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Also got a couple of old hardbacks without dust jackets: A CHILMARK MISCELLANY by Van Wyck Brooks and VAN LOON'S LIVES by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
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The occult, like horror, makes up that dark strip of ground between science and religion. Great place to take a walk when the mood strikes.
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Interesting book cover. Has that been a good primer for the field? I am interested in the topic but it seems to have been taken over by UFO/psychic miscellanea in bookstores in recent decades, which is not really my thing.
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The good news is neither UFO nor psychic appear in the index. These guys "are writers, researchers, and lecturers on the paranormal, the occult, and historical and religious mysteries." Probably similiar to that paranormal show Leonard Nimoy used to narrate, In Search Of or something like that. (I always enjoyed it.) I browsed through it before writing the check and it seems very well written. Nice blurb by Colin Wilson on the back cover, and that's usually a good sign. Will probably read it after I finish Asimov's THE STARS LIKE DUST and will let you know how it goes.
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Not new stories written for a fairly new genre but the real stuff from the Victorian age, proto-steampunk I guess, the same way ERB's John Carter is proto-sf. Also found this. Sometimes you just have to buy a book based solely on its cover:
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Couple of thrift store finds:
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in the last week and 2 days all are hardbacks but #'s 2 & 15
1.100 Malicious Little Mysteries Mixed 2.100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories Mixed 3.On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King 4.Three Complete Novels: Cold Fire; Hideaway; The Key to Midnight Dean Koontz 5.Pet Sematary Stephen King 6.Three Complete Novels: The House of Thunder, Shadowfires, Midnight Dean Koontz 7.Agatha Christie's Detectives: Five Complete Novels (The Murder at the Vicarage / Dead Man's Folly / Sad Cypress / Towards Zero / N or M?) Agatha Christie 8.Three Complete Novels: Weep No More, My Lady; Stillwatch; A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark 9.Three Complete Novels (Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask) Dean Koontz 10.Three Complete Novels: Where Are The Children; A Stranger Is Watching; The Cradle Will Fall Mary Higgins Clark 11.Three Complete Novels, Lightning, The Face Of Fear ,The Vision Dean Koontz 12.Carrie, a novel of a girl with Frightening Power Stephen King 13.Five Complete Miss Marple Novels Agatha Christie 14. Three Complete Novels (Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity) Dean Koontz 15.Four Complete Novels Mark Twain 16.Three Complete Novels: Brainchild; Nathaniel; The God Project John Saul 17.Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection Agatha Christie 18.Three Complete Novels Hellfire; The Unwanted; Sleepwalk John Saul 19. Five Complete Hercule Poirot Novels: Thirteen at Dinner / Murder on the Orient express / The ABC Murders / Cards on the Table / Death on the Nile Agatha Christie 20.11/22/63: A Novel Stephen King 21.Storm Of The Century Stephen King 22.Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) Stephen King 23.Danse Macabre Stephen King 24.Horns: A Novel Joe Hill 25.The Baghman Books Stephen King 26.Velocity Dean Koontz 27.The Face Dean Koontz 28.Dragon tears Dean Koontz 29.From the Corner of His Eye Dean Koontz |
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Edited by S.T. Joshi, published by Penguin, is there a better way to spend a buck? Found it at the library book sale.
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