<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I don’t know about spooky, but I’m told I can get a little kooky from time to time, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let’s hope this isn’t one of those times. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The three books I’m tossing into the ring are new books, released in 2017. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div>Neil is hit or miss for me, but lots of people find him to be as striking as </span><span class="">Czernobog’s hammer to </span><span class="">the head. But I digress, Another book about Norse gods.. </span><div class=""><span class="">Scalzi, well it’s Scalzi, ‘Nuf Said!</span></div><div class=""><span class="">And Crichton, again hit or miss for me, but dino hunting in America’s wild west? Could be fun. <br class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="">Louis<br class=""></span><span class=""><br class=""></span><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 18, 2017, at 8:48 PM, Chip Hitchcock <<a href="mailto:cjhi@newcastle2.com" class="">cjhi@newcastle2.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="">No, just clean-up people and other security types.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/CHip<br class=""><br class=""></div>
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Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Three Body Problem<br class="">
From: "R. Luoma" <<a href="mailto:malkin8244@pobox.com" class="">malkin8244@pobox.com</a>><br class="">
Date: Sun, June 18, 2017 9:10 am<br class="">
To: NESFA Reading Group <<a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" class="">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br class="">
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:15:36 -0400<br class="">
"David G. Grubbs" <<a href="mailto:dggrubbs@gmail.com" class="">dggrubbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> October is not for spooks, it is for opening portals into alternate<br class="">
> dimensions, traveling through the multiverse, or worshipping the Great<br class="">
> Pumpkin.<br class="">
> <br class="">
> So I suggest either The Jennifer Morgue (sequel to The Atrocity Archives),<br class="">
<br class="">
Wait, does not any Laundry novel necessarily involve spooks?<br class="">
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> a recent Michael Moorcock book in the Eternal Champion series (maybe the<br class="">
> first in the most recent trilogy: A Dreamthief's Daughter),<br class="">
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Did not Stormbringer drink a lot of souls?<br class="">
That seems pretty spooky to me.<br class="">
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> or a big collection of Charles Schulz cartoons.<br class="">
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I found the Great Pumpkin rather spooky.<br class="">
While Snoopy's Red Baron episodes might be considered<br class="">
slipstream fiction, I am not aware of any science fiction<br class="">
or fantasy specific strips.<br class="">
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However, I will also offer some October suggestions<br class="">
even though I have not read any of the following --<br class="">
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Tim Powers _Medusa' Web_<br class="">
Nick Mamatas _I Am Providence_<br class="">
Alan Moore _Providence_ (cartoon)<br class="">
Tim Powers _Hide Me Among the Graves_<br class="">
-- <br class="">
R. Luoma malkin8244 [at] pobox [dot] com<br class="">
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