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November 21, 2009 11:27 AM EST --
A welcome repackaging of stories from a premier writer of hard science fiction as he sallies into science fiction humor. Included are two books (he insists on calling them novellas) and a handful of short . . .
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November 17, 2009 07:41 PM EST --
I have scored five free magazine subscriptions for the Nashville Public Library.
As I've mentioned before, I collect Coke Rewards points and eRewards points, neither of which offers too much of interest . . .
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November 16, 2009 12:47 PM EST --
I'm interested to see what kind of response this gets: name a famous Civil War figure. "Famous" is relative, of course, but it has to be a real person that can easily be looked up. One entry . . .
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November 14, 2009 11:31 AM EST --
THE ATTRACTION, Douglas Clegg, Leisure Books:NY, 2006, 324pp.
A group of college kids heading on a roadtrip out West end up off the beaten path at the Brake Down Palace Gas and Sundries with . . .
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November 14, 2009 10:02 AM EST --
I just came across this completely free site which offers you a vocabulary game (like the Reader's Digest word defintions column) and when you get the right answer, 10 grains of rice are donated to UN . . .
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November 12, 2009 08:51 AM EST --
Another easy game: just name one of the multitude of Saturday night Live regular characters. One character name per entry.
I'll dip way back to start things off, with Eddie Murphy: Gumby. . . .
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November 11, 2009 12:43 PM EST --
ODD THOMAS, Dean Koontz, Bantam Books, 446pp, paperback
Odd Thomas is a fry cook, a gentle soul with a challenging talent, one so challenging it drives him to seek simplicity in his life. That challenge . . .
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November 10, 2009 06:51 PM EST --
Easy game: name a Saturday morning cartoon character, past or present. You ex-Saturday morning cartoon vultures should have no problem...and parents should find it even easier. One name . . .
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October 29, 2009 07:08 PM EDT --
A REBEL IN TIME, Harry Harrison, Tor, 1983, paperback, 315pp.
This is a time travel book and you can guess the gimmick just from the title and cover art. So you are several steps ahead of . . .
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October 27, 2009 12:12 PM EDT --
MANITOU BLOOD, Graham Masterton, 2005, Leisure Fiction, 369pp, paperback
New York hospitals are flooded with people who are deathly ill, throwing up copious amounts of blood. But it's not . . .
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October 23, 2009 12:37 PM EDT --
BURIAL, Graham Masterton, Tor, 1994, 474pp, paperback
This is the best of Graham Masterton's Manitou horror series, in which likable Harry Erskine, New York Tarot reader who makes a living hustling . . .
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October 14, 2009 08:43 AM EDT --
For those interested, I have set up a tribute site for my girlfriend, Pat Swann, who passed away September 1st due to complications from pneumonia. Feel free to visit.
http://home.midwest.net/~howes/ . . .
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October 13, 2009 11:33 AM EDT --
Got my $25 Borders gift card from Gather today. As always, never a problem in getting Gather to respond to my rewards request. Wzheeet! (the musical sound of a butt smooch).
Add this . . .
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October 13, 2009 11:24 AM EDT --
SMART DRAGONS, FOOLISH ELVES, Alan Dean Foster and Martin Harry Greenburg, ed., Ace, 1991, 340pp, paperback.
This collection of 18 forays into funny fantasy fully filled with stories from Harlan . . .
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October 11, 2009 10:35 AM EDT --
THREE MEN SEEKING MONSTERS: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape Men, Nick Redfern, Paraview Pocket Books, 2004, 264pp, indexed.
When I heard . . .
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October 08, 2009 10:57 AM EDT --
I like the old 1950's science fiction movies and compared to much of the dreck of the 50's this trio wasn't by any means the worst. All are black and white.
Devil Girl from Mars is a . . .
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October 04, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
The house where the 1949 exorcism that inspired the William Peter Blatty book and the hit movie is still standing in St Louis...and something remains behind.
It was SRO at Riverboat Molly's History . . .
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October 02, 2009 09:32 AM EDT --
Riverboat Molly's History and Hauntings Bookstore (515 East Third Street) in Alton, IL, hosts the American Ghost Society Open House tomorrow (Saturday, 10/03) from noon to 5pm. Speakers will be . . .
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September 29, 2009 09:21 AM EDT --
Thanks to a couple articles I published this morning, I just went over the threshhold and qualified for a $25 Borders Gift Card just in time to take advantage of the Borders Rewards I already have . . .
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September 29, 2009 08:31 AM EDT --
Massac County is at one of the two southern tips of Illinois, bordered on its south by the Ohio River with Paducah, Kentucky, across the river. It was here that Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark . . .
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