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I can't cook though. And not much of a housekeeper although people say my house smells like the sea. (On account of my saltwater tank and the reef tank). I guess I have too many hobbies to pay much attention to my surroundings-- other than the number of shelves I have and whether my zoo is comfortable.

Tietoja kirjastostani My taste is a bit of a ragout. I love books on Biblical archaeology and hard science. Monsters. Travel. Horror (King, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Farris, James Herbert) and the paranormal. Ghost stories by M.R. James and of that ilk.) I love adventure thrillers by Rollins, techno-thrillers by Tom Clancy, and anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

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Hi, I noticed several chess titles in your catalog and thought you may like to check my forum site out- www.ChessForums.org, we have a dedicated section to chess books and recommended reading you may be interested in, thanks, Greg

Lähettänyt: gregfindley 6:24 pm (EST) Jul 2, 2007

OOPS!

"I absolutely LOVED [Usher's Passing], that, [Wolf's Hour] and [Swan Song] were favorites. My very favorite McCammon, though, was [Going South]! It's the ultimate pulp homage!"

SILLY ME, I confused GOIN' SOUTH with BOYS LIFE!!! THAT was the pulp homage!

Lähettänyt: mrgrooism 10:00 pm (EST) Jan 26, 2007

Hi. Thanks for the coherent "Haunted Soda" text: but can I reverse an edit? #187 "Calm down, dear" (not "dears") is a very specific intertextual allusion, albeit one which will go over the heads of anyone unfamiliar with a particular series of insurance ads on British TV. (I know one might not expect Smithers to call Oswald "dear", but he would if he knew the ad!)

Lähettänyt: MyopicBookworm 7:24 am (EST) Jan 26, 2007

Dear Peanut,

Thanks! We'd have been more than happy to let you do part or all of that chore except that some writers have asked us to edit minor infelicities, misspellings, etc, and we can only do that for posts we originated.

Sorry about being slow to update the coherent thread. Your five-word game moves at a tempo like championship pingpong, while ours is more like Sunday afternoon croquet. Any way, we're looking forward to the limerick you've promised.

Best,

Fogies

Lähettänyt: Fogies 11:29 am (EST) Jan 18, 2007

I absolutely LOVED [Usher's Passing], that, [Wolf's Hour] and [Swan Song] were favorites. My very favorite McCammon, though, was [Going South]! It's the ultimate pulp homage!

Lähettänyt: mrgrooism 9:57 pm (EST) Jan 16, 2007

Peanut!!!

What a wonderfully wild and wacky group! Thank you for doing this!

I see you're also a Robert McCammon fan, as well! Love his style, wonderfully weird stuff, especially THE WOLF'S HOUR, my first McCammon book!

Lähettänyt: mrgrooism 7:31 pm (EST) Jan 16, 2007

Dear Peanut,

You have certainly penetrated to the heart of what we are all about with these group stories. Yes, we would appreciate your keeping a running coherent version of The Thing in the Library: it looks as if our opening sentence needs a paragraph of its own (well, we warned you about long sentences!).

Thanks again.

Fogies

Lähettänyt: Fogies 4:56 pm (EST) Jan 14, 2007

Thanks Peanut for the invitation to the "Haunted Soda" group. I haven't laughed so much in ages - it's wonderful!! Should be VERY interesting to see how it turns out :-D

Lähettänyt: katylit 12:10 am (EST) Jan 7, 2007

Peanut -

I've written two more Trent stories and am thinking about a third sequel; the story after 'Arkham' is called 'The Trapezohedron Caper' and involves our guys stealing the Shining Trapezohedron from the headquarters of Starry Wisdom, Inc. The next one is 'The Innsmouth Affair', and details a jailbreak from the Innsmouth prison and the raising of an ancient god. 'Trapezohedron' is under consideration for publication at Worlds Beyond, and I'm trying to find a home for 'Innsmouth' - I'll let you know whenever they see print.

Thanks for your kind words and I'm sincerely glad you liked my story - it's wonderful to get feedback!

Lähettänyt: john_sunseri 5:50 pm (EST) Nov 12, 2006

Thanks for the message. Heh, I do get a little obsessive when it comes to making lists. Plus I've had the last few days off of work and it was a nice relaxing thing to do with the day.

I'm not sure which Burroughs book it is that you're talking about. I actually haven't read all of those, I got them all in a big chunk. I'll cut this message short, but write back sometime. I totally love the idea of meeting people based on similar tastes in books.

Lähettänyt: Curtisss 5:21 pm (EST) Sep 21, 2006

The pleasure of having you in the group is all mine!
And YESSSS, there are a lot of wonderful women who write great books.
That is one of the things I love about the Virago imprint: those books revealed to me a number of excellent writers who, if not published by them, would be virtually unknown.
Enjoy!

Paola :-))

Lähettänyt: aluvalibri 9:13 pm (EST) Sep 18, 2006

Thank you so much for joining the group!!
Paola :-))

Lähettänyt: aluvalibri 7:46 pm (EST) Sep 18, 2006

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