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342 is a Lie: The Croning by Laird Barron

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342 is a Lie. Saturday, 12 October 2013. The Croning by Laird Barron. Modern cosmic horror from the unlikely sounding Laird Barron. Aside from the clearly invented name, he's meant to be a one eyed champion dog sledder from Alaska. It's all too perfect. Is he really the ghost of HP Lovecraft? This is Lovecraft where you actually start to care about the characters. The small details of domestic life rub up nicely against the vast and unspeakable horror behind the curtain. And despite it all, there...Steph...

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342 is a Lie: August 2013

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342 is a Lie. Thursday, 8 August 2013. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. An engrossing and heartbreaking book. It's in the SF Masterworks series, but it doesn't feel like science fiction. I already knew the plot when I went in (and, of course, I'd seen Lawnmower Man) but if anything the knowledge of how it would end made it all the more powerful. Things unfold as they should, and there's no cheap twists. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). How Much For The Ape? My Failure At Modern Living.

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342 is a Lie: March 2013

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342 is a Lie. Sunday, 17 March 2013. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. I suspect comics are something like laws and sausages - perhaps it's best not to know how they're made. This is a largely unedifying tale of the shysters, egomaniacs, cold-eyed capitalists and (oh so many) bitter, bitter comic book writers who created what I consider the richest and greatest mythology of modern times. Quick - who was the first Marvel superhero? A whole bunch of people! But what about Stan Lee himself?

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342 is a Lie: July 2013

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342 is a Lie. Thursday, 25 July 2013. Death's Head: Volume 2. Death's Head was a total badass and I loved him. Iron Man of 2020? You can feel a once beloved antihero become increasingly pointless as this volume progresses. It's also a sad reflection on the state of Marvel in the 90s. These comics for the most part are pretty damn shoddy. Here's an amusing rundown of his various adventures for the very geekiest among you http:/ tfwiki.net/wiki/Death%27s Head %28G1%29. Tuesday, 16 July 2013. Well it is des...

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342 is a Lie: September 2013

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342 is a Lie. Wednesday, 18 September 2013. Supergods by Grant Morrison. As the long hiatus in blogging would suggest, I finished this a couple of months back, so apologies for not remembering much else of use. It's a really good read, very good on superheroes, bit too much mumbo jumbo for my tastes. I'll try and rattle out a few more half remembered books soon until I'm up to speed. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). How Much For The Ape? My Failure At Modern Living. A man who salsa dances".

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342 is a Lie: Supergods by Grant Morrison

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342 is a Lie. Wednesday, 18 September 2013. Supergods by Grant Morrison. As the long hiatus in blogging would suggest, I finished this a couple of months back, so apologies for not remembering much else of use. It's a really good read, very good on superheroes, bit too much mumbo jumbo for my tastes. I'll try and rattle out a few more half remembered books soon until I'm up to speed. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). How Much For The Ape? My Failure At Modern Living. A man who salsa dances".

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342 is a Lie: January 2013

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342 is a Lie. Thursday, 17 January 2013. Invisible by Paul Auster. This is going to be tough one to review, as I'm loath to give anything away. I found a hardback copy in a second-hand bookshop with no dustjacket, so I went in knowing absolutely nothing. Except that someone might turn invisible. This never happens. Spoiler. The Player of Games by Iain M Banks. If you want to start getting Cultured, this is where you should start. Unlike many of the others in the series, this has one hero, one clearly...

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342 is a Lie: May 2013

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342 is a Lie. Thursday, 23 May 2013. The Colour out of Space by HP Lovecraft. A very good place to start with HP Lovecraft this. Quite often with this cultiest of authors, unspeakable horror comes with unpronounceable names and a mythos you need non-Euclidean geometry to work out. This is pretty straight up for Howard Phillips, but no less effective for that. Do scientists have any idea how we're changing our environment? Very modern fears from the best part of a century ago. Could definitely have a stab...

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342 is a Lie: Death's Head: Volume 2

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342 is a Lie. Thursday, 25 July 2013. Death's Head: Volume 2. Death's Head was a total badass and I loved him. Iron Man of 2020? You can feel a once beloved antihero become increasingly pointless as this volume progresses. It's also a sad reflection on the state of Marvel in the 90s. These comics for the most part are pretty damn shoddy. Here's an amusing rundown of his various adventures for the very geekiest among you http:/ tfwiki.net/wiki/Death%27s Head %28G1%29. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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342 is a Lie: October 2013

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342 is a Lie. Saturday, 12 October 2013. The Croning by Laird Barron. Modern cosmic horror from the unlikely sounding Laird Barron. Aside from the clearly invented name, he's meant to be a one eyed champion dog sledder from Alaska. It's all too perfect. Is he really the ghost of HP Lovecraft? This is Lovecraft where you actually start to care about the characters. The small details of domestic life rub up nicely against the vast and unspeakable horror behind the curtain. And despite it all, there...