Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

The Original The Poor Man's James Bond Vol. 1, credited to Kurt Saxon
aka, The Poor Man's James Bond, aka The Original "Poor Man's James Bond"

This book has millions of words, and doesn't seem to be designed to be read straight through. But that's what I did. Cover to cover. Part anarchy ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

Journey Across Russia: The Soviet Union Today, by Bart McDowell, photographed by Dean Conger.

This book, from 1977, provides an interesting snapshot of a time and land that once were. No, that's not quite right. It provides a snapshot, as filtered by Soviet officials, of a time and a ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

Grimm's Grimmest (Illustrated by Tracy Arah Dockray, Introduction by Maria Tatar)

The Grimm brothers couldn't have been more aptly named. Until Disney and other interests started letting the children live in their re-tellings, many versions of these often-familiar folk tales ended in ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

Playboy (August 1974)

I don't expect to be believed, but I'd never read an issue of Playboy before. And no, despite my joking, I've never looked at the pictures either. One very big surprise was just how much is in the magazine. I was astonished at the quality of the letters in the ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

The Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Artist Needs to Make It in the Business - ... Plus Interviews with 40 Comic Book Professionals!! by Lurene Haines

This book is 15 years out of date, and still delivers. It may not tell you how to submit samples in today's world, but it's a ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert

I am constantly amazed that Colbert's self-important smug, post-factual bulldozing shtick doesn't get old. Yes, it wears me out, but I don't stop laughing. This book is like a long form of his "The Word" segment from his show, if the "word ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

Shiny International Issue 70 (ISSN 0966-5625), 48pp + cover. Super glossy, which I guess is appropriate. Not really my thing. So thick with the plastic coating I don't even think I can recycle this.

( I couldn't find the cover on the Internet, but someone is selling Issue 65 on ebay.uk )

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The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

Two notes: (1) I'm not positive this was in the shipment from flankleft, but I don't remember buying it; (2) I can't find an image of the cover on the Internet. Based on imprint (Signet) and cover price (.95), I'm guessing it's a late 1970's ( Read more... )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender ( flankleft ).

Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt

I finished this a while ago, on the bus to a job I no longer have.
( I will give you a dollar if you read more of this )

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender ( flankleft  ).

Patriots In Arms by Ben Weaver

It's been three months since I finished one from this carton, mostly because I didn't enjoy this book. Good grief, there's two more in the series. This is like playing a video game. Worse, it's like watching someone else play a video game. Wait, no, ( Read more... )