Glenn Fleishman @glennf@twit.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Far Cry from Kensington
Muriel SparkGlenn Fleishman @glennf@twit.social@beyerstein He wrote a whole column about using the zero-science snake-oil radionics machine that is parodied as far back as Muriel Spark’s A Far Cry from Kensington.
Paperback, 2014
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sandman: Overture 30th Anniversary Edition
Neil GaimanGlenn Fleishman @glennf@twit.socialWeirdly, I had never heard of Švankmajer until last night, watching this Neil Gaiman interview, in which he says Roger Avery was fired from a Sandman movie project for showing Warner Bros brass a Švankmajer film as an example of animation he wanted. https://t.co/cD9sV8qY3N https://t.co/x4Mc71tnIq
Paperback, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni
Helene WeckerGlenn Fleishman @glennf@twit.socialMy conversation with @helenewecker about her new book The Hidden Palace (2nd of…yes, almost certainly THREE books in the Golem & Jinni series!) from last night is up https://youtu.be/bYRLgvZOmuY Support your indie bookstore & order from our host @Copperfields https://www.copperfieldsbooks.com
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
Keith HoustonGlenn Fleishman @glennf@twit.socialCitation: my friend Keith Houston’s excellent work The Book, which I recommend highly. Pages 300–301 of the American hardcover edition. https://t.co/AmekQCDy01 https://t.co/9XmGNckDws
Paperback, 2025
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book