Tag: books
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Great Mysteries of Aviation
Great Mysteries of AviationBy Alexander McKeePublished by Stein and Day 1982 This edition of Bill’s Bookshelf is a little different. It’s a tribute to my father, Billy Keith King. He was a pilot and collected books on aviation. I usually feature books of weird tales in this space and the closest I could find in…
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Maud Newton Spotted in Noir Streetscape and She’s Ready for Her Close-Up
Since Maud Newton recently “resurfaced” on Facebook, I thought I would repost this article that originally appeared here at Bill Ectric’s Place on June 7, 2009. Maud Newton Soars Narrative Magazine has an excerpt from Maud Newton’s novel and it is top notch! A combination of light-hearted snark and Poe-like dark, which is exactly what…
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Inspired by Murder
This review was written by Colin Dickey for New Republic, November 2, 2016: “Murder, in ordinary cases, where the sympathy is wholly directed to the case of the murdered person,” (De Quincey) reasons, “is an incident of coarse and vulgar horror; and for this reason that it flings the interest exclusively upon the natural…
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Psycho-geographic Impressionism
Psychogeography was defined in 1955 by Guy Debord as “the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals.” – from Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geograhy, 1955 From Burrow Press, an interview with Tim Gilmore by Hurley Winkler: Before…
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A Writing Binge at the Malting House
Another home run from Wormwoodiana! Here are some quotes: In ‘The Malting House Summer’ (The New Review, Vol. 3, No. 31, October 1976), Diana Davenport recalled the place: “The Malting House still retains an air of legend: a tall, Provencal-looking building, flat against the main street, its putty-coloured wash peeling, lower windows shuttered, door ever-open.”…
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Dead Men Naked, Book Review
Dead Men Naked, a novel by Dario Cannizzaro Review by Bill Ectric Dead Men Naked is the best novel I’ve read in while, satisfying to the end. All too often, books with supernatural overtones veer into preposterous territory, but not this one. Author Dario Cannizzaro achieves a near-perfect balance of realism and phantasm, humor and…
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The Hardest Working Man in Weird Fiction: A Jeff VanderMeer Interview
This interview first appeared on Literary Kicks on December 19, 2008. In 2018, Paramount pictures will release Annihilation, a film based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer, starring Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In close proximity to primordial Florida swamps, branch-shrouded canopy roads, and Kafkaesque state capital intrigues, Jeff and Ann VanderMeer are Tallahassee’s…
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Will Self Writes in the Morning
Again, someone who recommends writing in the morning. I’ve only written in the morning twice. Both times were to record lucid dreams before I forgot them. I keep saying I’m going to try it for my fiction writing. Maybe tomorrow. From The Guardian: When I’m working on a novel I type the initial draft first thing…
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Magical Night at Chamblin’s Uptown: My Favorite Bookstore Turns 40
To use an old cliche, a good time was had by all at Chamblin’s Uptown, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of legendary bookstore Chamblin Bookmine. There was food, drinks, readings, celebration, and camaraderie, all surrounded by books of every kind, both new and used, on shelves, walls, countertops, and in people’s hands. I…