It’s time to find what kind of life remains at all possible

"unfolds" - a verb with vibes in this book review! A Presence in an Empty Room by Velda Johnson. 1980, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

A presence unfolds to soothe you smooth

CAN YOU PASS THE ACID TEST? Holy shit! Just got my coolest Christmas gift, which arrived today from my friend J. Niimi: a membership card printed by Ken Kesey’s Intrepid Trips, Inc., 1965. J. has even gone to the trouble of writing out the full provenance. A relic. @gregoryego.bsky.social

This book review reminds us to remember what it means to be human. The Planet of Youth by Stanton Coblentz. 1952, jacket design by Walter. #booksky

The perfect clarion call for citizen astronomers! Deep Space 3-D A Stereo Atlas of the Stars 1977, by David Chandler

This body so brief — just enough mind to sparkle out thought

The stars are in triage tonight

This book review acknowledges the emotional ups and downs of family life. Space on my Hands by Fredric Brown. 1951, cover art by Malcolm Smith. #booksky

The world is just a space to scatter feelings

How words aim to turn into a body

The rothno line of separation. Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley. 1962, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

I am an Essence-gazer

This book review acknowledges the need for confession. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison. 1967, cover art by the Dillons. #booksky

This is a silence you’ve carried

A way to name the silence in what’s happened

Some book reviews are rather poetic in their brevity and simplicity! The Egg Shaped Thing by Christopher Hidder-Williams. 1969, jacket by Ben Feder. #booksky

Therapy works, for some. Psychogeist by L.P. Davies. 1967, cover art by Harold Bruder. #booksky

Once the thorn is removed from the universe's paw,

The universe? It’ll relax

This expression of what feeling? — I sent it all in

A magnificent book review in the form of a post-ops debrief. Man of Many Minds by E. Everett Evans. 1953, cover art by Mel Hunter. #booksky

This amazing book review sums up all of the fantastic floatsum. Stardrift by Emil Petaja. 1971, cover art by Hannes Bok. #booksky

This space for the unspoken — my head just filled it All in

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This time passed down to be a far-flung body for a moment

This book review is clever - exaggerating the time while simultaneously disguising the story ending ... 13 Seconds that Rocked the World by John J. Meyer. 1935, cover art by Nat Falk.

This book review suggests looking closer. A Mirror for Observers by Edgar Pangborn. 1955, cover art not attributed. #booksky

All the odd hours bloom ever as a shape in me

All this hashed out presence everywhere

Daniel up next with another fantastic book review, on the stump for Mother Nature. The Dying Earth by Jack Vance. 1950, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

Here to illuminate the smallest name & tone without fuss & the whispers of gestures

The silence can be deafening. The Listeners by Murray Leinster. 1971, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

These sounds born out of the silencing core of being

Where is that damn key? Beyond the Vanishing Point by Ray Cummings. 1958, cover art by Valigursky. #booksky

And every night a possible key to something beyond

The hot fires of radiation and mutation will do that. Re-Birth by John Wyndham. 1960, cover art by Richard Powers. #booksky

All these things happen — still iterating the vacant possible

Unspoken in this book review - "finding your way back is the trick." The Universe Between by Alan E. Nourse. 1965, cover art by Mel Hunter. #booksky

We’re drifting somewhere in the same estranged space

A lingering becomes THAT one day we’ll all remember. Twenty Four Hours by Neil Charles. 1952, cover art by Gordon C Davies. #booksky

And so time is a lingering archive of being

Whoa! Daniel's book review leaves me breathless. The Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson. 1980, cover art by Bob Haberfield. #booksky

While our reaction to it is variable, change is inevitable. The Changeling by A.E. van Vogt. 1967, cover art by Jack Faragasso. #booksky

Secrets await, passion rekindled. Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson. 1958, cover art by Paul Orban. #booksky

Settled in the Museum of Discarded Desire

There will always be more. Wondermakers edited by Robert Hoskins. Undated, cover art signed Ivan. #booksky