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Yesterday we went to the Fantastic Pulps Show and Sale, which has returned after however-many years. Spent more than I really should have, given that I always need to take Andrew home by taxi (I can pre-book a ride to get us there by TTC Wheel-Trans, but we’ve mostly given up on trying to return the same way because we never know how long we’re going to be at an event).
My finds, however, include Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon, an author I’ve long heard about; and a couple of postcards with images of old movie posters, upon one of which somebody had begun a letter:
Dear Katya, Well Here I am writing to you again. It’s 2:30 A. M. on Wednesday July 2 ‘91 — You’re probably long asleep (as I should be if I had the barest idea of what was best for me) — I’m lying on my bed writing
and there it breaks off. I find myself wondering who Katya was, and who the writer was, and why they never finished. Something about their phrasing feels older than 1991, even if that was already twenty-eight years ago— but then, I think I can recall having friends (Angus) who wrote like that at the time. Image on the postcard is a poster for Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951), directed by Ida Lupino.
Also finally read one of C. J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake mysteries— this was an ebook I got from the library— there were holes on the first of the series (Dissolution) so I skipped to a later entry, Revelation. Sectarian conflict is a major theme, along with (spoiler) the protagonist and his Tudor contemporaries trying to even get their heads around the concept of a serial killer who acts out of obsession rather than some more understandable motive— lots of debate between characters about whether this is madness or demonic possession.
I’m not always into mystery series where there’s an ongoing story arc about the characters’ personal lives, but in this case everyone’s interesting enough that yeah, I do want Matthew’s clerk Barak to eventually get back together with his wife Tamasin and for Matthew to find love, etc. Looking forward to reading others in the series.
My finds, however, include Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon, an author I’ve long heard about; and a couple of postcards with images of old movie posters, upon one of which somebody had begun a letter:
Dear Katya, Well Here I am writing to you again. It’s 2:30 A. M. on Wednesday July 2 ‘91 — You’re probably long asleep (as I should be if I had the barest idea of what was best for me) — I’m lying on my bed writing
and there it breaks off. I find myself wondering who Katya was, and who the writer was, and why they never finished. Something about their phrasing feels older than 1991, even if that was already twenty-eight years ago— but then, I think I can recall having friends (Angus) who wrote like that at the time. Image on the postcard is a poster for Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951), directed by Ida Lupino.
Also finally read one of C. J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake mysteries— this was an ebook I got from the library— there were holes on the first of the series (Dissolution) so I skipped to a later entry, Revelation. Sectarian conflict is a major theme, along with (spoiler) the protagonist and his Tudor contemporaries trying to even get their heads around the concept of a serial killer who acts out of obsession rather than some more understandable motive— lots of debate between characters about whether this is madness or demonic possession.
I’m not always into mystery series where there’s an ongoing story arc about the characters’ personal lives, but in this case everyone’s interesting enough that yeah, I do want Matthew’s clerk Barak to eventually get back together with his wife Tamasin and for Matthew to find love, etc. Looking forward to reading others in the series.
