Michael Posted January 13 Report Posted January 13 (edited) Outside Looking In - TC Boyle Edited January 13 by Michael Quote
Niko Posted January 18 Report Posted January 18 On 1/14/2024 at 6:20 PM, Jim Duckworth said: that's a great book... Quote
ejp626 Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 Halfway through Mary McCarthy's The Group. Will be Pym's Excellent Women after that. Quote
jlhoots Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 On 1/14/2024 at 10:20 AM, Jim Duckworth said: Gushee is / was a great writer. Quote
Matthew Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Never read any book in the series, and I liked this one so much, I went ahead and bought all the books. Very enjoyable read. Quote
jlhoots Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 (edited) Ingrid Rojas Contreras: Fruit Of The Drunken Tree Edited February 2 by jlhoots Quote
GA Russell Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 This book is a pep talk for women who are miserable. She focuses on getting rid of everything you own which does not spark joy. She thinks that a tidy home will help eliminate your constipation problem. And she doubles down on talking to inanimate objects like your apartment and your socks, as if they are people to whom you should be grateful. Quote
ghost of miles Posted February 6 Author Report Posted February 6 An underrated Kerouac, trippy and steeped in his childhood: Quote
Referentzhunter Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 59 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said: I am disappointed in this 'Classic'. Some improbabilities ... Quote
Stompin at the Savoy Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 (edited) There is an old adage that a good story involves getting the hero up in a tree, adding some people throwing rocks at him and then managing to get him back down again. Leigh Brackett was a master of establishing a tense narrative within a few pages and drawing you into the conflict. This book is very expensive. I managed to score the other two volumes of her short stories in this series but this one is usually two or three hundred bucks. Thankfully, all the stories appear to be public domain and can be found on either Gutenberg.org or the Internet Archive digitized volumes of Thrilling Wonder Stories. Below is the table of contents with where to find the stories. G = Gutenberg.org -Foreword- by Ray Bradbury -Introduction- by Harry Turtledove G -The Blue Behemoth- (Planet Stories, May '43) G -Thralls of the Endless Night- (Planet Stories, Fll '43) G -The Jewel of Bas- (Planet Stories, Spr '44) -The Veil of Astellar- (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Spr '44) https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_Wonder_Stories_v25n03_1944-Spring/page/n49/mode/2up?view=theater (On a pc, press f11 after you get there for full screen) G -Terror Out of Space- (Planet Stories, Sum '44) G -The Vanishing Venusians- (Planet Stories, Spr '45) G -Lorelei of the Red Mist- (with Ray Bradbury) (Planet Stories, Sum '46) G -The Moon That Vanished (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct '48) G -The Beast-Jewel of Mars- (Planet Stories, Win '48) - Quest of the Starhope- (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Apr '49) https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_Wonder_Stories_v34n01_1949-04/page/n43/mode/2up?view=theater -The Lake of the Gone Forever- (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct '49) https://archive.org/details/ThrillingWonderStoriesV35N01194910/page/n61/mode/2up?view=theater -The Dancing Girl of Ganymede- (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb '50) https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_Wonder_Stories_v35n03_1950-02/page/n61/mode/2up?view=theater -The Science-Fiction Field- by Leigh Brackett (Writer's Digest, Jul '44) Edited February 11 by Stompin at the Savoy Quote
jazzbo Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 Powerful. I have in-laws that would probably burn this one. Quote
rostasi Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 (edited) This luscious beauty arrived a while back. Actually, I'm reading and listening to it. They do such an amazing job on their releases and this is a deluxe version (70 copies - sold out) compilation showing their variety. The video explains what they do. Always been completely overwhelmed by their work and this one is right up there with the others. Their approach to artistic packaging is so in-line with my ideas about how people's sound-art should be presented that it's such a joy to have these. Time Released Sound Edited February 16 by rostasi Quote
GA Russell Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 This was a comic book I always saw on the rack, but was never tempted to pick up. Did anyone here like this one? Quote
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