6/27/2023 0 Comments The beast that shouted love![]() ![]() Run for the Stars - nv Science Fiction Adventures June 1957.White on White - ss Knight November 1968.The Place with No Name - ss F&SF July 1969.The Pitll Pawob Division ("The Pawob Division") - ss If December 1968.Try a Dull Knife - ss F&SF October 1968.Asleep: With Still Hands ("The Sleeper with Still Hands") - nv If July 1968.Phoenix ("Phoenix Land") - ss If March 1969.Along the Scenic Route ("Dogfight on 101") - ss Adam August 1969 Amazing September 1969.The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World - nv Galaxy June 1968.The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Avon, July 1969, paperback) The release details for this collection of short stories have been collated below. Hideaki Anno likes to name his final episodes after SF titles, though in that episode the title is in Japanese Saishuu Wa Sekai no Chuushin de Ai o Sakenda Kemono (Final Episode The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World). This is also the Japanese title to the final Neon Genesis Evangelion episode, Evangelion Episode 26. ![]() ![]() This collection really shows the range of Ellison’s genius, containing his characteristic cynical wit displayed in horror and science fiction. ![]() First published in 1969 the story won the Hugo Short Story award that year, while the collection itself contains such famous Ellison tales as “ A boy and his dog” along with one of my favourites " Try a Dull Knife". It is also the title of one of the short stories within that collection. The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World is a collection of stories by Harlan Ellison. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments The turncoat by donna thorland![]() ![]() “A stay-up-all-night, swashbuckling, breath-holding adventure of a novel.an extraordinary book about an extraordinary heroine.” "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. And so begins their dangerous dance, between passion and patriotism, between certain death and the promise of a brave new future together. Worse, the glamorous woman in the midst of this social whirl, the fiancée of his own dissolute cousin, is none other than Kate Grey herself. Nor does he relish the glittering entertainments being held for General Howe’s idle officers. ![]() ![]() Months later, having narrowly escaped court martial and hanging, Tremayne returns to decadent, British-occupied Philadelphia with no stomach for his current assignment-to capture the woman he believes betrayed him. Painfully awakened to the risks of war, Kate determines to put duty ahead of desire, and offers General Washington her services as an undercover agent in the City of Brotherly Love. She is on the verge of surrender when a spy in her own household seizes the opportunity to steal the military dispatches Tremayne carries, ensuring his disgrace-and implicating Kate in high treason. Major Lord Peter Tremayne is the last man rebel bluestocking Kate Grey should fall in love with, but when the handsome British viscount commandeers her home, Kate throws caution to the wind and responds to his seduction. They can trust no one-especially not each other. They are lovers on opposite sides of a brutal war, with everything at stake and no possibility of retreat. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Rambo first blood book![]() ![]() The consequence was First Blood, an award winning novel of a returned Vietnam veteran having post trauma stress disorder who gets into conflict with a town police chief and battles his own style of the Vietnam War. He also met there the respected science fiction author, William Tenn whose real name is Philip Klass, who taught David Morell the fundamentals of fiction writing. Here he studied with Philip Young at Pennsylvania State and got his M.A and PH.D. In nineteen sixty six, the work of a different writer, Hemingsway scholar Philip Young made Morrell to go to the United States. ![]() The scripts made by Stirling Silliphant mixed action with ideas and so attracted Morell that he chose to become a writer. ![]() In the year 1960, at at the age of 17, he became a fan of the epic television series, route sixty six, of 2 young men in a Corvette convertible journeying the United States while in search of themselves and America. David Morell was born in Kitchener, in Ontario, Canada. The Master of the top Action Thriller, New York Times Best Selling Author David Morell is an award winning author of the novel First Blood, in which Rambo was devised. The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray BradburyĪll-American Horror of the 21st Century: The First Decade Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Functional Pottery by Robin Hopper![]() ![]() Today, the late Robin Hopper draws from his many years of experience to give advice on the best pottery trimming and carving tools out there. And clay working tools made of materials that maintain their sharpness or can easily be sharpened can make trimming pots a joy (seriously). But certain jobs in the pottery studio, like trimming and carving, can be made much easier with the right tool.įor carving intricate details (such as those on the Elaine Coleman pot above), sharp durable tools are a must. Pottery Making Illustrated Submission GuidelinesĪlmost anything can be used to make marks on clay – from found objects or repurposed kitchen utensils to handmade tools made specifically for working with clay.Pottery Making Illustrated's Print Mailing Schedule. ![]() Ceramics Monthly's Print Mailing Schedule.Workhouse Clay International ICAN Merit Award. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments A Russian Bear by C.B. Conwy![]() ![]() “Eight?” The TSA agent nervously adjusted the hem of his blue latex glove. Warning: An unrepentantly grumpy Dom with an unrepentantly pain-loving sub, kink so hot that the reader will be in imminent danger of blushing, and two characters who do their very best to turn a perfectly nice romance into a porn movie every chance they get. ![]() Then there’s Mischa’s busybody bridezilla friend, karate practice with people who actually hit back, and the arrival of the inlaws. That’s when Tom realizes that domesticating a Russian bear may take more work than even he realized. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Mischa finds out and puts his foot down, and then suddenly Tom has some very hard choices to make. More like in the this-is-killing-me-slowly-and-I-don’t-know-what-to-do-about-it way. And not in the great, Mischa-is-torturing-me-with-kinky-sex-toys way (even though that happens, too. But figuring out how to handle his postgraduate studies combined with a long-distance relationship is driving him nuts. Hell, that’s basically what made Tom fall head over heels for him. Unfortunately, his sub doesn’t seem to get that. Now he’s beginning to think that yes, he does indeed do tame. But then he got a sub, and then the sub turned into a fiancé, and now apparently Mischa is supposed to settle down and be all domesticated. Hot, kinky sex, and preferably lots of it. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments 魔球:逆境中致勝的智慧 by Michael Lewis![]() ![]() He explains complicated mechanics in understandable terms, he identifies heroes and villains, and he structures his narrative like any good writer would, building to conclusions after couching them as mysteries or puzzles for his brainy protagonists to solve. how a select few investors could foresee the folly of investing in subprime mortgages doomed to default ( The Big Short)Īnd he does this in a readable way. how the geniuses of modern day football came to realize the importance of a great left tackle in protecting the quarterback’s butt ( Blind Side), or how a cash-constrained baseball executive can use statistics to cobble together a winning lineup ( Moneyball) ![]() an intimate understanding of how richly compensated alpha males at a trading desk on Wall Street dominate the poor schlubs ( Liar’s Poker) It’s like they’ve been given inside access to some previously hidden world. Lewis is an influential writer with a talent for making his readers feel smart. Q: Who is this Michael Lewis guy and why has this book been making such a splash? The ideal audience would be the inquiring readers of Flash Boys open to a counterbalance. It’s structured in FAQ format, but the questions aren’t really frequently asked so much as ones I’d like to answer. I’m imaging what a PR response might look like, though not an entirely serious one. ![]() The new book by Michael Lewis criticizing high-frequency trading has created quite a stir. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oftentimes I look back at my writings and see: God is always there. I write my prayers, not because I think that I cannot speak audibly to God, but because by writing my prayers, I can look back some time later and see how I have grown, or how I have not or how God provides, and helps me understand what I really needed. The passage was read, and then we sank down into prayer. ![]() Waiting for you, and for me, to stand under its flow. The anointing was given at creations dawn. I have learned not be be surprised that I’ve been chosen. Other times it will overtake you at the high point of the day when all eyes are on you. Sometimes that genius will find you in the midnight hour. The place on which you stand is holy ground. Running down the crown of your head, leaving little droplets of sweet smelling perfume in the dust around you. To break open new paradigms and design an unforeseen story. To shake the foundations and make new worlds. But whether that something moves you to do, let the Spirit take you. Open your mouth to say those words, at which you tremble. The Anointing There are times when that something comes over you. On of the readings today was: from “God Speaks Through Wombs” by Drew Jackson. Reflection from today’s Kindred Project Prayer Group ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But then, members of the Church start dying one by one. Here she learns how to wield weapons, poison her victims, and perform hand-to-hand combat to avenge her father’s cause. Mia has the power to talk with the shadows, and they lead her to the Red Church, a deadly group of assassins. Nevernight by Jay KristoffĪfter Mia’s father is executed for treason, she flees to the streets to avoid dying with other members of the rebellion. In a world where speaking out against injustice can cost your life, Kestrel struggles to align her duty with her conscience. The more time Kestrel spends around Arin, the more dangerous her newfound beliefs become. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Kestrel is the daughter of a prominent general in Valorian, a hostile empire who enslaves everyone who crosses its path. As she comes of age, she is faced with two options: enlist as a soldier or marry. But Kestrel has no interest in marrying or going to war. When she encounters a young slave named Arin from the conquered country of Herran, her perspectives on war change drastically. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Sula by Toni Morrison![]() My only option was fidelity to my own sensibility. Looking back on her novel 30 years later, Morrison wrote: Writing in the early 1970s ( Sula was published in 1973), Morrison was committed to addressing questions rapidly fermenting in the culture involving gender, racial, socio-economic, sexual liberation, through a language and an imagery intrinsic to African-American culture that was demythologized and in some ways purified. It is an august work and it rewards patience, readerly fortitude, and close study. But the novel’s ambition is unmistakable. ![]() ![]() Nobel Prize winning writer Toni Morrison’s second novel, Sula, is relatively short (at about 180 pages) but challenging, as its style is a kind of uncompromising vernacular, and its characterization is stark, extreme, almost gothic, without a whole lot for teenage readers to warm up to. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Tolkien lord of the rings![]() ![]() ![]() The harfoot Elanor in The Rings of Power is a new character who, if I had to guess, was probably named Elanor because that's the kind of name a proto-hobbit would have, as established by JRR Tolkien, the guy who created hobbits and first named one of them Elanor, and whose work Amazon has a license to adapt. It bears mentioning that the character in Polychron's book is Elanor Gamgee Gardner, a character from The Lord of the Rings, which was written by JRR Tolkien. His book contains a hobbit character named Elanor, and so does The Rings of Power, for example. Its prologue is set in The Shire, and the first character introduced is "Elanor Gamgee Gardner, daughter of Samwise and Rosie." Polychron's dedication page even dedicates the novel to "the life and work" of JRR Tolkien and son Christopher Tolkien, followed by the sentence: "If not for you, this would not be." It is undoubtedly Lord of the Rings fanfiction.Īnd yet, Polychron apparently thinks he has a case, arguing that similarities between The Rings of Power and The Fellowship of the King constitute infringement. (Image credit: Demetrious Polychron/Amazon)īy my estimation, it's more appropriate to say that Polychron's book is based on, not inspired by, The Lord of The Rings. ![]() |