Aliens: Tribes

Page 52, line 5.

Blood splashed from the boy's chest, a wriggling within.

Steve Bissette
Aliens: Tribes

The Red Magician

Page 52, line 5.

You didn't -- you didn't do what he says, did you?

Lisa Goldstein
The Red Magician

Crocodilia

Page 52, line 5.

I'm only telling you for your own good.

Philip Ridley
Crocodilia

November 2021

BOOKS READ

49. Jolie Blon's Bounce, James Lee Burke. ISBN 978-1-5011-0974-4. (2003, Pocket Books). 2021.11.08
50. Neon Lit: Paul Auster's City Of Glass, Paul Karasik, David Mazzuchelli; Ill. David Mazzuchelli. ISBN 0-380-77108-X. (1994, Avon Books). 2021.11.09
51. Who Goes There?, John W. Campbell. ISBN 0-88355-365-1. (1976, Hyperion Press, Inc.). 2021.11.14
52. The Favourite Game, Leonard Cohen. ISBN 0-586-03617-2. (1974, Panther Books Ltd). 2021.11.19
53. After Delores, Sarah Schulman. ISBN 0-452-26228-3. (1989, Penguin Books Canada Limited). 2021.11.22
54. Crocodilia, Philip Ridley. ISBN 0-946189-17-X. (1988, Brilliance Books). 2021.11.23
55. The Red Magician, Lisa Goldstein. ISBN 0-671-41161-6. (1982, Pocket Books). 2021.11.28
56. Aliens: Tribes, Steve Bissette, Ill. David Dorman. ISBN 1-878574-28-0. (1992, Dark Horse Comics, Inc.). 2021.11.29

After Delores

Page 52, line 5.

I knew I shouldn't disturb her, because she was busy thinking about something dramatic.

Sarah Schulman
After Delores

The Favourite Game

Page 52, line 5.

Line drawings of fierce men leaning over smiling sleeping women.

Leonard Cohen
The Favourite Game

Jolie Blon's Bounce

Page 52, line 5.

"You reading me on this?" he said.

James Lee Burke
Jolie Blon's Bounce

October 2021

BOOKS READ

48. Dennis Stock: James Dean, Dennis Stock, Intro. Joe Hyams. ISBN 978-0-500-54451-8. (2015, Thames Hudson). 2021.10.06

Tex

Page 52, line 5.

"Hey," Lem brightened up, "I ain't told the Collins yet."

S.E. Hinton
Tex

Piranesi

Page 52, line 5.

Where had they all gone?

Susannah Clarke
Piranesi

Tithe

Page 52, line 5.

It purred like a hive of hornets.

Holly Black
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale

September 2021

BOOKS ACQUIRED

33. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov. ISBN N/A. (1959, Crest Books / Fawcett World Library). 2021.09.25
34. Pied Piper, Nevil Shute. ISBN N/A. (1962, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd). 2021.09.25
35. The Travels, Marco Polo. ISBN 1-85326-473-3. (1997, Wordsworth Editions Limited). 2021.09.25
36. The Battle Of The Villa Fiorita, Rumer Godden. ISBN N/A. (1963, The Viking Press, Inc.). 2021.09.25
37. The Affair, Lee Child. ISBN 978-385-34432-6. (2011, Delacorte Press). 2021.09.25

BOOKS READ

41. Arrival And Departure, Arthur Koestler. ISBN 0-09-951541-5. (1999, Vintage). 2021.09.03
42. Oh, The Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss. ISBN 0-679-80527-3. (1990, Random House Books). 2021.09.03
43. Red Tigress (Blood Heir Trilogy #2), Amélie Wen Zhao. ISBN 978-0-525-70783-7. (2021, Delacorte Press). 2021.09.04
44. A Poor Collector's Guide To Buying Great Art, Erling Kagge. ISBN 978-3-89955-579-0. (2015, Gestalten). 2021.09.06
45. Tithe, Holly Black. ISBN 978-0-689-86704-0. (2004, Simon & Schuster, Inc.). 2021.09.10
46. Piranesi, Susanna Clarke. ISBN 978-1-432-88657-8. (2021, Thorndike Press). 2021.09.13
47. Tex, S.E. Hinton. ISBN 0-440-97850-5. (1982, Laurel Leaf Library). 2021.09.15

A Poor Collector's Guide To Buying Great Art

Page 52, line 5.

It was listed as the pedestal for the sculpture.

Erling Kagge
A Poor Collector's Guide To Buying Great Art

Red Tigress

Page 52, line 5.

"You shouldn't have saved me, shouldn't have brought me here. ... What if they come after you next?"

Amélie Wen Zhao
Red Tigress

Arrival And Departure

Page 52, line 5.

Peter and Odette mixed with the crowd where it was thickest.

Arthur Koestler
Arrival And Departure

The Immoralist

Page 52, line 5.

Some were prodding the branches with long poles to make the late fruit fall; a separate harvest was made of the fruit that had dropped by itself, too ripe, often bruised, crushed among the high grass; it was impossible to walk without stepping on some.

André Gide
The Immoralist

Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams

Page 52, line 5.

We left that to our parents, who eked out one child or two, and slumped dumbly after work and frugal suppers over their radios to listen to news of the "home country" and a black-moustached man named Hitler.

Sylvia Plath
"America! America!", Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams

August 2021

BOOKS ACQUIRED

30. Mary Ventura And The Ninth Kingdom: A Story, Sylvia Plath. ISBN 978-0-06-294085-8. (2019, HarperCollins Publishers). 2021.08.18
31. The Miserable Mill (A Series Of Unfortunate Events #4), Lemony Snicket, Ill. Brett Helquist. ISBN 1-4052-0870-8. (2000, HarperCollins Publishers). 2021.08.18
32. The Complete Stories Of J.G. Ballard, J.G. Ballard, Intro. Martin Amis. ISBN 978-0-393-33929-1. (2010, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.). 2021.08.18

BOOKS READ

36. The Exile Kiss, George Alec Effinger. ISBN 978-0-765-31360-7. (2006, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC). 2021.08.01
37. The Coldest Girl In Coldtown, Holly Black. ISBN 978-0-316-21309-7. (2014, Little, Brown & Company). 2021.08.11
38. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose And Diary Excerpts, Sylvia Plath. ISBN 0-06-013377-5. (1979, Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.). 2021.08.16
39. Mary Ventura And The Ninth Kingdom: A Story, Sylvia Plath. ISBN 978-0-06-294085-8. (2019, HarperCollins Publishers). 2021.08.20
40. The Immoralist, André Gide, Trans. Stanley Appelbaum. ISBN 0-486-29237-1. (1996, Dover Publications). 2021.08.20

The Coldest Girl In Coldtown

Page 52, line 5.

His girlfriend was coming to visit Tuesday, but just that night David had kissed Pauline.

Holly Black
The Coldest Girl In Coldtown

The Exile Kiss

Page 52, line 5.

"Him and him," said Lieutenant Hajjar, jerking his thumb at us in turn.

George Alec Effinger
The Exile Kiss

Queens Of Fennbirn

Page 52, line 5.

His father builds ships and occasionally sails them, though most of his crafts run along the coast to the richer families of Prynn and Beckett.

Kendare Blake
Queens Of Fennbirn

The Man Without Talent

Page 52, line 5.

But I must say, this one here, the way it takes to getting wet ... I have never seen anything quite like it.

Yoshiharu Tsuge
The Man Without Talent

July 2021

BOOKS ACQUIRED

23. The Grey King, Susan Cooper. ISBN 0-689-50029-7. (1976, McClelland & Stewart). 2021.07.10
24. Victoria: A Life, A.N. Wilson. ISBN 978-1-59420-599-6. (2014, Penguin Press). 2021.07.12
25. Monarch And Conspirators: The Wives And Woes Of Henry VIII, John Van Duyn Southworth. ISBN 0-517-50261-5. (1973, Crown Publishers, Inc.). 2021.07.30
26. Charles II: The Man And The Statesman, Maurice Ashley. ISBN N/A. (1971, Praeger Publishers). 2021.07.30
27. A Natural History Of The Senses, Diane Ackerman. ISBN 978-0-679-73566-3. (1995, Vintage Books). 2021.07.30
28. The Ring And The Book, Robert Browning. ISBN 0-14-042294-3. (1990, Penguin Books). 2021.07.30
29. Night And Day, Virginia Woolf. ISBN 0-586-044477-7. (1984, Panther Books). 2021.07.30

BOOKS READ

31. The Swamp, Yoshiharu Tsuge. ISBN 978-1-77046-384-4. (2020, Drawn and Quarterly). 2021.07.11
32. They Both Die At The End, Adam Silvera. ISBN 978-0-06-245779-0. (2017, Quill Tree Books). 2021.07.21
33. Devices And Desires (Adam Dalgliesh #8), P.D. James. ISBN 0-446-35975-0. (1989, Warner Books). 2021.07.21
34. The Man Without Talent, Yoshiharu Tsuge. ISBN 978-1-68137-443-7. (2020, New York Review Comics). 2021.07.22
35. Queens of Fennbirn (Three Dark Crowns #0.1-0.2), Kendare Blake. ISBN 978-0-06-274828-7. (2018, HarperTeen). 2021.07.30

Devices And Desires

Page 52, line 5.

Mair said: "Is there ever a good time?"

P.D. James
Devices And Desires

They Both Die At The End

Page 52, line 5.

I'm sure she means well, but between her bio and this, she's hammering me with nails instead of giving me the pat on the back I was hoping for.

Adam Silvera
They Both Die At The End

The Alienist

Page 52, line 5.

"I saw his body -- it was worthy of Biff, all right."

Caleb Carr
The Alienist

The Pendragon Banner

Page 52, line 5.

The gale and rain had abated during the night but a stiff wind still blew.

Sylvian Hamilton
The Pendragon Banner

June 2021

BOOKS ACQUIRED

22. Encyclopedia Of Trouble And Spaciousness, Rebecca Solnit. ISBN 978-1-59534-198-3. (2014, Trinity University Press). 2021.06.16

BOOKS READ

26. The Promise (Sandwriter #2), Monica Hughes. ISBN 0-7737-2372-2. (1989, Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited). 2021.06.11
27. Lucifer, Volume 2: Father Lucifer, Holly Black, Ill. Lee Garbett. ISBN 978-1-4012-6541-0. (2017, DC/Vertigo). 2021.06.13
28. Slan, A.E. van Vogt. ISBN N/A. (1968, Berkley). 2021.06.21
29. The Pendragon Banner (Sir Richard Straccan #2), Sylvian Hamilton. ISBN 0-7528-4968-9. (2002, Orion). 2021.06.23
30. The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1), Caleb Carr. ISBN 0-553-57299-7. (1995, Bantam Books). 2021.06.28

Slan

Page 52, line 5.

Jommy wasted no words.

A.E. van Vogt
Slan

The Promise

Page 52, line 5.

He stumbled obediently into the room carved out of sandstone that lay behind the one where his mother and father slept.

Monica Hughes
The Promise

Budayeen Nights

Page 52, sentence 5.

The rest of the time you got damaged, worthless, even dangerous merchandise.

George Alec Effinger
"Marid Changes His Mind", Budayeen Nights

The Cruel Prince

Page 52, sentence 5.

The shape in the water remains where it is, probably because the presence of Cardan and the others makes it seem like I have friends who might defend me if I were attacked.

Holly Black
The Cruel Prince

Sandwriter

Page 52, sentence 5.

It was reflected off a vaulted roof of rock, off wet pillars of rock.

Monica Hughes
Sandwriter

May 2021

BOOKS READ

21. The Sandman (Sandman Audible Original #1), Neil Gaiman, Dir. Dirk Maggs. ISBN 978-1-7135-5127-0. (2020, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio). 2021.05.03
22. Budayeen Nights, George Alec Effinger. ISBN 1-930846-56-8. (2008, Golden Gryphon Press). 2021.05.03
23. Red Queen (Red Queen #1), Victoria Aveyard. ISBN 978-0-06-231063-7. (2015, HarperTeen). 2021.05.23
24. Lucifer, Volume 1: Cold Heaven, Holly Black; Art. Lee Garbett, Stephanie Hans, Antonio Fabela, Todd Klein. ISBN 978-1-4012-6193-1. (2016, DC/Vertigo). 2021.05.28
25. Pablo Picasso (The Primary Source Library Of Famous Artists), Catherine Nichols, Art. Pablo Picasso. ISBN 1-4042-2764-4. (2006, PowerKids Press). 2021.05.29

People Like Us

Page 52, sentence 5.

"If something happens to me, it's on you," she says, but there's pleading in her voice.

Dana Mele
People Like Us

The Cheerleaders

Page 52, sentence 5.

"What's wrong, J-Ray?" Juliana flicked Jen's bun.

Kara Thomas
The Cheerleaders

Space Trap

Page 52, sentence 5.

At that exact moment there were footsteps, the heavy thudding footsteps that still gave her the shivers, they were so inhuman.

Monica Hughes
Space Trap

Nightmare In Pink

Page 52, sentence 5.

In the path of bathroom light her face looked small and pale and still.

John D. MacDonald
The Scarlet Ruse And Two Other Great Mysteries

April 2021

BOOKS ACQUIRED

7. Young Bleys, Gordon R. Dickson. ISBN 0-812-50947-1. (1992, Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.). 2021.04.05
8. The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come, John Bunyan. ISBN N/A. (1924, J.M. Dent & Sons). 2021.04.05. Everyman's Library #204
9. Erewhon / Erewhon Revisited, Samuel Butler. ISBN N/A. (1951, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd). 2021.04.05. Everyman's Library #881
10. The Accidental Earth, Leo P. Kelley. ISBN N/A. (1970, Belmont Books). 2021.04.05
11. A Far Sunset, Edmund Cooper. ISBN N/A. (1968, Berkeley Publishing Corporation). 2021.04.05
12. Mirkheim, Poul Anderson. ISBN 0-425-04235-9. (1977, Berkeley Publishing Corporation). 2021.04.05
13. Slan, A.E. van Vogt. ISBN N/A. (1968, Berkeley Publishing Corporation). 2021.04.05
14. The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, Paul Rival. ISBN N/A. (1971, Sphere Books Limited). 2021.04.05
15. Transit, Anna Seghers. ISBN 978-1-59017-625-2. (2013, New York Review Of Books). 2021.04.07
16. Essentials Of European Literature, Volume 1, Vincent F. Hopper, Bernard D.N. Grebanier. ISBN N/A. (1952, Barron's Educational Series, Inc.). 2021.04.07
17. The Case Of Emily V., Keith Oakley. ISBN 0-436-32602-7. (1994, Martin Secker & Warburg Limited). 2021.04.07
18. Persian Poems: An Anthology Of Verse Translations, Ed. A.J. Arberry. ISBN N/A. (1964, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd). 2021.04.07. Everyman's Library #996
19. Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, Ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel. ISBN 978-1-892391-53-7. (2007, Tachyon Publications). 2021.04.07
20. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression, Andrew Solomon. ISBN 0-684-85467-8. (2002, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster). 2021.04.07
21. Bitter Fame, Anne Stevenson. ISBN 0-670-81854-2. (1989, Viking). 2021.04.07

BOOKS READ

17. People Like Us, Dana Mele. ISBN 978-1-5247-4170-9. (2018, G.P. Putnam's Sons). 2021.04.03. A Peri selection
18. Sandwriter (Sandwriter #1), Monica Hughes. ISBN 0-86203-198-2. (1985, Franklin Watts). 2021.04.14
19. The Cruel Prince (The Folk Of The Air #1), Holly Black. ISBN 978-0-316-31027-7. (2018, Little, Brown). 2021.04.24. A Peri selection
20. The Lost Sisters (The Folk Of The Air #1.5), Holly Black, Narr. Caitlin Kelly. ISBN 978-1-549-14794-4. (2018, Hachette Book Group). 2021.04.24

The Deep Blue Good-by

Page 52, sentence 5.

They need documentation and identification and proper authority.

John D. MacDonald
The Scarlet Ruse And Two Other Great Mysteries

The Scarlet Ruse

Page 52, sentence 5.

"I know how impressed you must be."

John D. MacDonald
The Scarlet Ruse And Two Other Great Mysteries

The Tomorrow City

Page 52, sentence 5.

Down at the power station the Chief Engineer looked at the wildly fluctuating needles on the display console dials and whistled and ran his hands through his hair.

Monica Hughes
The Tomorrow City

Scarlet Witch

Page 52, sentence 5.

Suddenly every aspect of Ireland's economy that's derived from the land is failing.

James Robinson
Scarlet Witch

March 2021

BOOKS READ

12. Scarlet Witch, Vol. 1: Witches' Road (Scarlet Witch (2015) (Collected Editions) #1), James Robinson, et al. ISBN 978-0-7851-9682-2. (2016, Marvel). 2021.03.01
13. The Tomorrow City, Monica Hughes. ISBN 0-241-89887-0. (1984, Hamish Hamilton Ltd). 2021.03.06
14. The Scarlet Ruse And Two Other Great Mysteries (Travis McGee #1: The Deep Blue Good-by, #2: Nightmare In Pink, #14: The Scarlet Ruse), John D. MacDonald. ISBN 0690018878. (1980, Lippincott & Crowell Co.). 2021.03.10
15. Space Trap, Monica Hughes. ISBN 0-88899-016-2. (1983, Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre Ltd.). 2021.03.15
16. The Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas. ISBN 978-1-5247-1832-9. (2018, Delacorte Press). 2021.03.23

For Those About To Write

Page 52, sentence 5.

Remarkably, so did singer Michael Stipe.

Dave Bidini
For Those About To Write

Before The Coffee Gets Cold

Page 52, sentence 5.

Please don't let me have competition.

Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before The Coffee Gets Cold

Interzone

Page 52, sentence 5.

Four, twelve windows, ten in a row

Ian Curtis
"Interzone", So This Is Permanence

Crisis On Conshelf Ten

Page 52, sentence 5.

I had read dozens of westerns on microfilm, and I had a pretty clear picture from old Zane Greys of fenced grassland with cattle galloping around.

Monica Hughes
Crisis On Conshelf Ten

Woman At Point Zero

Page 52, sentence 5.

That night when Bayoumi came home, I said, "I have a secondary school certificate, and I want to work."

Nawal El Saadawi
Woman At Point Zero

February 2021

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Queen Victoria: A Personal History, Christopher Hibbert. ISBN 0-00-638843-4. (2001, HarperCollinsPublishers). 2021.02.03
2. Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen. ISBN N/A. (1964, MacMillan And Co Ltd). 2021.02.03
3. If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin. ISBN 978-0-525-56612-0. (2018, Vintage International). 2021.02.03
4. The Faraway Nearby, Rebecca Solnit. ISBN 978-0-14-312549-5. (2014, Penguin Books). 2021.02.03
5. The Art Of Noise, Daniel Rachel. ISBN 978-1-250-05129-5. (2014, St. Martin's Griffin). 2021.02.03
6. Tom's Midnight Garden (Graphic Novel), Philippa Pearce, Ill. Édith. ISBN 978-0-06-269656-4. (2018, Greenwillow Books). 2021.02.03

BOOKS READ

4. Glory Road, Robert A. Heinlein. ISBN 0-425-01809-1. (1970, Berkley Medallion). 2021.02.03
5. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1-2), Marjane Satrapi, Trans. Mattias Ripa. ISBN 0-375-71457-X. (2004, Pantheon). 2021.02.03. A Calliope selection
6. The Black Pearl, Scott O'Dell. ISBN 0-440-90803-5. (1977, Laurel Leaf). 2021.02.04
7. Woman At Point Zero, Nawal El Saadawi, Trans. Sherif Hetata. ISBN 978-1-84277-873-9. (2007, Zed Books). 2021.02.09. A Calliope selection
8. Crisis On Conshelf Ten, Monica Hughes. ISBN 0-416-89990-0. (1983, Magnet/Methuen Children's Books Ltd.). 2021.02.14
9. So This Is Permanence: Lyrics And Notebooks, Ian Curtis, Ed. Jon Savage, Deborah Curtis (Foreword). ISBN 978-0-571-30955-9. (2014 by Faber & Faber). 2021.02.19
10. Before The Coffee Gets Cold (Before The Coffee Gets Cold #1), Toshikazu Kawaguchi. ISBN 978-1-335-43099-1. (2020, Hanover Square Press). 2021.02.23
11. For Those About To Write: How I Learned To Love Books And Why I Had To Write Them, Dave Bidini. ISBN 978-0-88776-769-2. (2007, Tundra Books). 2021.02.26

The Black Pearl

Page 52, sentence 5.

The four dealers did not like this.

Scott O'Dell
The Black Pearl

Persepolis

Page 52, sentence 5.

Maybe, but my father is a hero!

Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis

Glory Road

Page 52, sentence 5.

She suddenly looked very eager.

Robert A. Heinlein
Glory Road

January 2021

BOOKS READ

1. The Okay Witch, Emma Steinkellner. ISBN 978-1-5344-3145-4. (2019, Aladdin). 2021.01.08. A Peri selection
2. The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned To Pay Attention, Master Myself, And Win, Maria Konnikova. ISBN 978-0-525-52262-1. (2020, Penguin Press). 2021.01.12
3. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach. ISBN 0-380-01286-3. (1993, Avon Books). 2021.01.18

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Page 52, sentence 5.

He twisted his wings, slowed to a single mile per hour above stall.

Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Biggest Bluff

Page 52, sentence 5.

For that to happen, I have to get to the point where I'm consistently cashing in lower-stakes tournaments, working my way up from the smallest to the bigger ones.

Maria Konnikova
The Biggest Bluff

The Janson Command

Page 52, sentence 5.

"What did they do to my father?" an angry Douglas Poe demanded of Dr. Terry Flannigan.

Paul Garrison, Robert Ludlum (series creator)
The Janson Command

December 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

59. Way Of The Pilgrim, Gordon R. Dickson. ISBN 0-441-87487-8. (1987, Ace Books / The Berkley Publishing Group). 2020.12.16
60. Riddle Of The Seven Realms, Lyndon Hardy. ISBN 0-345-92820-5. (1988, Ballantine Books). 2020.12.16
61. River Of Shadows: Edweard Muybridge And The Technological Wild West, Rebecca Solnit. ISBN 978-0-14-200410-4. (2003, Penguin Books). 2020.12.16

BOOKS READ

56. Logan Likes Mary Anne! (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #8), Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin (original author). ISBN 978-1-338-30454-1. (2020, Grafix). 2020.12.15. A Peri selection
57. Ru, Kim Thúy, Trans. Sheila Fischman. ISBN 978-0-307-35971-1. (2012, Vintage Canada). 2020.12.21
58. The Janson Command (Paul Janson #2), Paul Garrison, Robert Ludlum (series creator). ISBN 978-0-446-56450-2. (2012, Grand Central Publishing). 2020.12.31