tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post1473522013067277350..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: Book ShoppingJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-2589880703478106402008-01-28T18:58:00.000+11:002008-01-28T18:58:00.000+11:00Update: have finished the first volume of Cordwain...Update: have finished the first volume of Cordwainer Smith, and have just bought (for $19.90) two tomes of H.P. Lovecraft's wierd tales: "The Whisperer in Darkness" and "The Loved Dead", being volumes 1 and 2 of his collected stories. Of course, thanks to Fr Bernard, I've already read "The Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness".Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-37292828341371918012008-01-27T14:35:00.000+11:002008-01-27T14:35:00.000+11:00Will get onto it, my ghostly father! ;-)I'm not a...Will get onto it, my ghostly father! ;-)<BR/><BR/>I'm not a big reader of horror, but it makes a change.<BR/><BR/>At the moment I'm finishing off the first volume of Cordwainer Smith's collected sci-fi; it's good to read some again, and something cerebral and well-written too, in that curious style that he has.<BR/><BR/>A sample (from "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard"):<BR/><BR/>"We watched at the Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-49192037727494665302008-01-27T05:24:00.000+11:002008-01-27T05:24:00.000+11:00Hmm, "Cult of Alien Gods"? That book looks like a ...Hmm, "Cult of Alien Gods"? That book looks like a stretch to me, but I am always in favour of book-buying. So...when will you read Lovecraft?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com