Of Bookish Things<p>THE MAN WHO WAS SEVEN ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/Novelette" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Novelette</span></a> ) by J. Frederic Thorne <a href="https://c.im/tags/BlackMaskMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackMaskMagazine</span></a> #1920 <a href="https://c.im/tags/BlackMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackMask</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpMagazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpMagazines</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MysteryMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MysteryMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MysteryStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MysteryStory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DectectiveMystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DectectiveMystery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LockedRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockedRoom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LockedRoomMystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockedRoomMystery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePulpMagazinesProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThePulpMagazinesProject</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverIllustration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
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Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/AlfredHitchcock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlfredHitchcock</span></a>'s <a href="https://c.im/tags/MysteryMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MysteryMagazine</span></a><br />July #1983 <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MagazineCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MagazineCover</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MagazineArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MagazineArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MagazineIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MagazineIllustration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverIllustration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AgathaChristie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AgathaChristie</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mystery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mysteries</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MysteryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MysteryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DigestMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigestMagazine</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CBC</span></a>'s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Reads</span></a> 2023 <a href="https://c.im/tags/CanadaReads2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanadaReads2023</span></a> debates will take place March 27-30, 2023.</p><p>They will be hosted by <a href="https://c.im/tags/AliHassan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AliHassan</span></a> and will be broadcast on <a href="https://c.im/tags/CBCRadioOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CBCRadioOne</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/CBCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CBCTV</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/CBCGem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CBCGem</span></a> and on <a href="https://c.im/tags/CBCBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CBCBooks</span></a>.<br />Lots of <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> this year.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Ducks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ducks</span></a>, by <a href="https://c.im/tags/KateBeaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KateBeaton</span></a> is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/GraphicNovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GraphicNovel</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hotline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hotline</span></a> by <a href="https://c.im/tags/DimitriNasrallah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DimitriNasrallah</span></a> is set in the 1980s, and makes use of memory, time periods, and elements of <a href="https://c.im/tags/magicrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>magicrealism</span></a> There are 2 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Novels</span></a> that are <a href="https://c.im/tags/EcoFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EcoFiction</span></a>, a <a href="https://c.im/tags/SubGenre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SubGenre</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> - <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a>. They are <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greenwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Greenwood</span></a> by <a href="https://c.im/tags/MichaelChristie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelChristie</span></a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/StationEleven" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StationEleven</span></a> by <a href="https://c.im/tags/EmilyStJohnMandel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EmilyStJohnMandel</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/MexicanGothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MexicanGothic</span></a> by <a href="https://c.im/tags/SilviaMorenoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SilviaMorenoGarcia</span></a> is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Horror</span></a> novel. <a href="https://c.im/tags/GothicHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GothicHorror</span></a>. <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/CanadianFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanadianFiction</span></a> has come a long way from the White Anglophone <a href="https://c.im/tags/NationalAngst" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalAngst</span></a> and grim self-introspection <a href="https://c.im/tags/Realism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Realism</span></a> that once haunted our <a href="https://c.im/tags/culturalPsyche" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>culturalPsyche</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CanadianLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanadianLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CanadianNovels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanadianNovels</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Novel</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fiction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2023-contenders-1.6716837" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-</span><span class="invisible">the-canada-reads-2023-contenders-1.6716837</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@SFRuminations" class="u-url mention">@<span>SFRuminations</span></a></span> 👍 Make sure to include hashtags, it increases the spread-boosts & follows. <a href="https://c.im/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AltText</span></a> will also increase the interaction, as does CW content warnings. 🙂 <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScienceFictionMagazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceFictionMagazines</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Magazine</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/HeidiFeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeidiFeek</span></a>'s version of <a href="https://c.im/tags/HeartbreakHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeartbreakHotel</span></a>, together with the video, turns the song into a <a href="https://c.im/tags/1950s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>1950s</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DriveInTheatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DriveInTheatre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GhostStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GhostStory</span></a> full of brooding <a href="https://c.im/tags/Blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Blues</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Song" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Song</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BluesMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BluesMusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Monochrome</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BlackandWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackandWhite</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WeirdTales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WeirdTales</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ghosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ghosts</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Haunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Haunting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Eerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Eerie</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rk7zvozfHk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7Rk7zvozfH</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/HeidiFeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeidiFeek</span></a>'s Someday Somebody (is gonna hurt you) is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/FilmNoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FilmNoir</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HardBoiled" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HardBoiled</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Blues</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Song" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Song</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Betrayal</span></a>, Revenge, and more <a href="https://c.im/tags/Revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Revenge</span></a>. A <a href="https://c.im/tags/Monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Monochrome</span></a> tale of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Suspense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Suspense</span></a> right out of the Bloody <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pulps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pulps</span></a> that you won't get out of your mind/ear. <a href="https://c.im/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BlackandWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackandWhite</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BluesMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BluesMusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4qnL2MNI8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=QA4qnL2MNI</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4qnL2MNI8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=QA4qnL2MNI</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dragon.style/@danacorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>danacorn</span></a></span> The ironies of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarryPotter</span></a> series are noticeable, and many. One of the biggest is that the coming together of Wizards, including half-bloods, and magical creatures against <a href="https://c.im/tags/Voldemort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Voldemort</span></a> and his crew represents diversity versus intolerance.<br />Voldemort is a classic cult-leader/ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hitler</span></a> trope.<br />*** J. K. Rowling seems oblivious of her own lessons.<br />On the plus side, the series generated a not just a huge following, but it became a gateway drug for <a href="https://c.im/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reading</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a>. Especially for boys, which in many ways the print world gave up on.<br />It also was very effective in getting not just <a href="https://c.im/tags/ReluctantReaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ReluctantReaders</span></a> into the world of <a href="https://c.im/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiction</span></a> / <a href="https://c.im/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literature</span></a>, but also those with reading process differences.<br />The series really helped my son overcome his challenges in learning to read. I also saw this in my experience as a teacher-librarian.<br />It is unfortunate, that like other past works of <a href="https://c.im/tags/genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literature</span></a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChildrensLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChildrensLiterature</span></a>, the creator's personal flaws & societal views stain the creativity & positive qualities of the work.<br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a><br />***Ursula K. le Guin was not wrong in her assessment of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a> & Rowling's <a href="https://c.im/tags/writingstyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingstyle</span></a>.</p>
Of Bookish Things<p>Mad Hatters and March Hares<br />edited by <a href="https://c.im/tags/EllenDatlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EllenDatlow</span></a><br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/TorBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TorBooks</span></a> 2017</p><p>Took me quite awhile to complete this book, which says more about me than the book. There was a time when I could inhale a book, but now I tend to nibble-sniff at the pages. One of the reasons I decided to try the <a href="https://c.im/tags/PicturePromptBingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PicturePromptBingo</span></a> card, was because it was a prompt not a challenge, and it was very open to interpretation of choices. </p><p>This <a href="https://c.im/tags/Anthology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anthology</span></a> provides an excellent assortment of tales that take inspiration from both of the Alice novels. There is a great range of creativity in both the use of Carroll's characters and settings. What I found missing, or at least limited, was the frivolity and whimsy that fills Carroll's creation. </p><p>The cover of the book features the following headline: “All-New Stories from the World of <a href="https://c.im/tags/LewisCarroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LewisCarroll</span></a>'s <a href="https://c.im/tags/AliceInWonderland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AliceInWonderland</span></a>.” These <a href="https://c.im/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stories</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a>, for the most part, look at Wonderland through the lens of the “real” world. As consequence, the reader will find serious <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> tales, some of which are coloured with <a href="https://c.im/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Horror</span></a>. The charm of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wonderland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wonderland</span></a>'s topsy-turvy logic has become darker, and the delightfully <a href="https://c.im/tags/Weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Weird</span></a> has become <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nightmarish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nightmarish</span></a>.</p><p> A couple of the stories take place in a real world setting, and use references to Alice and Wonderland to express the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Protagonist</span></a>'s predicament and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Conflict</span></a>.</p><p>Is this anthology a worthwhile read? The potential reader will find well written creative and thoughtful explorations of Wonderland and its inhabitants. They will be presented with protagonists facing problems of a fantastical and uncanny nature. But, if the reader is anticipating delightfully absurd tales full of whimsical humour, they will find the pickings rather thin. </p><p>Quality of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writing</span></a>: 5 out of 5.<br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/Creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Creative</span></a> use of source material: 5 out of 5<br />Range of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Narrative</span></a> tone: 3.5 out of 5<br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenreLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenreLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookCover</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Illustration</span></a></p>
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