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A Night in the Lonesome October
malthaussen
Posts: 1060
10/9/2015
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'Tis the season when I re-read the late Roger Zelazny's luminous work, A Night in the Lonesome October. Truly delightful little gumdrop full of lively word-play and loving callbacks to Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft, and others who wrote of the weird, the obscure, and the bizarre. Top it off with a charming, albeit unconventional love story, and a half-dozen major plot twists in the last five pages, and you have a book scribed by a master at the top of his form. And it's narrated by a watchdog, what could one want more?
-- Mal
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
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RandomWalker
Posts: 948
10/10/2015
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Good call - it's one of my favourite Zelazny books. My copy is getting a little tatty, come to think of it, may need a new one.
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Lady Sapho Byron
Posts: 770
10/10/2015
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Thanks for brining this book to everyone's attention Mal! It's a wonderful book and it stands up to many re-readings. This year I'm reading one chapter each day.
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Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
Posts: 1372
10/12/2015
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The Things in the Mirror in the Labyrinth also seemed to be a homage last I was there.
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Social Actions: send them to Kade Carrion (she/her; no Tournament of Lilies, please). an_ocelot has gone NORTH and cannot benefit from social actions!
Possibly-Useful Things: Spreadsheets and hints and link collections, oh my.
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
10/12/2015
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Could well be! I haven't been around long enough to get to the Labyrinth. This whole place is full of literary allusions, I love it.
In any event, I now have a bloodhound named Snuff and a Parabola Kitten named Graymalk, so the game's afoot!
-- Mal
edited by malthaussen on 10/12/2015
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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