![]() ![]() Topics of discussion include the mean streak of aughts comics, the cultural footprint of pulp, and a critical analysis of whether "Wazzup" ever stopped being funny.Ĭovering Incognito (2008) #1-6 and Incognito: Bad Influences (2010) #1-5 by Ed Brubaker (W), Sean Phillips (A), Val Staples (C), and more. Then, Zack's new life sends him back into the underbelly of science crime to find out if a leopard can really change his spots, or if old habits die harder than it may first appear. until their unexpected return forces him to confront if he's still the villain of yester-year. ![]() His brother's death finds one-time science-villain Zack Overkill turning State's witness, surrendering his superpowers to enter witness protection after betraying his boss. Tales of thrilling suspense and derring-do! The Runners are diving into the noir-tinged pulp world of Brubaker and Phillips' Incognito this week. ![]()
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![]() His usual mode is to adopt an omniscent view and gradually reveal all to us as his characters disport themselves. He has a terrific ability to get at the dark side of human nature and to delineate the psychological depths of eccentric and bizarre characters. His prose is rich, allusive, and often intricate, yet so smoothly polished that it never distracts from the table. All were published as paperback originals and all were very successful. McDowell is the author of three horror novels (The Amulet, Cold Moon Over Babylon, and The Elementals) and two very dark novels of 19th-century America (Gilded Needles and Katie). ![]() Yet my local bookseller reports that, in the final week of each of the last four or five months, her customers were stopping by frequently to ask if the latest volume of Michael McDowell's Blackwater had been delivered.īlackwater is a serial novel, published by Avon in six paperback volumes - each more or less complete in itself, but really only part of a larger, richer whole - at the rate of one each month from January to June. It is not easy to imagine such a thing happening today. ![]() ![]() IN THE 19th CENTURY, when the novels of Charles Dickens were appearing in England in serial form, a few chapters at a time, American readers waited eagerly at the docks for the ship bringing over the latest installment. ![]() ![]() Taylor’s case was one of several that Parks and other activists worked on-shining a light on the racist rape and sexual violence against Black women in the South-and local authorities’ total disregard for, or complicity in, these crimes. ![]() The men were never punished for their crime, but Parks and others were able to bring the case international attention. While Recy Taylor’s struggle to find justice in the Jim Crow South may not be as well known today, the woman who would travel to Abbeville, Alabama, to help campaign for her is much more familiar-Rosa Parks. The African American wife and mother was walking home from church with two other parishioners around midnight on September 3, 1944, when the carload of men wielding knives and guns forced her into the car, took her to a secluded location to rape her, and then drove her back to the road to dump her. RECY TAYLOR was 24 years old when she was kidnapped, taken out into the woods by seven local white men and raped. ![]() ![]() I am too idiotic to figure out any other place to go.I guess getting my ass out of here forces me to look at Humanity and when you look at Humanity you've GOT to react." p.66), Hollywood types, classical music and classy authors, poets and poseurs, all subjects frequently addressed by Bukowski over the course of his long, productive career, shape the book's contents. Autograph seekers, race track habitués and the dull thud of the nags ("I go to the track almost reluctantly. Richly illustrated with gritty drawings by Robert Crumb, Bukowski's legions of readers will want to add this prose volume to their collections. ![]() The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship, a delightful, posthumous gathering of excerpts from Bukowski notebooks, is loaded with such direct ruminations about writing, death, money, humanity, and how the author located meaning and value in his daily life and work. And I had to get the words down or be overcome by something worse than death." So writes the late Charles Bukowski in his entry for 6/23/92 (12:34 AM). I wanted to get the word down the way I wanted it, that's all. ![]() ![]() ![]() Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club’s prickly president, Asher: he’ll help lead the nearly-bankrupt club to victory at the school’s fundraising dance competition, and in exchange Asher will allow Noah to prove his skills as a boyfriend in a series of tests that include romancing Asher himself.Īs Noah passes test after test, his fake romance with Asher starts to feel surprisingly real, and Noah is faced with a dilemma. ![]() The endless “accidental slip-ups” that plagued him at his last school will be a thing of the past once he joins the club after all, it has “boy” right in the title.īut he fails the audition. When sixteen-year-old Noah starts at a new school, he has a plan to ensure the students see him as his true gender: join the school’s secretive Borrow a Boyfriend Club, where members rent themselves out to their classmates for dates. Need a prom date? Want to impress your friends? Or make your ex jealous? Just call… ![]() ![]() ![]() In the 1980s, entrepreneurial film producer Milton Subotsky purchased the rights to six of the stories in this collection to produce feature films and a television anthology based on multiple stories. King formed a policy he deemed the Dollar Deal, which allowed the students the permission to make an adaptation for $1. With the publication of Night Shift and the rise in King's popularity as a best-selling author, and with the success of Brian De Palma's motion picture adaptation of Carrie (1976), student film makers began submitting requests to King to adapt stories from the collection. ![]() MacDonald.įilm, television or theatrical adaptations The introduction was written by one of King's favorite authors, John D. Night Shift is the first book for which King wrote a foreword. ![]() The stories "Jerusalem's Lot", "Quitters, Inc.", "The Last Rung on the Ladder", and "The Woman in the Room" appeared for the first time in this collection. Nine of the twenty stories had first appeared in issues of Cavalier Magazine from 1970 to 1975 others were originally published in Penthouse, Cosmopolitan, Gallery, Ubris, and Maine Magazine. The book was published on the heels of The Shining (1977 Doubleday) and is King's fifth published book (including Rage, which was published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman). ![]() In 1980, Night Shift won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories, first published in 1978. ![]() ![]() ![]() The setting lends itself to mystery/detective/police stories, and some urban fantasy is a really great marriage between genres. While high fantasy, like Lord of the Rings, is usually set in fictitious worlds that often feel like pseudo-medieval Europe, urban fantasy is usually set in real contemporary urban centers, whether in the past, future, or alt-present, with varying fantastical elements, typically paranormal or mythological creatures, magic, and supernatural conflicts or foes. I’ve tracked down eight more queer urban fantasy novels below! Pitts starring a lesbian blacksmith slash low-budget movie props maker (start with Black Blade Blues). recommended as a starting point the Sarah Beauhall books by J.A. ![]() A few other commenters seconded Ashleah’s request, and A. She and her wife - who listen to audiobooks together - had listened to the four-book Ayala Storme series by Emmie Mears, which has a bisexual protagonist and a prominent lesbian character, and were looking for similar books. ![]() In this month’s Ask Your Friendly Neighborhood Lesbrarian, I’m excited to return to fantasy!Ī little while ago I answered a request for epic/high fantasy with queer women characters and commenter Ashleah asked for recommendations for urban fantasy with queer ladies. ![]() Rachael: In a New York Minute (Kate Spencer) ![]() Kelly: I Was Better Last Night (Harvey Fierstein) ![]() Julia: Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson) Dil (Nisha Sharma), Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir), One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston), The Sum of Us (Heather McGhee), Reading While Black (Esau McCaulley) and Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert) When you buy using that link, or sign up for Libro.fm using our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD, you are supporting both the podcast AND your favorite independent bookseller. If you haven't read it yet, you absolutely should! The audiobook is incredible, and you can buy it here from Libro.fm: It's a book club episode and there are spoilers, but the quick version is that you need to read Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Hello, Should-Heads! We're back with a longer than usual episode (and a fourth host!) and we have a lot to talk about. ![]() ![]() ![]() Written in both English and Spanish, a boy recounts the things he is thankful for. Gracias/Thanks by Pat Mora, Illustrated by John Parra ![]() This book explores all the wonderful everyday things around us we can be thankful for.Īlso try: An Awesome Book of Thanks YouTube Read-Aloud Through a variety of poems the author explores the value of relationships and expresses gratitude for the moments that bring us together.Īlso try: Thanks a Million YouTube Read-Aloud (Story starts at minute 4)Īn Awesome Book of Thanks by Dallas Clayton Thanks a Million by Nikki Grimes, Illustrated by Cozbi A. This book shares the origins and traditions of harvest holidays around the world and teaches readers how to give thanks for the food we have.Īlso try: Harvest Days YouTube Book Preview An Awesome Book Of Thanks Hardcover Novemby Dallas Clayton (Author, Illustrator) 444 ratings Part of: Awesome Book (3 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles 2.99 to buy Hardcover 8.41 60 Used from 1.46 27 New from 8. Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World by Kate DePalma Nana shares a perspective of gratitude for the everyday things in their life.Īlso try: Last Stop on Market Street YouTube Read-Aloud In this story, CJ and his Nana take a weekly bus trip across town. ![]() Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson Falker in this book.Īlso try: Thank You Mr. ![]() This is the true story of a dyslexic girl (the author of the book!) and the teacher who knew she could succeed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The sun had crested the peaks by the time Mikkel made his way down the winding castle pathway. The Testing rules didn’t prohibit disclosing our true identities, but such a revelation could interfere with the end results. While I was accustomed to the larger royal longships, I understood the practicality of arriving at the Great Isle with anonymity, since we didn’t want to draw undue attention to ourselves and the fact we were princes. ![]() The small vessel needed a crew of eighteen, with nine men on either side. Oars were at the ready, spaced evenly apart throughout the shallow hull. It would serve as my seat whenever I rowed. Upon reaching the longboat, I tossed my pack inside. A few tradesmen had begun the process of opening their shops, and the scent of smoked salmon permeated the air. The fishermen had already departed for the day in their boats, determined to catch their fill of the salmon, cod, and pollack that entered the fjords during the spring. At this early hour, the streets were mostly deserted. As my companions and I descended the trail, their cajoling and friendly banter kept me from thinking too gravely on my imminent departure. ![]() |