You may remember the post on the murder of bookseller Sherry Black I did last week. You may also remember the piece I did on Insane Clown Posse and their Juggalo followers a month or so ago. I never imagined the stories would intertwine, but police speculate that her murder may have something to do… Continue reading Follow-Up on the Murder of Bookstore Owner Sherry Black: Books and Mormons and Juggalos, Oh My
Category: Books
Books Read: Zoran Zivkovic’s Impossible Encounters
Impossible Encounters By Zoran Zivkovic Polaris, 2000 This is a short book of six stories by Yugoslavian Serbian writer Zoran Zivkovic, each dealing with an impossivle situation (post-mortem, a conversation with God, a writer visited by his own character, etc.), and each of which feature, recursively, a book called Impossible Encounters. These are well crafted,… Continue reading Books Read: Zoran Zivkovic’s Impossible Encounters
Bookstore Owner Stabbed to Death
Sherry Black of B&W Books and Billards of Salt Lake City. She was also the mother-in-law of Utah Jazz owner Greg Miller. As far as I know, I never bought any books from (or sold any to) her, but I’ve bought so many books over the years that you never know. Robberies of book stores… Continue reading Bookstore Owner Stabbed to Death
How Carefully Do Shipping Companies Handle Your Packages?
Popular Mechanics sets out to find out, using boxes filled with sensors. There’s no clear winner. Since I ship and receive a lot of books during the year, this is a topic of some interest. Since I’ve had many books shipped to me damaged in transit over the years, I always pack the books I… Continue reading How Carefully Do Shipping Companies Handle Your Packages?
Greg Bear: Project Gutenberg Screwed Up
You may remember this post on how a lot of science fiction was showing up in the public domain at Project Gutenberg (which was picked up by SF Signal, Io9, etc.). Well, Greg Bear and Astrid Anderson Bear, his wife and daughter of Poul Anderson (whose works were among those put up by Project Gutenberg),… Continue reading Greg Bear: Project Gutenberg Screwed Up
Lots of Jack Vance Magazine Scans Up On Flickr
From Doc Mars, whoever he might be. (Besides, of course, another insane Jack Vance collector, of which there are many, and who tend to make my own Vance bibliomania look relatively mild in comparison.) It includes a lot of covers and interior spot illustrations. And I must say, that the outfit in that Virgil Finley… Continue reading Lots of Jack Vance Magazine Scans Up On Flickr
Books Read: Charles Stross’ The Fuller Memorandum
Charles Stross The Fuller Memorandum Ace, 2010 I’m a big fan of Charlie Stross’ Laundry books. As Geek Cthulhu Mythos British Bureaucracy Spy Thrillers, they hit a lot of my personal pleasure centers, and the latest installment is no exception. Our Network Admin/Computational Demonologist Bob Howard starts off enjoying, for the first time in his… Continue reading Books Read: Charles Stross’ The Fuller Memorandum
Library Additions, July 12 to November 14, 2010
The period right around Halloween and the election was particularly busy, so I took a break from blogging here. To get back in the skiffy swing of things, here’s the latest list of books I’ve added to my library. Books that I have available for sale through Lame Excuse Books are marked LEB (though some… Continue reading Library Additions, July 12 to November 14, 2010
Lots of Science Fiction Showing Up in the Public Domain
Take a look at this list of new science fiction put up at Project Gutenberg. Lots of familiar (and fairly recent) names there: Philip K. Dick, Mark Clifton, Leigh Brackett, Poul Anderson, Norman Spinrad, Frederik Pohl, and Jack Vance. And the last three of those are still alive. It would be interesting to know how… Continue reading Lots of Science Fiction Showing Up in the Public Domain
An Amazing Jack Vance Collection
With pictures. While I do have the Vance integral edition, which he doesn’t, I still don’t have a lot of the stuff shown here. Vance collectors are so fanatical that they make my bibliomania look relatively sane by comparison… (Hat Tip: Mike Berro)