The postal dude delivered a PS edition of THE MACHINERIES OF JOY last week (1 sig. by the way; #173). In addition to this beautifully put together edition, I'm reading some nonfiction Asimov.

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Originally posted by Linnl:
The postal dude delivered a PS edition of THE MACHINERIES OF JOY last week (1 sig. by the way; #173). In addition to this beautifully put together edition, I'm reading some nonfiction Asimov.

Gaiman's signature is the hard one to get. Ray's just requires an 18 mile drive.

So who will be reading Bradbury on this all hallow's eve? I'll be reading "..i sing the body electric", "The Martian Chronicles", and "From the Dust Returned".

"Come into My Cellar" aka "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!"

I recently started to reread my favourite Steve King work, It, which I hadn't read in nearly twenty years. One of the great horror novels of all time. The whole novel is about the magic surrounding childhood that too easily passes away as we turn into adults. With regards to that magic, it's up there with Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Robert McCammon's wonderful novel Boy's Life.

Let us never lose that magic!

Fedex recently delivered the full collection of J. Krishnamurti's works, which I'm happy to say is my best Halloween present I've gotten since the days of trick'r'treating!

I just picked up Rashomon and other stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. I've actually only read the introduction so far haha
The author has written some really incredible stories, so I wanted to see if those were just a fluke. The Spider's Web and Hell Screen by him truly paint a picture.

Re-readingTaylor Caldwell's "Dear and Glrious Physician".
Also "Dangerously Funny" - the new book about the Smothers Brothers show.

Hmm...The Sequel to "A Cloud of Sparrows" is not as "Action-orientated" than the first book. Saddening.

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd - wonderful!

Recently, The Great Failure by Natalie Goldberg, and Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut.
Just started the new translation (by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volohonsky) of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.

Miss America by Howard Stern

Oh my. (laughs)

I'm about to start either "Brothers Karamozov" or "Crime and Punishment" again...

Just started reading Volume 1 of Mark Twain's autobiography.

Last night I just read Bradbury's story, "The Smile."