10/2 - Okay, FREAK SHOW (the anthology, not the TV show) is now out for real. The initial ebook incarnation was plagued by a host of errors. HWA has fixed them all and now you can read the anthology that took a year out of my life to assemble. http://tinyurl.com/me864r9
10/5 - iPhone grab FAIL. I’m told this was staged. If so it’s very well staged (see the way she falls back after kicking him in the face – just the way she would with real impact). Real or not, it’s inspiring in a way: http://tinyurl.com/p29a9or
10/9 - Good panel at the Union Square B&N tonight (we had them laughing), preceded by a stop at one of my high-school hangs: the Old Town bar on E. 18[SUP]th[/SUP] Street.
10/10 - my NY ComicCon day: wrote in the A.M. and hit the Javitz in the afternoon, then got together at the Algonquin with this crew where I did my annual recitation of Dorothy Parker's Martini poem (got it right this year). Then down the street to The Lambs Club for an amazing dinner. Where can you find 8 people who can discuss Pascal's Wager and Ray Palmer's Shaver Mysteries with equal passion? http://tinyurl.com/pt2p8kd
10/13 - What a kick to see Pee-wee Herman on this week's episode of "The Blacklist"
10/13 - AHS: "Freak Show" - Watched the pilot. Visually impressive but so far it's little more than a bizarre slasher flick. I'll give it another couple of episodes. If it doesn't push beyond the boundaries of Browning's film, I'll probably bail. Would love to see some sort of paranormal/supranormal overtones like we had in the "Freak Show" anthology.
10/14 - CNN defends its new slogan: http://tinyurl.com/ktdjj2k
10/15 - Rainy night at the Jersey Shore... time for a Langley's gimlet. http://tinyurl.com/m6qg8ko
10/16 - Whenever I hear one of those anti-vaccine mooks on the radio, I'm reminded of this Josh Billings quote: "The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance, as knowing so many things that ain't so."
10/17 - Well, I don't know about you folks, but I'm sure I'll rest easier tonight knowing the Prez appointed a loyal party hack as Ebola Czar
10/19 - Enjoying "Peaky Blinders" on Netflix. I hear there's a season 2 now playing in the UK.
10/20 - every downside has an upside for someone - even when it’s ebola: http://tinyurl.com/nsnqkld
10/22 - Last month at lunch the marketing and publicity people mentioned a book trailer for FEAR CITY. I love what they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8p2O2SBSKI
10/23 - Can this be true? 10,000 pages of CREEPY & EERIE for <$150??? https://digital.darkhorse.com/genre/185/ (I’m in Creepy#44 and Eerie #34)
10/24 - POSSIBLE SPOILER - Boardwalk Empire - WTF??? Nucky Thompson died at 85 of old age!!! Totally bogus ending to the series. If you’re gonna pick a historical figure, stick to his lifeline.
10/27 - I began posting what I call “Fear City Snippets” - posters with little bits of dialogue plucked from here and there in the novel. One a day. A dozen of them. Here are the ones that have appeared so far. Check the website for the rest as they’re posted.
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-1
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-2
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-3
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-4
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-5
10/5 - iPhone grab FAIL. I’m told this was staged. If so it’s very well staged (see the way she falls back after kicking him in the face – just the way she would with real impact). Real or not, it’s inspiring in a way: http://tinyurl.com/p29a9or
10/9 - Good panel at the Union Square B&N tonight (we had them laughing), preceded by a stop at one of my high-school hangs: the Old Town bar on E. 18[SUP]th[/SUP] Street.
10/10 - my NY ComicCon day: wrote in the A.M. and hit the Javitz in the afternoon, then got together at the Algonquin with this crew where I did my annual recitation of Dorothy Parker's Martini poem (got it right this year). Then down the street to The Lambs Club for an amazing dinner. Where can you find 8 people who can discuss Pascal's Wager and Ray Palmer's Shaver Mysteries with equal passion? http://tinyurl.com/pt2p8kd
10/13 - What a kick to see Pee-wee Herman on this week's episode of "The Blacklist"
10/13 - AHS: "Freak Show" - Watched the pilot. Visually impressive but so far it's little more than a bizarre slasher flick. I'll give it another couple of episodes. If it doesn't push beyond the boundaries of Browning's film, I'll probably bail. Would love to see some sort of paranormal/supranormal overtones like we had in the "Freak Show" anthology.
10/14 - CNN defends its new slogan: http://tinyurl.com/ktdjj2k
10/15 - Rainy night at the Jersey Shore... time for a Langley's gimlet. http://tinyurl.com/m6qg8ko
10/16 - Whenever I hear one of those anti-vaccine mooks on the radio, I'm reminded of this Josh Billings quote: "The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance, as knowing so many things that ain't so."
10/17 - Well, I don't know about you folks, but I'm sure I'll rest easier tonight knowing the Prez appointed a loyal party hack as Ebola Czar
10/19 - Enjoying "Peaky Blinders" on Netflix. I hear there's a season 2 now playing in the UK.
10/20 - every downside has an upside for someone - even when it’s ebola: http://tinyurl.com/nsnqkld
10/22 - Last month at lunch the marketing and publicity people mentioned a book trailer for FEAR CITY. I love what they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8p2O2SBSKI
10/23 - Can this be true? 10,000 pages of CREEPY & EERIE for <$150??? https://digital.darkhorse.com/genre/185/ (I’m in Creepy#44 and Eerie #34)
10/24 - POSSIBLE SPOILER - Boardwalk Empire - WTF??? Nucky Thompson died at 85 of old age!!! Totally bogus ending to the series. If you’re gonna pick a historical figure, stick to his lifeline.
10/27 - I began posting what I call “Fear City Snippets” - posters with little bits of dialogue plucked from here and there in the novel. One a day. A dozen of them. Here are the ones that have appeared so far. Check the website for the rest as they’re posted.
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-1
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-2
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-3
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-4
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-5
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Paul, I don't understand what you mean by Nucky dying at 85? Was he supposed to be that old? He didn't look it.. I think how he went out (although I was hoping he wouldn't) was justified...I think we forgot about him being repaid by Darmody, no?
"What seems to be the problem..?"
"Death"
"That's a little out of my jurisdiction you..."
"I want more life.....fucker."
"The facts of life.. To make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system is fatal, the coding sequence cannot be revised, once it's been established...."
fairlane32 Wrote:Paul, I don't understand what you mean by Nucky dying at 85? Was he supposed to be that old? He didn't look it.. I think how he went out (although I was hoping he wouldn't) was justified...I think we forgot about him being repaid by Darmody, no?
I read this post back in October without having seen the last season of Boardwalk. I saw the spoiler alert. I don't care. It doesn't take away the enjoyment for me at all. If it did why would I even watch Game of Thrones. I've read the books and I know what happens. I don't mind knowing key plot points in advance. So I finally made it through all of Boardwalk tonight and I'm thinking WTF. Didn't Paul say he dies of old age? I got back on here and read the post again, and I read it the same way you did. I'm thinking either Paul is losing his mind or the Twilight Zone broadcast him a different version of the show than what I just saw. But upon further consideration I get it. He was talking about Nucky Johnson, the real-life person Nucky Thompson was based on. And no, they didn't follow the history books. Here I thought I knew what was going to happen because I read the spoiler and I actually liked the ending even more since it was surprise.