-fi classic, Stranger in a Strange Land, from which Zappa borrowed the word ‘discorporate’ for [the song] ‘Absolutely Free.’â€
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34) A LITTLE NIGHT READING (1974)
by Dave Allen
As a boy, I watched The Dave Show on PBS. I liked how Allen would end the show each night:
"Goodnight, and may your god go with you."
(The recently deceased Alan Hawkshaw, noted in the Celebrity Deaths topic, composed theme music for the show.)
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The Dave Allen Show
Fantastic. Glad I brought it up and I hope you enjoy it.
It is a delightful lil' book.
It is arriving this week. Looking forward to it.
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My Brother is currently reading The Gulag Archipelago. He insists it’s a must read. I’m not sure I have the stomach for it.
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My Brother is currently reading The Gulag Archipelago. He insists it’s a must read. I’m not sure I have the stomach for it.
The original is long, 3 volumes, 7 sections, something like 1800 pages. I'm not sue if the paperbacks that have come out are just the first volume, or a condensed version. You could start with 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' instead.
I read Gulag Archipelago years ago, and was combing through used book stores looking for the last volume. One place had a copy in the basement under ''Boring Fiction''. Welcome to San Francisco.
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@Camazotz Automat By any chance did you read the Frank Herbert, Dune series? There is a new Dune movie out and I want to watch it but suspect I may may not be doing myself any favors without having read the 1st book, first.
curious
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@Camazotz Automat By any chance did you read the Frank Herbert, Dune series? There is a new Dune movie out and I want to watch it but suspect I may may not be doing myself any favors without having read the 1st book, first.
curious
Just listen to the song, To Tame a Land by Iron Maiden. That's the CliffsNotes version of the book. ;D
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@Camazotz Automat By any chance did you read the Frank Herbert, Dune series? There is a new Dune movie out and I want to watch it but suspect I may may not be doing myself any favors without having read the 1st book, first.
curious
Yes, @KSandM I read up to and finished Chapterhouse: Dune.
I did not read the posthumous Dune prequel and sequel novels written by Frank Herbert's son Brian Herbert with co author Kevin J. Anderson.
I tend to agree; it would be a good idea to read the first book prior to watching the movie if you can.
I read Chapterhouse Dune in '86 or '87. More than enough time has passed that I may read the series again next year. If I do, I may also brave the ones typed by Brian and Anderson.
Supposedly, the three sequels after Chapterhouse are based on Frank Herbert's left behind notes and outline for the series / story arc.
If I read the series as ebooks next time, I might pretend I am reading The Orange Catholic Bible on a portable device! LOL
(That is a somewhat obscure Dune reference joke. And also technically, an incorrect analogy. Paul's portable OCB was a mechanical device, not a computer. If I remember right, it was similar to densely packed, highly flexible, ultra thin microfiche. The reason for the mechanical rather than computer approach is explained in Dune book 1. Little details like that in the story fascinated me. But I have forgotten much.)
For me, as far as memorable impressions, the first Dune book rates up there with Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Stephen King's The Stand, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five.
Some stories just stick with you.
Highly recommend.
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Yes, @KSandM I read up to and finished Chapterhouse: Dune.
I did not read the posthumous Dune prequel and sequel novels written by Frank Herbert's son Brian Herbert with co author Kevin J. Anderson.
I tend to agree; it would be a good idea to read the first book prior to watching the movie if you can.
I read Chapterhouse Dune in '86 or '87. More than enough time has passed that I may read the series again next year. If I do, I may also brave the ones typed by Brian and Anderson.
Supposedly, the three sequels after Chapterhouse are based on Frank Herbert's left behind notes and outline for the series / story arc.
If I read the series as ebooks next time, I might pretend I am reading The Orange Catholic Bible on a portable device! LOL
(That is a somewhat obscure Dune reference joke. And also technically, an incorrect analogy. Paul's portable OCB was a mechanical device, not a computer. If I remember right, it was similar to densely packed, highly flexible, ultra thin microfiche. The reason for the mechanical rather than computer approach is explained in Dune book 1. Little details like that in the story fascinated me. But I have forgotten much.)
For me, as far as memorable impressions, the first Dune book rates up there with Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Stephen King's The Stand, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five.
Some stories just stick with you.
Highly recommend.
Duly noted.
Thank you.
May the Spice be with you.
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35) MURGUNSTRUMM AND OTHERS (1977)
by Hugh B. Cave
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Books read in 2021
35) MURGUNSTRUMM AND OTHERS (1977)
by Hugh B. Cave
Is that some sort of carp? ???
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Is that some sort of carp? ???
It does appear as such... Like a toadish, Lovecraftian fishhead...
I "think" it is a whimsical interpretation of a creature that is more dreadful and foreboding in the story. I shall know more soon. I don't want to Google any revelations.
(An aside: Pillars of the Earth bookmark - that impish Jack just ignited a structure!)
" Hugh B. Cave
Long before he became the author of polished romances for the slick magazines, of best-seller novels and firsthand-researched travel books, Hugh B. Cave wrote some of the most grisly and chilling horror stories ever to appear in the pulps. He also corresponded briefly with H. P. Lovecraft, and made use of Lovecraft's terminology in a small number of stories."
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The same friend who thoughtfully snagged a metal concert shirt for me in Daytona, just now sent this pic of a mystery thriller book she picked up for me while at a metaphysical used book store somewhere in Florida. I've never heard of the title, but am looking forward to reading it as part of my 2021 sprint to the FINISH line.
(Will I be reading on New Year's Eve? Fuck me. I know already I will be.)
Obviously, she knows about my tomato project obsession I've been scribbling on and talking about.
(yawning)
This is just some late night slow motion Book Lodge drama, but I'm really psyched she's reaching out with a tomato book at the same time she's cheerleading MY tomato tome.
Such female friends are rare.
I'm a lucky bastard.
A gorgeous gaudy heavy metal shirt AND a tomato titled murder mystery book?
Jesus Christ and his disciples on a pizza with Mary Magdalene serving the wine!
(This Frisbee-sized pizza wafer is my body. Eat it.)
The next Full Moon is the 19th. I'm certainly ~feeling it.~
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... Will I be reading on New Year's Eve? Fuck me. I know already I will be...
Just a reminder, if New Year's Eve is a weeknight George will be hosting.
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It does appear as such... Like a toadish, Lovecraftian fishhead...
I "think" it is a whimsical interpretation of a creature that is more dreadful and foreboding in the story. I shall know more soon. I don't want to Google any revelations.
(An aside: Pillars of the Earth bookmark - that impish Jack just ignited a structure!)
" Hugh B. Cave
Long before he became the author of polished romances for the slick magazines, of best-seller novels and firsthand-researched travel books, Hugh B. Cave wrote some of the most grisly and chilling horror stories ever to appear in the pulps. He also corresponded briefly with H. P. Lovecraft, and made use of Lovecraft's terminology in a small number of stories."
Oooohh, I should read that book again. I like to revisit it every few years.
I just finished a Gothic novel that was recommended to me. I was pretty sure I wouldn't like it but devoured it in a few days:
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Two goats were behind a Hollywood studio eating an old movie film.
One goat said to the other, "Pretty good, huh?"
The second goat said, "Yeah, but the book was better"
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The same friend who thoughtfully snagged a metal concert shirt for me in Daytona, just now sent this pic of a mystery thriller book she picked up for me while at a metaphysical used book store somewhere in Florida. I've never heard of the title, but am looking forward to reading it as part of my 2021 sprint to the FINISH line.
(Will I be reading on New Year's Eve? Fuck me. I know already I will be.)
Obviously, she knows about my tomato project obsession I've been scribbling on and talking about.
(yawning)
This is just some late night slow motion Book Lodge drama, but I'm really psyched she's reaching out with a tomato book at the same time she's cheerleading MY tomato tome.
Such female friends are rare.
I'm a lucky bastard.
A gorgeous gaudy heavy metal shirt AND a tomato titled murder mystery book?
Jesus Christ and his disciples on a pizza with Mary Magdalene serving the wine!
(This Frisbee-sized pizza wafer is my body. Eat it.)
The next Full Moon is the 19th. I'm certainly ~feeling it.~
Rare? Try the BEST!
Congrats.
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Rare? Try the BEST!
Congrats.
@PolkaDot
:D
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36) NAKED CAME THE FLORIDA MAN (2020)
by Tim Dorsey
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37) BLUE LIGHT (1998)
by Walter Mosley
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38) THE DOPE ON MARS (1960)
by Jack Sharkey
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Two goats were behind a Hollywood studio eating an old movie film.
One goat said to the other, "Pretty good, huh?"
The second goat said, "Yeah, but the book was better"
A professional clown unfortunately becomes shipwrecked on an island of cannibals.
The clown is quickly killed by two of the inhabitants, who ravenously dive into the meal.
Suddenly, one cannibal stops. Looks over at his accomplice and says
"Does this taste funny to you?"
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39) NIKOLA TESLA : Imagination And The Man That Invented The 20th Century (2013}
by Sean Patrick
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39) NIKOLA TESLA : Imagination And The Man That Invented The 20th Century (2013}
by Sean Patrick
He got robbed. And so did we. A sad ending for a true genius
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40) ODD THOMAS (2003}
by Dean Koontz
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He got robbed. And so did we. A sad ending for a true genius
Robbed on a grand scale multiple times yet he kept moving forward.
I do NOT recommend the aforementioned booklet by Sean Patrick I read, but I do recommend Tesla - Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney.
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40) ODD THOMAS (2003}
by Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz' books and characters are very different from other writers, and well written. I've tried so hard to like his books, but I finally gave up. Totally recognize his talent though.
For perspective, I can say the same thing about Stephen King
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Dean Koontz' books and characters are very different from other writers, and well written. I've tried so hard to like his books, but I finally gave up. Totally recognize his talent though.
For perspective, I can say the same thing about Stephen King
That makes sense.
I'm 32 pages in and like very much the story he is setting up and the humor is tracking well with me. This will be my first Koontz book. Yesterday, I discovered Koontz did a cluster of these Odd Thomas novels and I was simply lucky my thrift store book acquisition is #1 in the series. It's too early to know, but if the rest of the book holds up, then I will try the 2nd OT book.
My reading plans for 2022 (as far as fiction) are taking form.
My name is Odd Thomas, though in this age when fame is
the altar at which most people worship, I am not sure why
you should care who I am or that I exist.
I am not a celebrity. I am not the child of a celebrity. I have
never been married to, never been abused by, and never
provided a kidney for transplantation into any celebrity.
Furthermore, I have no desire to be a celebrity.
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Just a fry cook.
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Just a fry cook.
Somewhat inappropriately, despite having just read the history of a young female's brutal strangulation
by a local nice guy. . . when Koontz began describing stretched and wrecked eggs with porky sitting
on top, I found myself growing hungry.
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@Camazotz Automat - I just finished listening to an episode of a podcast I like, Most Notorious. I think you may get a kick out of this episode. The guests get rather philosophical while managing to also be terribly snarky. It has inspired me to check out a copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus from my local library. It took me places I had never considered going before. ;)
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@Camazotz Automat - I just finished listening to an episode of a podcast I like, Most Notorious. I think you may get a kick out of this episode. The guests get rather philosophical while managing to also be terribly snarky. It has inspired me to check out a copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus from my local library. It took me places I had never considered going before. ;)
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Thank you!
I enjoyed it very much. The confrontational chemistry between Lester and Allison was exquisite.
I like that the host let them ramble on and he did not ask too many questions. There was no need. (Something certain radio show hosts don't often grasp, instead they follow a check list of tedious, basic questions and eat up valuable interview time.)
I won't go into my theory of a way to interpret Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
It would bore readers into a state of synapses obscurae†††(or a state of: anti-galvinism, or Victor Frankenstein level catatonia, or web-page drift †††).
I will say that they did not cover my theory - but may very well have done so in their book.
I loved Lester's slight against Frakenberry®.
A very enjoyable podcast episode. Notorious could easily do a second episode with them for Halloween 2022. Plenty of material left to cover.
"Percy [Shelley] was a hoe." - Allison
†††My unique phrasing. Use or discard at will. Heh heh.
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December 7, 1941 by Gordon Prange and two other people who added some more stuff after Gordon died. It was exactly a year ago today that I decided to read up on the attack at Pearl Harbor. I went on to Amazon and searched for the best book on the subject and Gordon's book won hands down, so I purchased it. It took me a couple months to finish but it was a very well written book and most informative. He interviewed scads of people who experienced the attack and not just soldiers and sailors but other people living on the island and officer's wives too. Just a few things I remember after reading the book... Perhaps the most surprising thing I learned was that, almost to a man, officers, soldiers and sailors thought that the initial bombardment was being brought about by daredevil American military pilots who were showing off. A number of officers were heard yelling to get the names of those a-hole pilots for court marshal purposes. Of course once everybody recognized the Japanese Zero insignias, weapons were sought and the painfully slow efforts to fight back were begun. Fruitless efforts of fighting back for the most part but a few ship and ground based guns did manage to down four or five Zeros. The attack centered on the ships in the harbor and several military aircraft fields and this was covered in great detail by the author. Next, I learned that after the enemy departed back to their ships, almost all of the surviving military personnel were convinced that there was going to be a follow up ground invasion. In fact, reports came in to headquarters that a vast number of Japanese soldiers were seen advancing towards some military targets. This of course never happened, it was just an understandable case of confused soldiers running around like heads with their chickens cut off. Those officer's wives I mentioned were evacuated from their homes and had to spend the night in a number of caves on the island.
A great book all in all and I'll surely read it again someday. Kind of reminded me of the movie Tora Tora Tora, starring Martin Balsam and Jason Robards. I kept thinking about my Uncle Frank while reading the book. He was onboard one of the ships when the attack happened. As far as I know, he wasn't injured and his ship didn't sink but while he was climbing a ladder to an upper level, the guy just ahead of him got cut down by a strafing Zero. In the movie coincidentally, there is a quick scene where two sailors are climbing a ladder and the one up above was shot by a strafing Zero.
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A substantial post for the Book Lodge; and is relevant to the date that goes by less and less observed.
Thanks, RG.
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41) THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1897)
by H. G. Wells
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A substantial post for the Book Lodge; and is relevant to the date that goes by less and less observed.
Thanks, RG.
My pleasure, Cam!
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@PolkaDot
Thank you!
I enjoyed it very much. The confrontational chemistry between Lester and Allison was exquisite.
I like that the host let them ramble on and he did not ask too many questions. There was no need. (Something certain radio show hosts don't often grasp, instead they follow a check list of tedious, basic questions and eat up valuable interview time.)
I won't go into my theory of a way to interpret Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
It would bore readers into a state of synapses obscurae†††(or a state of: anti-galvinism, or Victor Frankenstein level catatonia, or web-page drift †††).
I will say that they did not cover my theory - but may very well have done so in their book.
I loved Lester's slight against Frakenberry®.
A very enjoyable podcast episode. Notorious could easily do a second episode with them for Halloween 2022. Plenty of material left to cover.
"Percy [Shelley] was a hoe." - Allison
†††My unique phrasing. Use or discard at will. Heh heh.
Excellent! I'm glad you enjoyed it @Camazotz Automat !
I've always felt the same as Allison- Percy was certainly a ho.
I'm about halfway through Frankenstein and finding Mr. Frankenstein to be a bit of a pitiful sobfest. At least Monster has childishness as an excuse. I did make it about four pages before I realized I had definitely read it before. I'm continuing on, though honestly, I'm not sure why.
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Excellent! I'm glad you enjoyed it @Camazotz Automat !
I've always felt the same as Allison- Percy was certainly a ho.
I'm about halfway through Frankenstein and finding Mr. Frankenstein to be a bit of a pitiful sobfest. At least Monster has childishness as an excuse. I did make it about four pages before I realized I had definitely read it before. I'm continuing on, though honestly, I'm not sure why.
@PolkaDot
I know that feeling.
When I am not particularly engaged with a book, but feel compelled to "finish what I started," I like to cite self improvement, expanding vocabulary, absorbing new techniques...
But at the core, it is often a stubbornness that at some point verges on the masochistic depending on exactly how non hooked I am on the book.
Then I turn the page.
Or begin planning the book's demise. ;)
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42) HOW TO WRITE A BOOK IN TEN MINUTES A DAY (2021)
by Denice Simms
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43) UNFATHOMABLE (2016)
by James Nestor
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43) UNFATHOMABLE (2016)
by James Nestor
Ahh, see? Now that is a cover that makes me want to dive into that book! Don't know why, it just looks cool to me. "cool" What am I, Fonzie?
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Ahh, see? Now that is a cover that makes me want to dive into that book! Don't know why, it just looks cool to me. "cool" What am I, Fonzie?
@KSM
It is a booklet, 18 online pages, available free at EPIC magazine. Nonfiction about the origin of diving suits.
In 2022 I plan to read one of Nestor's full length books about natural yet seemingly amazing benefits on breathing methods and various research he did on the subject. That one is called BREATH.
Here is the link to UNFATHOMABLE if you want to examine. More diving helmet pics there, but this sea serpent struck me as cool, too. Not as cool as the helmet, obviously:
http://unfathomable.epicmagazine.com/3/ (http://unfathomable.epicmagazine.com/3/)
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... this sea serpent struck me as cool, too. Not as cool as the helmet, obviously...
Or perhaps the sea serpent is way cooler than the diving helmet.
Anyway, a great book about diving is Shadow Divers. Here's the first paragraph of the review in Amazon:
''In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.''
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@KSM
It is a booklet, 18 online pages, available free at EPIC magazine. Nonfiction about the origin of diving suits.
In 2022 I plan to read one of Nestor's full length books about natural yet seemingly amazing benefits on breathing methods and various research he did on the subject. That one is called BREATH.
Here is the link to UNFATHOMABLE if you want to examine. More diving helmet pics there, but this sea serpent struck me as cool, too. Not as cool as the helmet, obviously:
http://unfathomable.epicmagazine.com/3/ (http://unfathomable.epicmagazine.com/3/)
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Ah, delightful. That'll help kill hotel time. Thank ya'
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Or perhaps the sea serpent is way cooler than the diving helmet.
Perhaps the ultimate coolness would be a photo of a sea serpent swallowing the diver feet first replete with the now vanishing vintage helmet, sinking like a brass sun on throat horizon... the diver's air tubing lead becoming a catastrophic serpent-fishing line....
"Holy Neptune! It's fookin' pullin' the ship down wid it! Cut William loose of us! He's lost eeny way!"
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Ah, delightful. That'll help kill hotel time. Thank ya'
@KSM
Thanks to 10cc's surreal album cover art by Hipgnosis, I was heavily imprinted by diving helmets early on.
Seven years after Ozzie spoke of "Satan comin' 'round the bend," it seemed to me 10cc was commenting on an entirely different type of "deceptive bend." Lol
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44) THE TIME MACHINE (1895)
by H. G. Wells
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45) SQUALL LINES (2012)
by Tim Dorsey
46) LEAVES OF GRASS (1855)
by Walt Whitman
47) THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RED LIGHT THERAPY : How To Use Red And Near-Infrared Light Therapy For Anti-Aging, Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Performance Enhancement, And Brain Optimization (2018)
by Ari Whitten
48) TROPIC OF STUPID (2020)
by Tim Dorsey
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In the House in the Dark of the Woods
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49) TWIN PEAKS : THE FINAL DOSSIER - A Novel (2017)
by Mark Frost
50) HORSESHOE CRABS AND VELVET WORMS : The Story Of Animals And Plants That Time Has Left Behind (2012)
by Richard Fortey
51) THE BELIEVER : Alien Encounters, Hard Science, And The Passion Of John Mack (2021)
by Ralph Blumenthal
52) YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA : Memoirs Of The Mistress Of The Dark (2021)
by Cassandra Peterson
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I'm in the middle of this book. I'd highly recommend it for those interested in Victorian England.
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I'm in the middle of this book. I'd highly recommend it for those interested in Victorian England.
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@PolkaDot OOooH!! :o I'd do that one. How far along are you?
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@PolkaDot OOooH!! :o I'd do that one. How far along are you?
I just finished it last night. I really enjoyed it. I don't think you'd like it @KSM
The author basically chronicles the lives of the canonical five. It's very interesting and detailed. She also theorizes that the Ripper was preying on rough sleepers, not prostitutes since only two of the five had ever been known to sell sex and only one of those was an active prostitute at the time.
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I just finished it last night. I really enjoyed it. I don't think you'd like it @KSM
The author basically chronicles the lives of the canonical five. It's very interesting and detailed. She also theorizes that the Ripper was preying on rough sleepers, not prostitutes since only two of the five had ever been known to sell sex and only one of those was an active prostitute at the time.
..Umm sounds like I would LIKE it! How assumptious of you.
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53) CYCLOPS (1986)
by Clive Cussler
54) SECRETS OF SELF-MASTERY (2020)
by Mitch Horowitz
55) YOU ARE A BADASS : How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness And Start Living An Awesome Life (2013)
by Jen Sincero
56) GWENDY'S MAGIC FEATHER (2019)
by Richard Chizmar
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57) THE MISSION or How A Disciple Of Carl Sagan, An Ex-Motocross Racer, A Texas Tea Party Congressman, The World's Worst Typewriter Saleswoman, California Mountain People, And An Anonymous NASA Functionary Went To War With Mars, Survived An Insurgency At Saturn, Traded Blows With Washington And Stole A Ride On An Alabama Moon Rocket To Send A Space Robot To Jupiter In Search Of Eden At The Bottom Of An Alien Ocean Inside Of An Ice World Called Europa (A True Story) (2021)
by David W. Brown
58) THE MAN WHO LIKED SLOW TOMATOES (1993)
by K. C. Constantine
This is the end of my list of books read in 365 days.
2022 will be unconcerned with quantity.
But the urge to count will still be satisfied - by an old horror anthology composed of 365 stories. Each story is 750 words or less, flash fiction that is easily read in a spare moment. Angus Scrimm had a copy of this book and savored a story nightly. If it is good enough for Angus, it's good enough for me. A cursory glance of the contents show only one iconic contributor I recognized : pulp master Hugh B. Cave.
To be read throughout 2022:
HORRORS! 365 SCARY STORIES (1998)
by multiple authors
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The first 15 stories in the 365 anthology:
1) A-Huntin' We Will Go Linda J. Dunn
2) Adventures in Further Education Peter Atkins
3) After the End of it All Andrew Sands
4) After the Hook David Annandale
5) After Work Steve Rasnic Tem
6) Along for the Ride Tim Waggoner
7) And Baby Makes 13 Del Stone Jr. ***
8) And the Woman Said Don Webb
9) And then the Music Stopped Greg McElhatton
10) Anniversary Aaron Vanek
11) Another Night Brian McNaughton
12) Are You the One? David Niall Wilson
13) As Thousands Screamed Gregory Nicoll ∆
14) Asylum Brian Hodge
15) At 3:00 A.M. William McMahon
*** indicates one of my favorites from this group
∆ indicates least liked from this group
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1. The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly
2. The Black Echo - Michael Connelly
3. Consent to Kill - Vince Flynn
4. Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child
5. Our Lady of the Forest - David Guterson
6. How to Grow More Vegetables - Jeavons
7. Texas Justice - Harley Gamble
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8- American Places - Eliot Porter
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9. Shirley Jackson - Lenemaja Friedman
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Moon phase: Full
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Stories 16 through 25 in the 365 anthology:
16) At the Bus Station Alan Rodgers
17) Autumn in the Clockwork Forest Michael Scott Bricker
18) Bad Feelings Don D'Ammassa ∆
19) Ball of Blood Karl Schroeder
20) Base of a Triangle Nancy Kilpatrick ***
21) Be Careful What You Say David Niall Wilson
22) Bedtime Story Steve Eller
23) Being of One Mind Benjamin Adams ∆
24) Best Friends Linda Dunn
25) Beware the Truancy Officer Leslie What
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∆ indicates least liked in this group
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Moon phase: Full
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Stories 16 through 25 in the 365 anthology:
16) At the Bus Station Alan Rodgers
17) Autumn in the Clockwork Forest Michael Scott Bricker
18) Bad Feelings Don D'Ammassa
19) Ball of Blood Karl Schroeder
20) Base of a Triangle Nancy Kilpatrick ***
21) Be Careful What You Say David Niall Wilson
22) Bedtime Story Steve Eller
23) Being of One Mind Benjamin Adams ∆
24) Best Friends Linda Dunn
25) Beware the Truancy Officer Leslie What
*** indicates a favorite of this group
∆ indicates least liked in this group
How is the “Zero Noory†holding up? Can an entity make it for a full year with zero suckage?
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How is the “Zero Noory†holding up? Can an entity make it for a full year with zero suckage?
No Noory is going great!
The longer I abstain, the more it seems like my ever listening to Noory was just a bad dream. None of it ever happened! Heh heh.
But still...
(shudder)
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No Noory is going great!
The longer I abstain, the more it seems like my ever listening to Noory was just a bad dream. None of it ever happened! Heh heh.
But still...
(shudder)
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All righty then. ;D
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10. We Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
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Stories 26 through 40 in the 365 anthology:
26) The Big One Lisa Lepovetsky
27) Billy Adam Niswander
28) Birches and Murk Lois H. Gresh ∆
29) Blood Money Paula Guran
30) The Blue Jar Lisa S. Silverstone
31) Board Action William Marden
32) Bogiebox Michael Mardis ***
33) The Bone Garden Don Webb ∆
34) The Bookseller Adam Niswander
35) Boxes Phyllis Eisenstein ***
36) Burb Vamp Barbara J. Ferrenz ∆
37) Business Image Brian McNaughton
38) Callahan's Coat Donald R. Robertson
39) Candid Camera Don D'Ammassa ***
40) Candles Lisa Jean Bothell ∆
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Stories 26 through 40 in the 365 anthology:
26) The Big One Lisa Lepovetsky
27) Billy Adam Niswander
28) Birches and Murk Lois H. Gresh ∆
29) Blood Money Paula Guran
30) The Blue Jar Lisa S. Silverstone
31) Board Action William Marden
32) Bogiebox Michael Mardis ***
33) The Bone Garden Don Webb ∆
34) The Bookseller Adam Niswander
35) Boxes Phyllis Eisenstein ***
36) Burb Vamp Barbara J. Ferrenz ∆
37) Business Image Brian McNaughton
38) Callahan's Coat Donald R. Robertson
39) Candid Camera Don D'Ammassa ***
40) Candles Lisa Jean Bothell ∆
*** indicates a favorite in this group
∆ indicates a less liked in this group
†26) The Big One Lisa Lepovetsky...â€
Shouldn’t this be The Big Lepovetsky...?
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†26) The Big One Lisa Lepovetsky...â€
Shouldn’t this be The Big Lepovetsky...?
Heh heh heh
Good eye, IO.
Good man.
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This was pretty well done I thought.
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Got any Dragons you want killed?
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I'm remodeling so doing a lot of moving from here to there. I'm trying to winnow down to my most precious books. I've given stacks and stacks to the local library and trying to get down to the forever keepers. The ones I want thrown on my funeral pyre. Coincidentally I picked up and started reading again out of the "forever" pile The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. I know the ideals of it pretty much by heart. But it's a fun read and seems appropriate for this time of the year and humankind and the world
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The moon phase is NEW MOON
The Year of the Tiger begins.
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Stories 41 through 50 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology:
41) The Candyman Michael Grisi ∆
42) The Cards Speak Brian Craig ∆
43) Carnival Wishing Lisa Lepovetsky ∆
44) The Cat Phyllis Eisenstein ***
45) Catharsis Tim Waggoner ∆
46) Change of Life Adam Niswander ∆
47) Changes Brian McNaughton ∆
48) The Chindi Don D'Ammassa ∆
49) Christmas with the Count Ian McDowell ∆
50) Circles of Purgatory Sandra Hutchinson ∆
*** = liked
∆ = did not like
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Oooh. Cam. You gotta a lotta stinkers in that so-called anthology. Of course the only good one was the "The Cat"
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I’m falling behind in my listing:
11. The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly
12. Catching The Fire - Susan Collins
13. Mockingjay - Susan Collins
14. Inferno - Dan Brown
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Oooh. Cam. You gotta a lotta stinkers in that so-called anthology. Of course the only good one was the "The Cat"
Yes. That was a painful cluster. I understand it is not easy to write a story with 750 or less words, so I'm trying to be honest but not harsh. The groan factor is just as much the fault of the editors who selected the stories as it is of any particular author.
I still recommend the book and the spirit of what they were shooting for, and though it is Out Of Print, you can easily find used copies at abebooks very very cheap. Well worth the tunneling in my opinion. Searching for the gold. Heh heh.
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LIFE IS TOO SHORT (1991)
by Mickey Rooney
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I've been devouring books this month:
All The Murmuring Bones, A.G. Stater
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Later, Stephen King
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True Grit, Charles Portis
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And I went on a Harlan Coben spree for a bit. They're kind of fun brain candy, easy reads but fast moving. Unfortunately, they're all rather similiar. It's kind of like reading the Wheel of Time, if you've read two you've got a good idea and shouldn't expect any surprises.
Gone for Good
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Tell No One
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Win
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The Boy from the Woods
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I've been devouring books this month:
All The Murmuring Bones, A.G. Stater
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That looked interesting to me.
As much as I am enjoying searching for diamonds in the 365 flash fiction anthology crater giganticus, I want a standard length novel after I finish Rooney's reminiscences.
So I downloaded a sample of Murmuring Bones on the electronic reader.
(The title brings vividly to mind a review in Rolling Stone Magazine of a particular R.E.M. album. I can see the magazine in my hands, thinking, who the hell is R.E.M.? I flip a few pages. Hmmmm... Should I order that Union Jack T-Shirt in that ad? I can jump as high as that wanker Joe Elliot.)
For reasons too lengthy to post here, she, the Murmurings author, had me at "Hob's Head" & "Hob's Hallow."
Thanks, @PolkaDot !
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The moon phase is First Quarter
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Stories 51 through 60 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology:
51) Claws John B. Rosenman ∆
52) Cold Comfort Lillian Csernica ∆
53) Cold Moon Judy L. Tucker ***
54) The Collector Linda J. Dunn ***
55) Collector of Rugs Jessica Amanda Salmonson ∆
56) Collector's Fever Gary Jonas ∆
57) Contract Ice Marion Cepican ∆
58) A Convenient Arrangement Michael Marshall Smith ∆∆
59) The Cough Steve Rasnic Tem ∆
60) Cower Before Bobo Tom Piccirilli ∆∆
*** = liked
∆ = did not like
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The moon phase is First Quarter
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Stories 51 through 60 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology:
51) Claws John B. Rosenman ∆
52) Cold Comfort Lillian Csernica ∆
53) Cold Moon Judy L. Tucker ***
54) The Collector Linda J. Dunn ***
55) Collector of Rugs Jessica Amanda Salmonson ∆
56) Collector's Fever Gary Jonas ∆
57) Contract Ice Marion Cepican ∆
58) A Convenient Arrangement Michael Marshall Smith ∆∆
59) The Cough Steve Rasnic Tem ∆
60) Cower Before Bobo Tom Piccirilli ∆∆
*** = liked
∆ = did not like
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60) Cower Before Bobo? Heh, heh, heh.
There be some gems in those titles. :)
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60) Cower Before Bobo? Heh, heh, heh.
There be some gems in those titles. :)
I secretly hoped it was about the the great J. B. Bobo, famous for his writing on sleight of hand and for performing over 10,000 magic shows for children at schools across the map.
I would have given the story three thumbs up if it had even mentioned him. But it didn't. So I had to judge it by the tale it told. Which I did not like. :D
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I’m hoping there will be a When TV’s Frank Met Dr. Forrester: A Love Story. ;)
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That looked interesting to me.
As much as I am enjoying searching for diamonds in the 365 flash fiction anthology crater giganticus, I want a standard length novel after I finish Rooney's reminiscences.
So I downloaded a sample of Murmuring Bones on the electronic reader.
(The title brings vividly to mind a review in Rolling Stone Magazine of a particular R.E.M. album. I can see the magazine in my hands, thinking, who the hell is R.E.M.? I flip a few pages. Hmmmm... Should I order that Union Jack T-Shirt in that ad? I can jump as high as that wanker Joe Elliot.)
For reasons too lengthy to post here, she, the Murmurings author, had me at "Hob's Head" & "Hob's Hallow."
Thanks, @PolkaDot !
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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it.
I'm currently working through The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
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I’m hoping there will be a When TV’s Frank Met Dr. Forrester: A Love Story. ;)
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LOL have you ever been to any of the live shows?
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As much as I am enjoying searching for diamonds in the 365 flash fiction anthology crater giganticus, I want a standard length novel after I finish Rooney's reminiscences.
May I suggest The Terror by Dan Simmons? If you haven’t read it don’t judge it by the television adaptation. It is on the longish side for a novel.
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May I suggest The Terror by Dan Simmons? If you haven’t read it don’t judge it by the television adaptation. It is on the longish side for a novel.
I enjoyed the series. I’m putting this on my list.
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For any fans of the Prophet Nehemiah Scudder
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May I suggest The Terror by Dan Simmons? If you haven’t read it don’t judge it by the television adaptation. It is on the longish side for a novel.
Thank you, @whoozit !
I will hook that directly behind All the Murmuring Bones.
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LOL have you ever been to any of the live shows?
I’ve only gone to some Fathom Event “Rifftrax†shows.
https://www.rifftrax.com/
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I needed a break from the Romanovs.
The Night She Went Missing, Kristen Bird
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I needed a break from the Romanovs.
The Night She Went Missing, Kristen Bird
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What was @KSM thinking? I guess after the shower … .
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What was @KSM thinking? I guess after the shower … .
"He sits all day and stares at the garden - not a trace a trace of her was ever found" - Waylon
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"He sits all day and stares at the garden - not a trace a trace of her was ever found" - Waylon
Made for excellent tomatoes though....
Oh, no! @Camazotz Automat - I'm rethinking everything about your tomatoes now :-\
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Made for excellent tomatoes though....
Oh, no! @Camazotz Automat - I'm rethinking everything about your tomatoes now :-\
@PolkaDot
Not a problem. Free association and Flux remain eternal abstract objects that power this, Our Daily Thread.
The foundation for the tomato mythos has been well established in my exhaustive digital entries and fleshed out by hours of actual tomato raising this past season. Physical index cards and reference artifacts are strewn everywhere.
At this point, ANY thoughts sent toward my plant world reinforces its fabric.
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The moon phase is Full Moon
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Stories 61 through 70 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
61) Crashing Lawrence Greenberg ∆
62) Crisis Line Del Stone Jr. ***
63) A Cup of Dragon's Blood Juleen Brantingham ∆
64) Curses Martin Mundt ***
65) Daddy Tim Waggoner ∆
66) Dark Zone Ed Williams ∆
67) Daytimer Steve Rasnic Tem ∆
68) Dead Letter Stephanie Bedwell-Grime ∆
69) Dead Women's Things Kathy Chwedyk ∆
70) Death Certificate Scott A. Cupp ∆
*** = liked
∆ = did not like
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That was kind of a quirk with Mr. Mayer (at MGM.) Among God, motherhood, and apple pie, he preferred motherhood. Once John Gilbert told Mr. Mayer that he hated his mother because, he said, she was probably a whore. Mr. Mayer almost went nuts. "Out of my office," he screamed at Gilbert. "I'll cut your balls off."
"Go ahead," shouted Gilbert. "I'll still be more of a man than you."
Mr. Mayer never gave Gilbert another part.
- from Life Is Too Short by Mickey Rooney.
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I could have done without this one in my life. Oh well.
Catch Her When She Falls, Allison Buccola
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I'm not sure how this escaped me, but I hadn't realized that Anjelica Huston was older than my Mom. Reading this though and hearing about Anjelica's father really reminds me of my Maternal Grandfather. They were definately of the same generation and mentality. Which leads me to think about how differently women are treated today. It's been an interesting reminder of how different we are as a society in many respects.
One of my favorite throw aways was of a party for John Huston were Ava Gardner was present, Anjelica gushes about how beautiful she was and how beautifully dressed.....and talking like a sailor ;D ;D ;D
Watch Me by Anjelica Huston
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The moon phase is Last Quarter
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Stories 71 through 74 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
71) Death Clown Wayne Allen Sallee ∆
72) Death After Death Kevin Andrew Murphy & Lillian Csernica ∆
73) The Death of Love Adam-Troy Castro ∆∆
74) December Steve Rasnic Tem ∆∆∆
*** = liked
∆ = did not like
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THE MAGIC STORY (1900)
by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey
47 minute audiobook
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The moon phase is New Moon
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Stories 75 through 84 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
75) Demon Bender by Tina L. Jens ∆
76) Demon Tears by Gordon Linzer *
77) Desert Shoreline by Brian Hodge ∆
78) Dining Made Simple by Allison Stein Best *
79) The Distances of Hell by John Maclay ∆
80) The Dogcatcher by Thomas S. Roche ∆∆∆∆
81) A Donation to the Homeless by Mark Bloodstone ∆
82) Don's Last Minute by Wayne Allen Sallee ∆
83) Double Crossing by Lawrence Schimel ∆
84) The Dread by Mandy Slater ∆
* = liked
∆ = did not like
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The moon phase is New Moon
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Stories 75 through 84 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
75) Demon Bender by Tina L. Jens ∆
76) Demon Tears by Gordon Linzer *
77) Desert Shoreline by Brian Hodge ∆
78) Dining Made Simple by Allison Stein Best *
79) The Distances of Hell by John Maclay ∆
80) The Dogcatcher by Thomas S. Roche ∆∆∆∆
81) A Donation to the Homeless by Mark Bloodstone ∆
82) Don's Last Minute by Wayne Allen Sallee ∆
83) Double Crossing by Lawrence Schimel ∆
84) The Dread by Mandy Slater ∆
* = liked
∆ = did not like
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What was it about 80) that rated the dreaded ∆∆∆∆? :o
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What was it about 80) that rated the dreaded ∆∆∆∆? :o
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Gore instead of story.
Logic problems. For example, if I were to write that I murdered a cop/investigator who paid me a visit. That I then pushed his car into a river. And that the police department "got the message" and stopped investigating me when they found the cop dead or missing . . . I would hope someone would tell me that was lazy crap writing.
Such a police department would DESCEND upon my environment.
(The story did not use cops, but another department under city control.)
There were other problems.
Making a binary call on many of these is not easy. Sometimes I like the whole story but hate the ending. Depending on my mood and the moon, it could receive either * or ∆.
But this was an easy call. Also, just in general, the story didn't make a hell of a lot of sense. I guess if you mixed Kafka with splatterpunk and threw in some unexplained supernatural effect and shook thoroughly, you might write this.
As stated previously, I view this more as an editor's mistake in accepting the story than I am bashing someone's effort.
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FOREVER ODD (2005)
by Dean Koontz
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Just ordered/purchased this. Real correspondence through time perhaps. ?
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Earth is invaded by alien elephants.
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Earth is invaded by alien elephants.
That alien elephant was always a very effective eye grabber for the Science Fiction Book Club's full page magazine ads.
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That alien elephant was always a very effective eye grabber for the Science Fiction Book Club's full page magazine ads.
Plus that audio book rendition [pirated I suppose but wouldn't YT yank it?] just gets a good vibe going when it starts barking out "Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. "
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Plus that audio book rendition [pirated I suppose but wouldn't YT yank it?] just gets a good vibe going when it starts barking out "Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. Turn cassette over. "
Any self respecting pirate would edit that TCO out; and if wanting it to stay on youtube longer, add in an "audio book for the blind, a non profit initiative" yadda yadda at the beginning and at the end of the file as well as in the file description. I like to call it the rubber stamp of doubt. It would not fool YouTube censor employees and assorted script kitties, but might make YouTube users think twice before flagging it.
Saul Goodman: Who would ever wish to deprive a blind individual of the pure joy of listening to Niven and Pournelle's classic FOOTFALL as an audiobook? Nobody. Except dickheads. Which, admittedly are not in short supply out there. I mean, just look at that cute elephant. Baseball, apple pie, and multi trunk abled elephants. What's not to like?
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April 18th.
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I suppose this goes best here - Jack Kerouac’s 100th birth day is tomorrow, March 12.
I wonder if he and Willie ever met.
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I suppose this goes best here - Jack Kerouac’s 100th birth day is tomorrow, March 12.
I wonder if he and Willie ever met.
A Jack Carro(tC)ake 100.
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Introducing: -?-
A third rating type!
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Stories 85 through 94 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
85) DREAD! by Brian McNaughton ∆
86) The Dream Book by Don Webb -?-
87) Drive by Joe Meno ∆
88) Drive to Distraction by Jacqueline Q. Shelton ∆∆∆∆
89) Dust in the Attic by Phyllis Eisenstein *
90) Each Day by Steve Rasnic Tem ∆∆∆
91) Early Retirement by Edward E. Kramer *
92) The Earwig Song by M. Christian ****
93) Easy Money by Mark Hannah *
94) Ebony Eyes by Francis Amery ∆
* = liked
∆ = did not like
-?- = liked & disliked
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@Camazotz Automat So, looking above ^ you really didn't like Drive To Distraction. I have done that before. Continued reading after realizing that I hate the book, all the while loathing every word written.
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@Camazotz Automat So, looking above ^ you really didn't like Drive To Distraction. I have done that before. Continued reading after realizing that I hate the book, all the while loathing every word written.
@KSM
Absolutely. I don't know if it's born of stubbornness or a "finishing what I started" attitude, but I have suffered until the end books that I did not like.
Thankfully, these are all short stories and no greater than 750 words in length.
Still, after reading that particular one, I was like,
W
T
F
did I just read?
I like her name, though. All those syllables have good texture. And that somewhat mysterious "Q" as a middle initial would be a natural eyecatcher on a book's dustjacket.
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Stories 95 through 104 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
95) Edwina Talbot by Benjamin Adams ∆
96) Empathy's Bed at Midnight by Martin R. Soderstrom ∆∆
97) Encore by Hugh B. Cave ****
98) Engorged Pereute by Lois H. Gresh ∆
99) Erosion Road by Gary A. Braunbeck ∆∆∆
100) The Evil Dark by Gary Jonas ∆∆
101) Extract by Brian Hodge ∆∆∆∆
102) Eyes Like Diamonds in a Subway Tunnel by Edward Gaillaed ∆∆∆
103) Fall of Man by Graham P. Collins -?-
104) Fashion Victim by Martin Mundt -?-
* = liked
∆ = did not like
-?- = liked and disliked
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Stories 95 through 104 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
95) Edwina Talbot by Benjamin Adams ∆
96) Empathy's Bed at Midnight by Martin R. Soderstrom ∆∆
97) Encore by Hugh B. Cave ****
98) Engorged Pereute by Lois H. Gresh ∆
99) Erosion Road by Gary A. Braunbeck ∆∆∆
100) The Evil Dark by Gary Jonas ∆∆
101) Extract by Brian Hodge ∆∆∆∆
102) Eyes Like Diamonds in a Subway Tunnel by Edward Gaillaed ∆∆∆
103) Fall of Man by Graham P. Collins -?-
104) Fashion Victim by Martin Mundt -?-
* = liked
∆ = did not like
-?- = liked and disliked
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Hmmm... Cave was not the pits. ;)
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Hmmm... Cave was not the pits. ;)
And just in time . This has turned into a bit of a slog. Heh heh
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Stories 95 through 104 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
95) Edwina Talbot by Benjamin Adams ∆
96) Empathy's Bed at Midnight by Martin R. Soderstrom ∆∆
97) Encore by Hugh B. Cave ****
98) Engorged Pereute by Lois H. Gresh ∆
99) Erosion Road by Gary A. Braunbeck ∆∆∆
100) The Evil Dark by Gary Jonas ∆∆
101) Extract by Brian Hodge ∆∆∆∆
102) Eyes Like Diamonds in a Subway Tunnel by Edward Gaillaed ∆∆∆
103) Fall of Man by Graham P. Collins -?-
104) Fashion Victim by Martin Mundt -?-
* = liked
∆ = did not like
-?- = liked and disliked
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It's 365 Scary Stories, not 365 Good Stories - should your ratings system include whether they were scary or not? :o
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It's 365 Scary Stories, not 365 Good Stories - should your ratings system include whether they were scary or not? :o
No.
(If you want to argue using that logic, it's also not called 365 Mostly Suck Ass Stories, but I'll be damned if that's not the case so far.)
Generally speaking, they do qualify as "campfire stories." Scary is too ambiguous of a word, as would be rating it that way. That is one of many reasons the title is inferior.
The absolute WORST is the subtitle.
Daily Dose of Terror?
Perhaps it is a foolhardy mission, but I'm going to keep digging for gold.
I do like how my how copy is designed. It is a beautuful slipcase edition, apparently distributed to Barnes & Noble sales reps.
It doesn't have that ldiotic dustjacket.
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IT CAN'T BE EASY TO HANG A GIRAFFE IN A CHEAP HOTEL ROOM (2021)
by Caldwell Murchfield
Illustrated by Bruce Lanning
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IT CAN'T BE EASY TO HANG A GIRAFFE IN A CHEAP HOTEL ROOM (2021)
by Caldwell Murchfield
Illustrated by Bruce Lanning
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Wrong thread
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Wrong thread
Noted. But it is the correct thread.
Executve decision.
Read the book. Liked it. Posted it.
No one wants to hear about, nor would believe, the weird coincidence that placed the book into my exalted orbit.
I can hardly believe it myself.
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Read in 2022
IT CAN'T BE EASY TO HANG A GIRAFFE IN A CHEAP HOTEL ROOM (2021)
by Caldwell Murchfield
Illustrated by Bruce Lanning
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“I see dead giraffes!†:o
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“I see dead giraffes!†:o
A giraffe walking over my grave...
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I have never felt 'stressed' on a personal level when reading a book. Until now.
To say that this is worrisome, is to say that go-cart toppled the twin towers on September 11, 2001.
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I have never felt 'stressed' on a personal level when reading a book. Until now.
To say that this is worrisome, is to say that a go-cart toppled the twin towers on September 11, 2001.
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::)
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Read in 2022
ROAD KILL: TEXAS HORROR BY TEXAS WRITERS VOLUME 1
by
David Bowles
Joe R. Lansdale
Anna L. Davis
E. R. Bills
Stephen Patrick
Carmen Gray
Bret McCormick
Russell C. Connor
Michael H. Price
Tom Bont
Ernie Lee
David Robledo
Alan Beauvais
Michael Baldwin
Glen Coburn
Joe McKinney
Tom Alexander
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Just finished the Handmaid's Tale and the Testaments. Middle Anerica or Eilead goes to Hell in a handbasket. DeSantis wet dream comes true but all the good ones run to Canada or California
For a major change of pace I'm now reading volume I of hard core science fiction The Expanse Series, Leviathan Wakes by James A. Corey I watched the series which was excellent but I have it on good authority the books are even better which is almost always the case
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Read in 2022:
VULCAN'S HAMMER (1960)
by Philip K. Dick
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Read in 2022:
VULCAN'S HAMMER (1960)
by Philip K. Dick
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Oooohh... That one looks good, Cam!
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Oooohh... That one looks good, Cam!
@Rikki Gins
Supposedly, this is one of the last, or perhaps the last of, PKD's published work that was classic Pulp Science Fiction before he went into the mind bending stuff. I like both PKD eras - apples to oranges. I am enjoying this little book and am savoring it slowly. Unintentionally, I'm sure, this delivers some high strangeness (oranges) as in "alternate time lines" due to the type of future PKD predicted when this was written.
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Read in 2022:
CRACKED MAGAZINE (1958)
Issue 1
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Read in 2022
Stories 105 through 114 in the Horrors! 365 Scary Stories anthology (1998) :
105) The Fear of Eight Legs by Lisa Morton -?-
106) Feast of the Crows by Brian A. Hopkins ***
107) Feeding the Beast by Larry Segriff *
108) Final Call by John Gregory Betancourt *
109) Finders Keepers by Terry Campbell *
110) Finding Destiny by Yvonne Navarro ∆∆∆∆∆∆
111) Fire in the Skies over Asia by Damien Filer *
112) Five Paranoiacs, All in a Row... by Thomas M. Sipos *
113) A Flash of Silver by Ben P. Indick ∆
114) Fly in Your Eye by David Nickle ∆∆∆
* = liked
∆ = did not like
-?- = liked and disliked
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Read in 2022:
ROADKILL : TEXAS HORROR BY TEXAS WRITERS VOLUME 2 (2017)
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I recently drudged through Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. It was painful. I have no idea why I make myself read through something that I'm in the throws of actively hating. Perhaps I need therapy. (No comment required, thank you very much)
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Fortunately, I rewarded myself with Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and everything felt better. Not any less depressing fodder mind you, but better.
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Read in 2022:
THE MOUND (2016)
by H. P. Lovecraft
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Read in 2022:
THE MOUND (2016)
by H. P. Lovecraft
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I can't read Lovecraft anymore. He gives me strange unsettled dreams. It's very disquieting.
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I can't read Lovecraft anymore. He gives me strange unsettled dreams. It's very disquieting.
@PolkaDot
I won't go into why this was a disquieting story for me. But will say it involved a disturbing set of coincidences that are "Matrix glitch worthy."
There is a back story as to why the story takes place in Binger, OK, headquarters of the Caddo Nation - for anyone interested in researching.
It was odd witnessing Lovecraft's horrors set in a non-New England framework.
Even as I post this, I feel a tingle in the back of my neck, like an implanted compass needle tugging toward Oklahoma.
Christ.
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Read in 2022:
THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY (1974, 1976)
by Joyce Carol Oates
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@PolkaDot
I won't go into why this was a disquieting story for me. But will say it involved a disturbing set of coincidences that are "Matrix glitch worthy."
There is a back story as to why the story takes place in Binger, OK, headquarters of the Caddo Nation - for anyone interested in researching.
It was odd witnessing Lovecraft's horrors set in a non-New England framework.
Even as I post this, I feel a tingle in the back of my neck, like an implanted compass needle tugging toward Oklahoma.
Christ.
Oh my, this sounds like it could be your own makings for a short story @Camazotz Automat . You KNOW we all love a good story....
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May I suggest The Terror by Dan Simmons? If you haven’t read it don’t judge it by the television adaptation. It is on the longish side for a novel.
I finally read this. Thanks @whoozit . I thoroughly enjoyed it, some of the foreshadowing was a bit overplayed but a good read! I enjoyed the ending much more than the tv version.
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Another book I enjoyed. It's a rather grim subject but an interesting one and I really like the way Ron Franscell writes. It's like reading a work of fiction in parts with succinct but colorfully descriptive language.
Shadow Man by Ron Franscell
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Oh my, this sounds like it could be your own makings for a short story @Camazotz Automat . You KNOW we all love a good story....
@PolkaDot
I agree! I am currently exploiting the "effect" via a tri-pronged attack, i.e. three interconnected novellas.
That should get "it" out of my system (or myself out of the glitched system.***)
*** I amuse myself here.
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@PolkaDot
I agree! I am currently exploiting the "effect" via a tri-pronged attack, i.e. three interconnected novellas.
That should get "it" out of my system (or myself out of the glitched system.***)
*** I amuse myself here.
You might find it harder to amuse yourself outside of the system. Many do.
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I'd like to be re-reading The Death Ship by B. Traven. 1934 - Alfred A. Knopf, but sadly, I'm kind of logjammed (or bookjammed) with other books that I've lined up to read. But back to The Death Ship. Anyone who has worked a job requiring hard labor, or who likes stories about tramp steamer ships, will feel a kinship with this book. It starts off with the principle character, an American seaman named Gales, visiting a prostitute in Antwerp. He wakes up only to find that the lady had abandoned him, along with his wallet and passport. Worse yet, he heads down to dockside only to find that his vessel had sailed away. There follows a very interesting tale of a man without a country. When things begin to look somewhat bleak, he is offered a spot on the Yorikke, a rather decrepit ship that is used primarily for smuggling ammunition from here to there. The work as a disposer of ash from the boilers is backbreaking at first, but Gales toughens up and, with his new found friend Stanislav, experiences some rather grim and not so grim adventures aboard the Yorikke and beyond, as the book nears its conclusion. Traven was a rather mysterious author and not a whole heck of a lot is known about him. He was also the author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
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... He was also the author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
"All right," Curtin shouted back. "If you are the police, where are your badges? Let's see them."
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"All right," Curtin shouted back. "If you are the police, where are your badges? Let's see them."
"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"
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@PolkaDot
I agree! I am currently exploiting the "effect" via a tri-pronged attack, i.e. three interconnected novellas.
That should get "it" out of my system (or myself out of the glitched system.***)
*** I amuse myself here.
Your spaghetti looks terrible, Cam. :(
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Your spaghetti looks terrible, Cam. :(
A good food stylist is hard to find.
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BROTHER ODD by Dean Koontz
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You might find it harder to amuse yourself outside of the system. Many do.
Not a problem.
I am addicted to going cold turkey, mannnnnnn.
Be it from the Matrix or the Black Iron Prison or black tar heroin or British Dan Dare Mekon comics.
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@Camazotz Automat reading Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray now, only in chapter 3 but so far this is terrific. The writing alone is like chocolate for the brain.
Never read it before, haven't seen the movies, so all new and fresh.
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@Camazotz Automat reading Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray now, only in chapter 3 but so far this is terrific. The writing alone is like chocolate for the brain.
Never read it before, haven't seen the movies, so all new and fresh.
I've read it twice. Absolutely love it! I hate all the based on movies though. Leave well enough alone. Fuck Sakes!
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@Camazotz Automat reading Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray now, only in chapter 3 but so far this is terrific. The writing alone is like chocolate for the brain.
Never read it before, haven't seen the movies, so all new and fresh.
@PB
It's been a long time since I read it. I will put it on the repeat list.
I agree with KSM, the visual adaptations are sorely lacking.
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@PB
It's been a long time since I read it. I will put it on the repeat list.
I agree with KSM, the visual adaptations are sorely lacking.
I ended up watching the 1945 film, and would recommend it.
I'm not really much into movies, and don't know a lot of the actors and actresses, but the names I recognized in this movie were Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, and Donna Reed. It was nominated for 3 Academy Awards and won one of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray_%281945_film%29#Cast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray_%281945_film%29#Cast)
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Trailer.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/)
It's free online at various sites
https://vimeo.com/347286720 (https://vimeo.com/347286720)
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31 hours but worth it.
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