Pareidolia on the Mid Bagget's foreshore

2026, a riot of colors and a wonderful display

yep, another brilliant (albeit unintentional) book review The Dead Ringer by Fredric Brown. 1949, cover by Robert Stanley. #booksky

looks like another great location for a used bookstore

The book and my #booknote The Gateway Trip by Frederick Pohl. 1990, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas. #booksky

The book and my #booknote Nobody's Home by Time Powers. 2014, illustrated by JK Potter. #booksky

Think I’ve watched this about 5 times - it still ties me in knots. youtu.be/x9A2rjZrd8E?...

Danger, high voltage! ☣️☢️⚠️⛔️‼️ @lordjuiblex.bsky.social is out there mailing creative jolts of art and philosophical musings have to admit, it sure beats a sharp stick in the eye (something my dad used to say when finding himself pleasantly surprised)

This rad book review certainly captures the emotional essence of the tale (now generally acknowledged a cult classic)! Crash by JG Ballard. 1974, cover art by R Shore. #booksky

Glad you asked. Nah, somnalinized, vacuum packed in his space capsule, and then resurrected via anti-mortic techniques. 8,000 years of compound interest. He Owned the World by Charles Eric Maine. 1960, cover art by Ed Emshwiller. #booksky

This book review nails it! The Wonder Stick by Stanton A. Coblentz. 1939, cover illustration by S. Glanckoff. #booksky

There was a sci-fi movie about that

Another unintentional book review, perfect in its simplicity and directness. Robot Stories, April 1953, First Issue, cover art by EMSH. #booksky

@lordjuiblex.bsky.social stopped by this morning saying, "... nothing sulks more than a mountain." am still thinking 🤔 about that!

"From now on when I ask you to do something, we'll do it together." "Yes, Bud." youtu.be/dq1-MqUgHc4?...

Saw this book review and thought, "indeed!" Zero Hour by Vargo Statten. 1953, cover art by Ron Turner. #booksky

Another in a long and amazing line of unintentional book reviews. Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman by Nelson Bond, 1950. #booksky

Always fun to find a sci-fi novel at the #fleamarket by an author I've not previously encountered. And for only $1, you bet! Anyone familiar with his writing? The World is Round by Tony Rothman. 1978, cover art by Ralph McQuarrie.

Sounds like a great deal to me. #ScienceFictionBookClub

For this #BookWormSat , sci-fi treats animals a bit differently. Planet of the Apes by P. Boulle, 1964. Man is brute, ape is intelligent. The Coming of the Rats by GH Smith, 1961, cover art by A Nuetzell. Post-atomic war Adam and his Eves battle the radioactive rats to the death. #booksky

@kdsbooks.bsky.social reminded me that I don't read enough sci-fi that looks down under, so I grabbed this at Grey Matter Books (New Haven, CT) yesterday. Originally published in 1935. Land Under England by Joseph O'Neill. 1981, cover art by Marjorie Impell. #booksky

Do you grok memorable places? #bookologythursday Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, 1971. #booksky

When I get a new follower

Drop something TELEPHONIC ☎️📞

Variations on a theme

art by grandchildren is often the very best art

"I am first a fraud or a trick. Or perhaps a blend of the two. That's up to your misinterpretation. What am I?" #wyrdwednesday

Variation on "please mind the step" -- yep, soooo many steps. The Yorkshire Moorland Murder by J.S. Fletcher. 1930, wild skeleton cover, artist not attributed. Vintage biblio-mystery, count me in! #booksky (purchased yesterday at Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA)

This unintentional digital book review reminds us of the good ole analog days. The Hounds of Tindalos, by Frank Belknap Long, came a’howling in 1963 (1st pb ed) - I bought this with allowance $ in late 60’s because the cover art caught my teenage eye. #booksky

Will ask my granddaughter to read this tonight. Then we'll talk about how it may have inspired the Warrior Cats phenomenon. A Night Out by Edward Peple. 1919 (nineteenth printing), cover illus by R.L. Goldberg.

Ahem @themerl.bsky.social , your US cousins apparently have their own Absolute Units.

Unintentional book reviews may leave us thinking,"whoa, what?" Into the Fourth Dimension by Ray Cummings (book shows no date, no editor & cover artist not credited, but ISFDB suggests 1943 with cover art by Hannes Bok). #booksky

… and certainly after digging up the bodies

During the huge filing project of my zines I am rummaging through my Shaver weird hollow earth stuff: Shavertron, The Shaver Mystery Magazine, The Hidden World and The Secret World.

Hike on "hut 3," then go LONG!

Some book reviews require a more sustained focus. The Clouded Mirror, by E Kieker Kranz. 1971, cover artist not attributed. #booksky Yesterday, I was someone else. Today, I am. Tomorrow, I remain undefined.

Good morning.

Forgetting to put the toilet seat back down. AND Forgetting to raise the toilet seat. The coincidence of opposites. #blunderclassics

A portent book review, pay attention! The Flesh in the Furnace by Dean R. Koontz. 1972, cover art by Fred Pfeiffer. #booksky

It’s National Film Score Day! QTP with your favorite film score. open.spotify.com/album/7JZZRK...

My early morning #booknote creation for the collected Five Galaxy Short Novels, edited by H.L. Gold.

US declares:

Midwestern library book sales, I was not familiar with your game. Check out that $4 copy of The Invisible Host. 😍📚

magic portals do exist

Two books (both first editions) and associated #booknotes (by me). The punchlines: Koren: great writing/story, but no ending. Bound for Mars: skip first 79 pages (unneeded), the ending was meh (a wasted oppty)

I, too, was otherwise engaged.

Godspeed Artemis.

Hold my coffee! This was quite interesting. youtu.be/A5ESnZfXQG4?...