Whereas this gent and his elephant basked in admiration of the crowd for a lift well executed.
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Whereas this gent and his elephant basked in admiration of the crowd for a lift well executed.
70mm, eh?
Daniel knows, ceremonies (rituals) can often enhance the reading experience. The Best of all Possible Worlds, edited by Spider Robinson.
Perfect book review. The Infinite Man by Daniel F. Galouye. 1973, cover art by Lou Feck. #booksky
Define a "book."
I should have at least checked for additional interior illustrations before putting it back on the table. #fleamarketregrets
Variations on a theme The Mail in Spain (rides mainly on the plain)
veritable treasures!
an impressive stack!
we all take reading detours
give a shout to The American Pickers
I think your pops and I would have been great friends #greatlibrary
winner winner
nods heads in appreciation
It’s endlessly fascinating (and energizing!) to me that we all enjoy “reading” different genres or form factors, and that certain authors hold lower or higher levels of engagement. What saddens and disturbs my world view are those who don’t read, or want to ban certain works.
the bottle caps though!
Long Sleep was my first (unwitting) read of his. Hell’s Gate I just picked up yesterday at the flea (reading today for first time). My favorite of his many works was A Werewolf Among Us. Like others with a heavy list of published storie, some resonate with me, others fall short.
Alternative book cover of the day, the memory persists… The Water-Buffalo Children by Pearl S Buck. 1943, cover artist by William A. Smith. #booksky
Dean R. Koontz is one to consider piling on as well …
videos of encounters bring me joy
chain cards were all the rage - I’ll snap ‘em up at a flea market every time!
not so with cucumbers
Great pic
Telling my grandkids this is Sun Ra’s little brother
Chose a viewing party, or a book club read - either way, i bet you’ll learn at least one new sobering or disturbing thing. And if you are host, best plan on serving beer, not wine. Cockfighter by Charles Willeford, 1962. #booksky
his writing style is "speculative old-timey, with a slow crescendo of dread" if I had to give it a label - I enjoy his storytelling frame of reference
Taine wrote some engaging stories
Begs the question, which event produces loudest, most enthusiastic and immediate cheers? Swift/Kelce engagement, or this other?
Cottondale Alabama cornbread is the best cornbread, a hill I’ll die on.
Maybe it's not light A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray, 2014, art by Craig Shields. #booksky
I’ve read and re-read it a few times over the last several decades, always finding something new and snarky in it. Hope you enjoy a first reading…
Have always meant to read this one. Picked ‘A Canyicle For Leibowitz’ up in an Op Shop a few years ago…could be time has come around at last.
It certainly demands attention!
I think I was in a different mindset when I listened to it - I found it very serious. Maybe I laughed, too, but I am not sure. I'm much older now (by 8 years!), so maybe I should try it again and relax about it! But it really got me thinking wicked deep about mortality and then sadness!
one of those tales where I found myself laughing out loud (a couple of times!)
This tale often considered as the precursor to the dystopian genre #bookwormsat Final Blackout by L. Ron Hubbard. 1948, illus by Betty Wells Halladay. #booksky
an understandable decision!
Dystopian futures that fed on nuclear holocaust were fodder for the sci-fi market. #bookwormsat Shadow on the Hearth by Judith Merrill. 1950 first edition, cover art by Edward Kasper. #booksky
Dystopian hilarity #bookwormsat A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Muller, Jr. 1961, cover design by C.W. Bacon. UK SFBC #booksky
dystopia #bookwormsat Judgement Night by C.L. Moore. 1952, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas. #booksky
Kudos to Dodai Stewart (author) and Alex Kent (photographer) for this amazing piece in today's New York Times -- "25 of New York City's Notably Great Trees." Well done!
Thx vmuch, will give it a look-see
the one i had as a kid never flew further that about 10 feet, that’s when i learned a lesson about “advertising”
Variations on a theme
Variations on a theme . Even sci-fi stories examine this line of thought. From "Agent 38" by Fred Hoyle in the collected stories of Element 79.
Unintentional book review alert! The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson. 1962 (second printing) with cover art by Mitchell Hooks.
Telling my grandkids that’s a scene from Xanadu
all the wrong people are dying, maybe?
better than “rocket cat”
A stunner of an alternative book cover. Positive Charge by Walt and Leigh Richmond. 1970, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
it was the least you could do - some people gotta eat, other people gotta read
Where will your reading take you next? Element 79 by Fred Hoyle. 1967, amazing jacket design by Stanislaw Zagorski. #booksky
Wait, as a teen you never waived off playing a ball game with your neighborhood pals in order to sit under a pine tree and read a Doc Savage novel — do you really even know what happiness is?
Nominating Skot as the winner - The Dreamer of Dreams by the Queen of Roumania. 1915, illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
squirrel in the house
just not this one ... Not This August by C.M. Kornbluth. 1956, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
#bookologythursday ✨Fantasy Worlds & Authors✨ After all, what is fantasy but a retelling of the fantastic! First World Fantasy Awards - an anthology of the fantastic - stories, poems, essays. Edited (and jacket illus) by Gahan Wilson, 1977. First edition. #booksky
Best one on my phone today read: “Your neighbor recommended me to you.”
What happens in the garden, stays in the garden. Croakie on the Bridge (or Why Toad Stays in the Garden) by Marilyn F. Shea. 1991, art direction by Kukoshiene. #booksky
great cover that one!
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title: Tom Clancy’s War With the Newts
This is who runs this account
Pitch perfect (albeit unintentional) book review. A Ghost in the Isle of Wight by Shane Leslie. 1929, signed first edition, #314 of 530. #booksky
More wisdom from local community Sunoco station.
For every problem, a potential solution. B-9 The Hungry Metal Eater by Ester Hauser Laurence. 1977 (second edition), illustrated by Ron Bradford. #booksky
Cosplay in the bog, #funtimes
coffee, or wine?
Two more #booknotes by me - The Prayer Machine by Christopher Hadder-Williams, and Seven Footprints to Satan by A. Merritt.
A heart wrenching book review! The Power of Nothingness by David-Neel and Yongden. 1982, cover artist unknown. #booksky
Mother Nature delivering light pulses along tree branches #mesmerizing
Gonna see if any (from 1964) will germinate.
Variations on a stuffed bell pepper theme Food Combining Recipe Book by Pam Kahn and Dennis Nelson. 1986, cover art titled "Potato Salad" by Chris Hoffman. #booksky
Variations on a stuffed bell pepper theme Food Combining Recipe Book by Pam Kahn and Dennis Nelson. 1986, cover art titled "Potato Salad" by Chris Hoffman. #booksky
Rain 🌧️ is good - "water as needed by soaking ground around plant."
a masterpiece right there!
as one does…
Beautiful book review. The Crucible of Time by John Brunner. First Paperback Edition: July 1984, cover art by Don Dixon. #booksky
Some nightmares are book reviews in disguise. A Commodity of Dreams by Howard Nemerov. 1989, jacket design by Seymour Chwast. #booksky
This book review blew me away, so did the movie. Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov (1966, cover art by Dale Hennesy).
#bookwormsat wanna know who is fearless and filled with foritude? Any gal who continues to hang out with this guy. #booksky
Unintentional sidewalk chicken splat #urbanart
Murray's revitalization of Doc is such fun!
One from "the wild new adventures?"
#bookwormsat When I was young, Doc Savage was the role model for fearlessness and foritude. It's not that he was never afraid, but that he tousled with evil to make the world a better place. #booksky
#bookwormsat Fearlessness and Foritude A mantra for the times - the Bene Gesserit Litany against fear - taken from Dune, 1965. #booksky
Over here guys, found it! The Space Destroyer! by Lester Bidston. July 1924.
some questions are strictly rhetorical...
awesome stack
House plants are dying, daily! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#BookologyThursday ✨🌴Tropical Dreams🌴✨ An astounding story - had to reread the concluding act a couple of times for full impact. Do AI entities dream of love? Playground by Richard Powers. 2024, cover photo Moment (Getty Images). #booksky
the cow must die
Yes! Another unintentional, and pithy, book review. Attack from Atlantis by Lester del Rey. 1953, cover art by Alex Schomburg. Kintsugi-inspired dust jacket repair by me. #booksky
Simple summer pleasure - creating memories
applicable to both - nice!
A book review with a light touch. Dream World, 1957 - cover art by Ed Valigursky (periodic magazine)
A book review hidden inside political fervor, clever. The Weird Ones (anthology) by John Schoenberg, 1962. Cover art not attributed. #booksky
peanut butter will do that (?)