![]() ![]() ![]() If you thought horror movies were scary, just wait until you start reading this book (or any of his books for that matter). If anyone is familiar with Stephen King (how can you not), you will know that he is known for his mystery/thriller/horror themes in all his books. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock’s sharpest trader, aims to exploit it for profit, but this creature that shouldn’t exist at all is a very dangerous investment. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance.įour Past Midnight: “The Sun Dog" is a menacing canine appearing in every Polaroid picture that fifteen-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new camera, beckoning him to the supernatural. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well-the truth. Three Past Midnight: “The Library Policeman” is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. ![]() Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger. Two Past Midnight: “Secret Window, Secret Garden” enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn’t. ![]() One Past Midnight: “The Langoliers” takes a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. After all, past midnight, is Stephen King’s favorite time of day… ![]()
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![]() Butch gets the big moment in this issue as he takes on and takes down Hammerhead. ![]() I appreciate that they both have an end goal for dealing with loss, but look to get there with different philosophies. Enjoy Hawthorne’s character emotions as he plays off of Zdarsky’s situations.ĭaredevil #32 – It was great to see Alice return and witness the fence-mending between herself and Elektra. There is an excellent set of panels with screaming characters that Hawthorne uses to change the scene. It was great to see how Hawthorne handled Elektra’s adventures as Daredevil and watched as he crafts new movements for a different character to highlight their fighting styles. I think fans of Frank Miller will probably wonder if Zdarsky and company will challenge his historic run - both are phenomenal, and we’re so lucky to see Matt’s life and adventures in such disarray. I have a strong hunch that if you examine this cover and think about who the character on it could be, you can probably piece together what Zdarsky is setting up for character confrontation. ![]() ![]() Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast!ĭaredevil #31 – There is no major reveal or revelation in this issue - instead, this is all setup for the arc. ![]() ![]() “Well-behaved women”īack in 1976, in her first scholarly paper, Ulrich was reporting on her research of 17 th century New England women who were unknown except for being the subjects of funeral sermons highlighting their piety. This last sentence comes near the very end of Ulrich’s book, and it suggests why she came to write it. Details keep us from falling into the twin snares of “victim” history” and “hero history.” Details let us out of boxes created by slogans. That’s why details matter….Details help us understand the precise circumstances that allowed Artemisia Gentileschi to become an artist, or Harriet Jacobs a writer. The stories of famous women, Ulrich notes, have routinely been “appropriated for contradictory causes.” For instance, Queen Esther, the Biblical protector of the Jewish people, has been used as a model of political action and of political silence - of revolt and of submission. ![]() It is the book of a historian about the history of women that rejoices in details and eschews broad-brush statements. ![]() ![]() There is a beautiful embrace of complexity, a wonderful delight in ambiguity and amazements, to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s 2007 book of history, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. ![]() ![]() She loved reading but wasn’t, at the time, into writing. Mandy grew up in Enumclaw Washington, which is the setting in the book “You Wish”. Some of which are under her pen name Amanda Grace. The author Mandy Hubbard is the author of ten teen novels including this one. ![]() Flaming Geyser is a sort of river in Enumclaw, Washington.) When it is time to blow out her candles she wishes, “I wish all my birthday wishes actually came true… because they never freakin’ do!” The next morning she woke up with a pink My Little Pony outside her window! (And the day after that there is a life supply of gumballs in her room!) (Ben was Kayla’s Super-Secret Mega Crush since the day they met at Flaming Geyser. Even worse her best friend, Nicole, won’t be there because she is on a date with her boyfriend, Ben. Kayla does not like it but has to go to it. Her mother plans parties for a living and kind of over does Kayla’s. ![]() It talks about Kayla’s 16th birthday and how messed up it was. “You Wish” by Mandy Hubbard is a fun and interesting young adult’s fiction book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Inni to także widzący więcej, potrafiący dostrzec pozaracjonalne, nad-zwyczajne. ![]() Dodatkowo wyróżnia się tu kategoria "swojego obcego". Pierwsze określenie innego/obcego i swojego opiera się na kategorii miejsca, przeciwstawieniu miasta i wsi, cywilizacji i natury. Spotkanie z miejscowymi prowadzi do pytań o to, czym jest swojskość i inność/obcość, a interpretacja prowadzona jest na trzech płaszczyznach: topograficznej, epistemologicznej i teologicznej. Obydwa zbudowane na podobnym schemacie: do miejscowości na Suwalszczyźnie przybywają dziecięcy bohaterowie wraz z rodzicami. Komisy KaeReLa "Łauma" i "Kościsko" to pełne humoru i fantazji opowieści zarówno o przedchrześcijańskim, jak i o współczesnym świecie, o normie, inności, obcości. Recenzowane materiały z międzynarodowej konferencji: "Słowiańskie światy wyobraźni 2 : granice tolerancji", dn. Kraków : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego ![]() Place of publication : name of publisher: Słowiańskie światy wyobraźni : granice tolerancji The Other and the Others in the Slavic comic books of KaeReL (Karol Kalinowski) "Łauma" and "Kościsko"ĭyras Magdalena, Fidowicz Alicja, Gruda Marlena Inny/obcy i inni/obcy w komiksach KaeReLa (Karola Kalinowskiego) "Łauma" i "Kościsko" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I think beyond that, I really don’t want to say the actual circumstances because I feel like it’s a spoiler for maybe a thing that may never be spoiled. Or it looks like he burned/scorched him.” But Snyder caught himself, lest he spoil something he hopes to explore later down the line. And all I’ll say is that–I think I’ve talked about this a little bit. What’s obvious is that The Joker understood that. “At that point, real vulnerability was Robin. This followed a screening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which also prompted talk of Robin’s death, directly tying into the Joker, who did not appear in the movie despite Snyder’s original intentions and would have to wait to make his return for the aforementioned Knightmare moment. If he kills him, or gets rid of him, then he’s screwed himself.” ![]() And so kind of stuck with him, in that way. ![]() Don’t kill me, and I’ll show you, I’ll get you a tool to fight Superman. And so he’s being carried…he has basically made a deal with Batman. “Our theory is that he’s the one who knows where the Kryptonite, what shards of Kryptonite exist. Set on an Earth no longer recognizable, the Knightmare sequence features Joker confronting Batman, getting in his head and delivering the line, “You need me.” But why does Batman need Joker? It’s not a mind game, as Zack Snyder elaborated during a Q&A at his titular SnyderCon. ![]() ![]() ![]() All this shows how magick squares and their associated numerology is the basis for various traditions of number mysticism. (Showing Kabbalistic numbers in the Sri Yantra) Building upon the work of David Fideler and his book "Jesus Christ Sun of God" gematria is used to interpret the biblical parables of 153 fish and the feeding of 5000. ![]() A detailed look at this numerical Tetractys is given, with interpretations on what it could mean for Pythagoras, the Kabbalistic cube of space, along with cubic numbers and even the Sri Yantra and Chakra systems. That is by counting out numbers in a triangular form the "triangular numbers" are highlighted in the pattern and this also shows the numbers of magick squares. ![]() This essay shows all the most important numbers associated with the 7 magick squares of Cornelius Agrippa, along with others, can be found on an extended ordinal counting sequence version of the Tetractys of Pythagoras. ![]() ![]() The characters were expertly crafted.an exceptional story. The Curse of Beauty: The Story Behind the Myth : Merewether, Lauren Lee: Amazon.ca: Books. " The Curse of Beauty is an incredible book of mythology and drama.a powerful book overflowing with drama, intrigue, love, hate, passion and violence.The plot was very well written and developed. ![]() Jamie Michele for Readers’ Favorite (★★★★★) 102 Likes, TikTok video from Lauren Lee Merewether, Author (llmbooks): Calling all Greek mythology retelling lovers The Curse of Beauty is a gripping. “Merewether breathes actual real life into her wonderfully well-developed characters and gives us a gripping plot and its eventual outcome with each turn of the page…a creative storyline that stays with you long after the book ends.”. The Curse of Beauty delivers everything you could possibly hope for in a historical drama. ![]() "When Merewether's up-close and empathetic narrative style is combined with the many sensations, family conflicts, and political struggles of this exciting plotline, it makes for an unstoppable read. ![]() "Fans of Greek mythology will adore The Curse of Beauty, a tale that is infused with magical realism and set against the backdrop of a world that is reeling with conflict." - The Book Commentary (★★★★★) ![]() ![]() If he had laughed on hearing who she was, that was the sudden lifting of the regret he had felt only minutes earlier, that he should meet a girl like this on the very day he had learned of his father’s plans. ![]() (p.14)īut the day following, he meets beautiful and poised Claire Lammond at the Frost Fair held on the frozen Thames when he returns her purse to her after it is snatched by a young pickpocket. A companion, a helpmate – the homely word made him smile. He doesn’t mind the idea of an arranged marriage.Ī girl who agreed to an arranged marriage should know what she was about. He immediately discovers that his father has arranged a marriage for him to a wealthy Scottish heiress. ![]() He is the second son of Lord Hawksfield but, with his elder brother’s accidental death, Justin is now heir. ![]() An Independent Heart by Elizabeth Grant begins in at the very end of January 1814 with Captain Justin Sumners arriving in a wintery England after serving five years in Spain during the Peninsular War, including seven recent months spent as a captive. ![]() ![]() "Bianca's Hands" is the story that Unknown's John W. And while the first collection and several to appear shortly afterward snagged such notable stories as "It" and ".And My Fear Is Great.", this is as good a core-sampling of Sturgeon's work as one could ask for. This was only the second collection of Sturgeon's work, and the most eclectic one readers would see at least until the the Dell collections published at the turn of the 1980s.given the mix of western, suspense, horror, fantasy and sf, perhaps not until Paul Williams got The Sturgeon Project and its volumes of his complete short stories under way more than a decade after that. "I have always felt that, at his best, nobody wrote better science fiction and fantasy than Ted Sturgeon." Richard Matheson, newly released 1992 interview with Richard Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky ![]() Francis McComas and Eric Frank Russell in memoriam ![]() ***Please see the end of the post for Emergency Backup Links to the other posts for this week's FFB. ![]() |