I just fininshed Bloodlines and I keep wondering about Hank Thompson and wonder if FPW is paying homage to another great fiction trilogy.

Charlie Huston wrote a trilogy about a man named Henry "Hank" Thompson. In order the books are:

1. Caught Stealing
2. Six Bad Things
3. A Dangerous Man

The books were very good (very violent) and I'm wondering if FPW had read them?

No big deal if no, but I was just wondering. Bloodlines was great and I'm waiting for By The Sword to be delivered.

***SPOILERS*** Black Wind, Jack: Secret Histories, By The Sword.
You've been warned.




Hi everyone,

So I'm working on my Wiki a bit today, and I'm trying to figure something out. This passage about Prof. Nakamura, the Anthropology guy at U of P that Mr. Rosen tells Jack and Weezy to talk to about the pyramid, is ringing some bells at the back of my head.

"His grandfather ran a laundry in San Fransisco but was driven out in the twenties by the Jap haters...and fled back to Japan. Now his grandson has returned as an Ivy League professor. For all we know, he might be teaching the great-grandchildren of the bigots who drove his ancestors out."

Do we know Prof. Nakamura's first name?
Is his grandfather a character in Black Wind?
Is his grandson one of the characters in BTS ( in the Company or something)? (I don't own a copy so I can't check.)
What is the significance of Carnival Glass? Is it related to a precurssor of the Peabody-Ozymandias traveling circus? (Iridescent)

Also, what is Jack's mom's name? I don't think it's ever mentioned, is it?
Does Mr. Rosen have a first name that we are aware of?
Does Mr. Courtland (YA Jack mows his lawn) have a first name that we are aware of?

I'm sure I have other questions too. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Stephanie

Anyone watch this series? Creepy beyond belief. Three seasons on DVD.

In Haunted Air, the owner of the second hand store had some ritual that allowed him to remain living and unable to be hurt as long as he performed the ritual annually. However, Jack was able to hurt him. So....could this 'ritual' be something out of the Septimus Lodge? Could that guy have been a member? Did the Ally allow Jack to hurt the guy?

I bet one of the Infernals is the Zacor (sic?) -- that thing from the Lodge that sought out and killed people - in Secret History...

Is Tesla's role up in the series done? he had a lot of interesting experiments and its possible he may have done something with the earth that fought against Opus Omega. I find it hard to believe that he was a one shot deal. I mean he saw the otherness and then thats it? That doesn't sound like Tesla. I bet you he invented a way to reach Tom- wherever he is...

Jack's Mom kept calling him her 'miracle boy'. He was clearly born to counteract Rasalom. Can the Ally influence birth?

Jack's uncle Gurney plays a BIG part of this series, I think. There is some relation between the uncle and the Ally/Otherness. Part of the Lodge, maybe? Could he be one of the Seven?

The Rakosh blood - the drug causes violent impulses. Could that act as the temporary trigger gene for oDNA?

Weezy will return as someone slightly mentally ill. It was clear in the first book that her family was trying to downplay her mental illness (whatever form it is).

Have at it....

This girl I work with is going to the deer woods...(I am not sure what or where these are)...and asked if I had any books for her to bring. I wanted to get her hooked but not necessarily with the adversary cycle.

I opted for the stand-alone SIMS. She is off all next week in the deer woods (I still have no clue) and I can't wait to hear her reaction.

what team baseball cap does Jack wear?

I bought the 3-D Blue Ray version of this film and watched it last night. The 3-D glasses are the old fashioned anaglyph type and I am sure the digital version in theaters was crisp and clean.

The DVD version was a little muddy because of the glasses but surprisingly in HD on a wide LCD projection screen the 3-D popped very well. There was surprising depth and plenty of "off the screen" images.

The movie itself was just average, over the top family fun that begs to be watched with complete disregard for physics which is in stark contrast to the scientific nature of the dialogue and the main characters scientific profession.

I am sure without the amazing 3D effects this film would have been a waste of money.

It amazes me how awesome 3D is now on a television, something that was not possible in the past. I remember watching 3D films on TV when I was a kid: The Mask, Gorilla at Large, Hondo and several special episodes of network programs broadcast in 3D during sweeps. They never captured the full screen pop and depth that the movie screens could.

With the advent of high technologhy such as Hi-Def TVs and Blue ray players the bridge has finally beend gapped.

I look forward to more 3D DVDs!

Ok, I just wanted to know if The Keep is the first time Rasalom ever appears in FPW books. Was he in Black Wind? I havent read that one yet. I was curious if there was actually any referencing to the times through out history that Rasalom and Glaeken have battled eachother...? Thank you for any info...

Anybody watching? This show has hooked me literily from the very first episode and it kind of sucks to see it come to an end, but I love how the last season is going so far. The only thing I haven't liked so much is them trying to build up sympathy for Shane and Mara. But right now there's 3 episodes left, so what does everyone think of the season so far? How do you think it will end?

I personally think it will end with Shane and Ronnie in Jail and Vick going out guns blazing. (honestly how they have built this character up I don't think he would just go quietly) Or Shane dying too with just Ronnie ending up screwed but I can almost see that character killing himself honestly.

But what do you guy's think?

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Every few years 2 movies that are strikingly similar come out around the same time. There was Armageddon and Deep Impact, Volcano and Dante's Peak, and Independence Day and The Arrival. With this movie that is similar to a Planet of the Apes movie I never saw, Sims immediately came to mind.