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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 53m

my head is spinning

Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 2h

This insane cover quote from Peter Frankopan sounds like the opening to an Ursula Le Guin book

A cover quote on Jon Sopel’s book, Strangeland:

“You couldn’t make the last ten years up; thanks to Jon Sopel, you don’t have to” – Peter Frankopan

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 56m

Very excited to announce that for the second year in a row, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to a writer I've already read before, so if you think me saying "Gratulálok Úr. Krasznahorkai" is just me jumping on some sort of bandwagon, you can think again, slick.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4h

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A ★★★★ review of Caught by the Tides (2024)

This reminded me how just plain interesting it can be to just sit down and watch a real movie. This experience was heightened by the fact that I went into this film knowing only three things: who dire...

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

imagine if there really were two of that guy.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

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A ★★★★½ review of Cloud (2024)

Who knew the world of online reselling was so fraught with danger? What at first seemed faintly ludicrous soon began to feel spookily of the moment. Meaning, this exact moment. Like, as of a half hour...

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
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Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

good mail day

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

do you like very long paragraphs which contain very long sentences?? well! well well well!!!

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

do you like very long paragraphs which contain very long sentences?? well! well well well!!!

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Derrick Perkins @derricktperkins.bsky.social · 1d

Just letting you know, I appreciate these and the other works you highlight. I've got a copy of The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature headed my way for my Halloween read based on your Bulwark piece.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

#booksky #horror

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
billryan64.substack.com/p/reading-th...

Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

billryan64.substack.com

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
billryan64.substack.com/p/reading-th...

Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

billryan64.substack.com

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't put him in the hospital, david

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

that's what you get for getting involved in a lust race

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3d

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3d

hey now

Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 3d

Labia Handy

England, Cheshire, School Records, 1796-1950

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to hit the ground running, don't begin your day by listening to "Yuma" by Justin Townes Earl.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3d

oh gross no!

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3d

My wife just left for a 3-day business trip. My descent into madness can now begin.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

"The whole environment of 'The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature,' both on and off the massacre site, feels like an open wound, or a contagious disease. One can’t help but want to walk away, but it will do no good. It will help nothing." ICYMI @faceyouhate.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/walking-aw...

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David From The Blackwood Lagoon @ghostforest.bsky.social · 4d

This is a good piece that not only introduced me to Christopher Slatsky, whose work I plan to check out, but also gave me the kick in the butt to finally read “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 6d

The first of my annual essays on horror fiction for @thebulwark.com is up. I discuss the work of Christopher Slatsky, one novella in particular, as well as, it turned out by necessity, a famous Ursula K. Le Guin short story. Please both read and enjoy.

www.thebulwark.com/p/walking-aw...

Walking Away From Omelas

Christopher Slatsky follows Ursula K. Le Guin in asking difficult questions.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4d

Watching the new THE NAKED GUN and remembering MICHAEL COLLINS.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4d

I don't like reading in my old designated reading area anymore, because Kingsley used to join me there, and now doesn't.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4d

I hope this doesn't make me a Nazi, but I'm watching last night's SNL, and I'm beginning to think Bad Bunny's comedic gifts have been somewhat overstated. And in fact, there's not a little bit of "laughing at him" going on here.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4d

I have a vague memory of thinking IN DREAMS was a bit better than people were giving it credit for.