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This Just In....News from The Agony Column
01/04/03 Magazine Mania - Fortean Times, Cemetery Dance and Locus I got a few magazines in the mail in the past two days. Here are the scans... |
Need I say more? Or, what more can one ask than a cover this delightful for the Latest Fortean Times? If you don't subscribe to this incredible magazine, hie thee hence to a subscription kiosk and sign up. It's by far the best news magazine you're likely to see and read. There are some great book reviews in there as well. |
01/03/03 Doctor Larry Brilliant's "Smallpox: Why I will not vaccinate my family---yet.", The Apocalypse Door and The Darwin Awards |
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Doctor Larry Brilliant's "Smallpox: why I will not vaccinate my family---yet." San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll (who once answered an email question I sent him about San Franscisco author Jerry Jay Carroll with a terse "I know him, but I ain't him.") published a column yesterday about Doctor Larry Brilliant's response to the smallpox vaccination program currently underway in our country. Readers will know that I have an interest in disease, and I wrote Doctor Brilliant and obtained the entire letter he wrote that Carroll had excerpted. Carroll kindly provided an email address and for this he is to be hailed. "Cabbie!" |
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The Apocalypse Door
Their timing could not have been better. A recent release from Tor just arrived, and I have to mention it as it looks to be right up the alley of the average Agony Column reader. James D. Macdonald's 'The Apocalypse Door' is the tale of Knights Templar, CIA spies, imminent doom and UN inspectors. I could not resist this bit of fiction,k and I'm heartened to find it's short as well as silly. It also looks to take itself seriously enough to not fall into the joke-a-minute trap. I'll report on this very, very soon. In the interim, if you're looking for a way to spend your time and money, this one looks like agreat bet. |
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The Darwin Awards
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01/02/03 Living in the Past, Rummaging About the remainder bin, Spookycon Signup, Escaping from the Ten Best |
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Living in the Past Yes, I admit that by filing this news under the 2002 banner, I'm living in the past. I'm currently restructuring the site, so that I can more easily administer the various years that I plan to run it. If you encounter any problems, please email me immediately. |
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Rummaging About the remainder bin
On New Year's Day, Bookshop Santa Cruz had a very nice sale that offered 25% off all hardcovers, even remaindered titles as it turned out. I had seen the Hugh Laurie title earlier and had passed it by, but decided to pick it up while I still had the chance. It's a wonderful book, and one of the more re-read titles I have. It's one of those books that you can dip into at any time and find something funny and enjoyable to read. |
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Spookycon Signup I've just signed up to attend Spookycon. It's running from January 9-12 in San Francisco, and apparently I'll be staying at the Chinatown Hilton. Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, David J. Schow and Caitlin Kiernan will be in attendance. I may have various reports as time goes by -- it depends what Internet access costs in the damn hotel. Any questions? Any requests? Let me know. |
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Escaping from the Ten Best
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