Thanks for sharing! Very cool backstory!
Thanks for sharing! Very cool backstory!
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
That is very cool. There are a few things I'd like to give the annual treatment, but I don't read enough to be able to fit novel-length things in that frequently (I am able to read A Christmas Carol each December because it is quite short).
Did you take these photos or find them somewhere?
If the former: how did you get that creepy effect?
If the latter: what was the source?
Just curious; they really stand out.
In the village all the children running home
- they sing hymns that haunt them when they're all alone.
ST,
Thanks for your kind words.
I start SL every September 5th and then let it play out until October 7, the day that Ben Mears and Mark Petrie punch Barlow's ticket. This allows me to take my time savoring favorite passages and the like. I usually read 2-3 other books during that same timeframe.
All pictures except the newspaper photo of the real Marston House were taken by me when I was in Durham last October. The creepy effect came from using a basic filter option on my laptop along with reducing the light aspect.
BM
The photos are great. They really evoke the feel of the novel. Thanks very much for posting!
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Angel's Game and Prisoner of Heaven (Zafon)
Ilium (Simmons)
Love the photos! They definitely do evoke the novel. Thanks for posting. I really need to plan a trip up to Maine sometime.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Wow great story man. Amazing pictures, too. You’ve read SL 42 times? How much do you think you have memorized?
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Very cool photos.
Also, that is such an awesome yearly tradition to keep for yourself.
Just finished Patrick Rothfuss' The Wise Man's Fear. It was as excellent as TNOTW; I've now joined the others who've been waiting for book #3 in the series.
Now...having said it was excellent, I do have some comments that aren't positive:
Spoiler:
To sum up: although these things got my attention, they ultimately didn't bother me much.
In the village all the children running home
- they sing hymns that haunt them when they're all alone.
I'll apologize in advance: this post got out of hand.
Today, I began Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Tales, from Oxford University Press.
Of course, Doyle is known for his Sherlock material; this collection covers his gothic non-Sherlock dabblings:
...more info at https://global.oup.com/academic/prod...?lang=en&cc=us.- This is the first-ever scholarly edition of Conan Doyle's "Gothic Tales," meticulously sourced with the history of each tale
- Features a new critical introduction from expert Darryl Jones, who offers an analysis of the importance of the Gothic to the whole of Doyle's writing career
As a physical book, GT is a good example of a type of book I quite like: by no means fine, exclusive or expensive, but is part of a line (the Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) that, for the most part, has distinctive designs that make for an enjoyable book to hold or to have on the shelf (see for yourself at https://global.oup.com/academic/cont...?lang=en&cc=us). From this line, I also have M.R. James' Collected Ghost Stories (which I will read next month) and will buy The Mabinogion and Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories, which in turn reminds me that Centipede Press has their own Machen volume out now (http://www.centipedepress.com/masters/machenlwf.html), a bargain at only $40, and NOT to be confused with CP's recent larger Machen volume, which has sold out. (FWIW, while there is some overlap between CP's $40 Machen and the OUP Machen, there is enough difference that I plan to get both).
For a great look at Gothic Tales, check this out:
You will notice that this person didn't like this book (physically) as I did; he has some points about quality (especially if you are evaluating it as a collector), but it takes a lot to make me dislike a clothbound book, and I like this one (I will admit: the white cloth picks up everything).
I'd like to add that the YouTuber behind this video (Pontus Presents) makes some of the very best book videos (unboxing and others) I've ever seen (clear video and audio (which are painful when absent in others' videos), nice descriptions, shows lots of illustrations (when they exist), and often has helpful links under the video).
If you are interested only in King, he isn't for you (it's possible that he covered Folio Society's The Shining, but that's the only King he might have covered), but if you are open to other bibliofun, he's covered things from Folio Society, Everyman's Library, and Taschen, as well as some deluxe Tolkien things.
Something that should interest some of you is a great (and creepy) video he did for Folio Society's edition of The Exorcist:
...which features the illustrations that first appeared in Lonely Road's edition (perhaps someone out there has that - if so, please point me to some photos (yours?) of the interior (other than the illustrations), as I've never been able to find any).
And while I'm mentioning Pontus Presents, I feel compelled to share the video (which you should watch on the biggest screen you own) for Folio Society's limited edition (1,000 copies, $865.00) of Alice In Wonderland:
...which is one of the most spectacular productions I've ever seen: 13" x 9 3/4", and
Sorry for the extra ramble, but when I get going, it takes a lot to stop me. Hopefully this has been of some use or interest to some of you."This edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been composed in Founders Caslon types at The Folio Society and printed on Ambassador Cream Twin-wire laid by Smith Settle, Yeadon, West Yorkshire. The plates and the scraps have been printed on Olin silk paper by Napier Jones, London. The limited edition etching has been hand-printed under the artist's supervision by New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, Canada, on Somerset velvet buff 100% cotton mouldmade paper, and mounted on Hahnemühle Bugra Butten.
The endpapers have been printed letterpress on Bugra Butten by the Logan Press, Wellingborough, Northants. The book has been hand-bound in vellum blocked in 22-carat gold, with vellum tips and Freelife Merida sides, by Smith Settle. The edition is limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by the artist on the etching, and thirty copies numbered in roman numerals, which are hors commerce."
Once again: I have no connection to OUP or PP; I just like to gush when I find something I really like (and the humans around me, for the most part, don't understand the appeal of books - one of them doesn't even read for pleasure...).
In the village all the children running home
- they sing hymns that haunt them when they're all alone.
Thanks for the share! Those look like some really beautiful editions. About to head out to work so I'll check the vids out later.
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Ooh, Grady Hendrix has a new book out. I put a hold on it at the library. First in line, baby!
My American Unhappiness by Dean Baropoulos and Lethal White by Robert Galbraith with 'Salem's Lot re-read sandwiched in-between.
“Occultation” by Laird Barron
Looking for Mister Slaughter S/L #78
Just started Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Has anyone read Origin by Dan Brown? Any good?
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
I've read everything by him. His books are hard to put down but don't really stay with you. Perfect summer reading or something you'd read in between some heavy lifting.
I liked his first couple of books but he lost me with Inferno. I felt it was poorly written, very 'clunky', a feeling I did not have with his first books. Like you guys, I do rember reading and enjoying Dan Brown books but I hardly have any idea anymore what they were about