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    From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People

    The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
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    Image of justanotherblue justanotherblue
    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    "...and Eastern Washington state."

    I'm now torn between reading something set locally because so little is set here, and not reading because I don't want to be terrified of the area.
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    05/23/09

    @justanotherblue: The Mima Mounds figure prominently in one story. SCARY MOUNDS!!
    Yeah, Barron will give you the heebie-jeebies driving along the lonely roads in the high desert and mountains of your region. But you will also get creeped out by horses as Cory Martin above is. Pickup trucks, insects, chairs and pretty much everything else takes on a sinister aspect after reading this guy's stuff.
    That's the "fun" part. heh heh heh
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    The name Belphegor makes me think of De Camp & Pratt's classic Incomplete Enchanter stories, where the main character Harold Shea falls in love with and marries Belphebe from the world of Spenser's The Faerie Queen, aka Belphegor from Orlando Furioso.
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    05/22/09

    @Mathmos: It's an old name from medieval demonology, originally an Assyrian god.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    05/22/09

    @Grey_Area: You just know that from Wikipedia.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/22/09

    @braak: you're just jealous that he managed to look it up on wikipedia and post a reply sooner than you.
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    05/22/09

    @tetracycloide: ... i know i am.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/22/09

    @braak: Oh, forgot the links. Sorry.


    [www.occultopedia.com]

    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    05/22/09

    @Grey_Area: I looked it up in Wikipedia before I posted my remark, so I knew it was a name from demonology. But it also occurs in Orlando Furioso as a version of Spenser's huntress Belphoebe, and both occur as the same character, more or less, in the Incomplete Enchanter and The Castle of Iron - dated but fun fantasy bt De Camp and Pratt.
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    05/22/09

    @Mathmos: Belphegor makes me think of a demon on a toilet.


    Shin Megami Tensei reference!

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    05/23/09

    @tetracycloide: I actually knew Belphegor offhand--product of a youth spent fascinated by demonology. But being able to impress people with obscure trivia just isn't much fun, anymore.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/24/09

    @braak: allow me to redirect given new information then:


    you're just jealous those that didn't spend their youth fascinated by demonology can impress people with obscure trivia you actually know via wikipedia.


    which i can relate to because it's been happening to my youth hobbies as well.

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    Man, I hate old people.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/22/09

    @braak: So get off their lawn already.
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    05/22/09

    @Grey_Area: Peeing on the lawns of strangers is the prerogative of youth.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/22/09

    @braak: They are so gonna get you. Your skull will be used as a bowl for their nasty ribbon candy.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/22/09

    @Grey_Area: or worse, cough drops and buttons.
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    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    I think it comes out on paperback in June or July so I'll wait for that.
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    05/22/09

    @haseoreo: The trade paperback has been in stores since March. AmazonFail, big surprise.
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    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    "It made me think of the best of Clive Barker, only better."


    This is either high praise, or hyperbole.


    Say what you want about his novels, but the books of blood are still the high point of modern horror shorts.

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    05/22/09

    @transbastard: Hereally was at his strongest with the The Books of Blood. I feel Barron's rich imagery and characterization puts him right up there with Barker. Let's see how he handles a novel.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    05/22/09

    @Grey_Area: Hm. I wonder is Mr. Barron is a fan of Mr. Barker himself--is "Hallucigenia" an oblique reference to The Great and Secret Show?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/22/09

    @braak: Hmm. I never read that one but looking over the plot synopsis there are some slightly similar themes.


    I thought it was a reference to this critter found among the Burgess Shale fossils [www.karencarr.com] but the word hallucigenia never actually appears in the text of the story.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    But yeah. Awesome. This book seems to be a little rare, though. No matter. My coffers are boundless when it comes to books.
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    05/22/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Amazon's listing is screwed up (big surprise). Try going straight to the source [www.nightshadebooks.com]
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    05/22/09

    In reply to From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
    Chitinous genitalia. Speaking from experience, sir?
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    05/22/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Oh, he world has so much to offer, my young padawan.
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    05/22/09

    @Grey_Area: In this case, I'll stay inside of my comfort zone, thanks.
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    05/22/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: You mean your "Pleasure Bunker"? You might want to air it out some, we've been getting complaints. The little cardboard pine trees ain't cutting it.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/13/09

    In reply to The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
    BTW, "the odds are good, but the goods are odd" is not anyone in particular's invention -- it's just one of those phrases that have been around forever.


    For some reason, it gets used a lot by fannish women ;) and I first heard it as a girl in engineering school.

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    05/14/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: What an astonishing surprise.
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    05/13/09

    In reply to The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
    sonds interesting....thanks Grey!


    oh and those two pictures in the middle are very very ugly book covers...

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    05/13/09

    In reply to The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
    The Larch.


    The. Larch.


    The. Larch.

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    05/13/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Don't forget the Mighty Scotch Pine.
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    05/13/09

    In reply to The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
    I liked the story in "New Space Opera" about the Martian truckers, so more of this looks good.


    Also, I want to be a New Celt. Sounds like I'd fit right in. "Beast slavery" FTW -- some animals is tasty, some produce tasty things, and some are cute and fuzzy companions. I'm keeping my wine, my bacon, and my kittehs.

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    Image of Rusty626 Rusty626
    05/13/09

    In reply to The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
    I'm so excited - three books by Kage Baker, that I haven't read.
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    05/13/09

    @Rusty626: Have you read House of the Stag yet? If so, how was it?
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    05/13/09

    In reply to The Brits Win the Space Race in "Empress of Mars"
    Looks like you'll be keeping my wallet light once again Grey! *Sigh* That's fine though as long as some of these books are good.
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    05/13/09

    @♪: Maybe catch up on some Mass Market editions of the Company novels first to see if you like Baker's style.
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