Talk about coincidences. Just finished a Joe Hill book and tried to figure out what to read next. Had The Mayan Secrets by Cussler and Thomas Perry as an option

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What do I see? That the opening historical prologue is set on Jan. 23, 1537. Today's date but 487 years ago.

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Ninth book in this year's Goodreads challenge.

Not going to cross post to Facebook any longer. While there are stalwarts still there, and I'm maintaining my page, I don't have any desire to post there.

I hate doing that but with the current state of crisis (loved one in hospital + other stuff I won't go into), I'd love to have some income.
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You can probably guess from my last post that my world view was formed by reading lots of pulp fiction. Which was a gateway to fantasy, science fiction and horror. Add a Catholic education and being raised in a middle class household and you get a mix of liberal/progressive and conservative beliefs.

Terror Takes 7 by Lester Dent, writing under the house name Kenneth Robeson for Street & Smith Publications is a post-World War II adventure. Most later year Doc Savage pulps find the original troubleshooter "diminished" from his mythical superhero status.

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This is definitely a First World problem (though I don’t know how much longer the U.S. will/should qualify as part of the First World) but I’m debating what book to read next. I came across this Benjamin Franklin quote used as an epigraph: “… if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you.”

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TEACUP (on Peacock), a loose adaptation of Robert McCammon's STINGER, is enjoyable enough. It has some proper creepy sci-fi horror scares. Can't say I'm fond of where they left us, but it was not bad.

The other reason that I need to hold up diving into the novel is my need to “damage” my protagonist(s). While I am a pulp “superhero” fan, I do not think it’s a good idea to make my main character a Galahad. He’s more Shadow than Savage. My “darling” can’t be a darling.

If one counts today there are 52 days left in the year. That’s a good number to keep in mind — seven weeks and a handful of days (three to be exact; another significant number) — and in light of the recent U.S. election it seems appropriate to finally finish my O’Neill/Bishop ring space opera.

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now.

1. Journalist/copy editor
2. Bartender (college rathskeller)
3. Vacuum cleaner salesman (Kirby)
4. Fry cook (McDonalds)
5. Telemarketer

Making the transition over to Bluesky will take some time as I had used Facebook as my main social media stop for what seems forever.

I’m hopeful I’ll find this forum less toxic — and a place where I may find a community where I don’t need to worry about being outed. “Outed” meaning I’m inclusive.