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Bound Up With Books: The Riddle of the Traveling Skull

by Psuke July 18, 2008 Bound Up with Books
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Bound Up With Books The Riddle of the Traveling Skull Psuke Since there’s more than enough heavy shit going on in the world just now, this edition of Bound Up With Books is just for fun. I’m reviewing Harry Stephen Keeler’s “The Riddle of the Traveling Skull.” I first heard about Keeler …

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Bound Up With Books: Child of a Rainless Year

by Psuke July 1, 2008 Bound Up with Books
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Bound Up With Books Child of a Rainless Year Psuke I really enjoyed Jane Lindskold’s Child of a Rainless Year – it has most of the elements of fiction that I like: mystery, alternative history and magic worked in in an offhanded manner. Not that the treatment is offhanded – but extraordinary events …

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Little Brother

by Psuke June 4, 2008 Bound Up with Books

Bound Up With Books Little Brother Psuke I had a couple of different ideas of what I was going to review for this column – and then I read Little Brother, and all other contenders just flew out the window. This book simply cannot get too much exposure as far as I’m concerned. It may [...]

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Fallen Nation Audiobook Episode 16

by Joseph Matheny May 28, 2008 audiobooks
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The real end to this story was Patron bottles bursting clear blue spume out of ruptured plaster walls; bloody footprints on tiled floors; throat shredding screeching that blended fight and fuck. It was her daring stare as she dropped down on all fours on the broken glass, makeup a dripping mess, leather boots laced to [...]

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Bound Up With Books: Sinister Forces

by Psuke May 9, 2008 Bound Up with Books

Bound Up With Books: Sinister Forces Psuke “Sinister Forces” is a paranoid road trip through America’s history – mainly, but not entirely, its more recent history. It is actually 3 books: The Nine, A Warm Gun and The Manson Secret. The last book gives you the overarching obsession of the three tomes. It starts with [...]

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The G-Spot 32

by Joseph Matheny May 5, 2008 Fallen Nation audiobook

In this special one hour G-Spot, James Curcio builds a fragmented narrative through excerpts from various shows that he produced / co-produced over the past seven years, wandering through it as if displaced in time, in a fever dream. Also included is an excerpt from Transmedia Litany, with Genesis P. Orridge & Joseph Matheny. All [...]

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Fallen Nation Audiobook episode 15

by Joseph Matheny April 28, 2008 audiobook
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“…that’s all in the past now,” he was saying, “From there, it was like a ball rolling downhill, gathering momentum. Even gentle footfalls can start an avalanche, given the proper conditions. Once it gains enough velocity…anyone who stands in its way will be crushed. What you need to understand…is that the history of man is [...]

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Fallen Nation Audiobook Episode 14

by Joseph Matheny April 25, 2008 audiobook
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“Steel tube frame, four-link rear suspension, did the front end with discs. They usually work great, but I should prolly bleed the lines again…The paint job, as you can see, is a camouflage bee pattern.” He cracked his thick knuckles a number of times, then continued. “Thought that up while drinking JD… Thought you’d approve. [...]

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Bound Up With Books: Wittgenstein’s Mistress

by Psuke April 17, 2008 Bound Up with Books

Bound Up With Books: Wittgenstein’s Mistress Psuke This article I’ll be reviewing Wittgenstein’s Mistress, by David Markson.There’s a quote on the cover that reads: “As precise and dazzling as Joyce…”, which I thought is a bit presumptuous and pretentious. (Look! I’ve read so much Joyce I can compare other writers to him!) After reading the [...]

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