Saturday night, all smiles

[cleolinda]

Finished! Eight hundred and eighty-eight pages of Ray Bradbury, and I'm finished. And there's a ton of stories they didn't even include. Amazing. No idea what I'll read next, though. Possibly the nonfiction one about William James investigating Spiritualism

Comments

[meredith_mae]

If you are at all interested in Spiritualism, you should read (if you haven't) Christine Wicker's book. She's a journalist who travels to Lily Dale, NY (about 45 minutes from where I grew up) - the oldest Spiritualist colony in America. (In order to buy property, you need to join the Church of Spiritualism.) She wavers between believing in the spirit world and thinking it's just a grand hoax several times throughout the book. I've also read this biography about the sisters who began the Spiritualist movement.

[cleolinda]

Oh, I loved the Lily Dale book! How was the Fox sisters book?

[meredith_mae]

A little more dry than the Lily Dale book. But interesting none the less. Something fun to talk about at parties - the origins of Spiritualism. It also talked a little about the religious revival in Western New York in the 1830s and 1840s. The Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Shakers, and Spiritualists all got their start at that same time and place, and it was pretty much a wilderness at the time, which is interesting.

[brainchild129]

Holy crap, why did no one tell me about this new Terry Gilliam movie? Because I might have to have a little squee over the the fact that one of my favorite actors (Christopher Lee) is working with one of my favorite directors. Seriously, that just put my brain in "zomgyey!" mode.

[particle_person]

The Cassie Edwards situation seems to have gotten more serious. The SBCN crew and friends have unearthed similarities to a Pulitzer-winning novel from 1929. I want to know how she's going to respond to this one.

http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/cassie_edwards_remarkable_similarities_to_pulitzer_winning_novel_laughing_b/

[foresthouse]

Glad you are feeling better!

I am so psyched (is that spelled right? I think so but it looks weird) for Wolverine.

Apparently, unemployment is pretty high over in Shenanigan. *sigh* My city has no jobs!