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Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
Ignatius DonnellyPearlRiverFlowThe idea that there would be one on Mount Shasta comes from a book called “A Dweller on Two Planets,” which took the Ascended Masters idea of Theosophy and Occult lodges, and added a touch of Ignatius Donnelly’s Atlantis.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. ThompsonPearlRiverFlowusing my psychic time machine to stop Hunter S Thompson from fabricating all the adrenochrome nonsense whole cloth for a joke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, to be fair he had no idea it'd become a movie watched by the "TV is real" brickwits.
Paperback, 1998
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Rocket to the Morgue
Anthony BoucherPearlRiverFlowI've always wondered if Parsons and Hubbard were any inspiration for some of Heinlein's characters. I know the three were all spoofed to some degree in Anthony Boucher's "Rocket to the Morgue."
Paperback, 2019
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My Dog Skip
Willie MorrisPearlRiverFlow@mistressofcrass Anytime. I'm a sucker for Willie Morris stuff. I read "My Dog Skip" and "Good Ole Boy" a dozen times as a kid probably. I used to write him when I was like 10, 12. Sometimes he'd write back.
Paperback, 1996
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Fargo: This Is a True Story
Noah HawleyPearlRiverFlowNoah Hawley has a crazy TV showrunner run, started with 3 seasons of Bones, got tapped for Fargo, then did Legion while Fargo was running, and next up is apparently an Aliens TV show on FX.
Hardcover, 2019
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Time to Kill
John GrishamPearlRiverFlow@VideoDistortion Time to Kill is Schumacher doing a John Grisham book with Sam Jackson, Sandra Bullock, and Matt McConaughey sweating and throwing insane accents around. I was a kid when they were filming, I'm supposedly an extra, IDK, dont' think they used the shot.
Hardcover, 1992
$16.76$8.38 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
Ignatius DonnellyPearlRiverFlowThe idea that there would be one on Mount Shasta comes from a book called “A Dweller on Two Planets,” which took the Ascended Masters idea of Theosophy and Occult lodges, and added a touch of Ignatius Donnelly’s Atlantis.
Paperback, 2024
$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller
Neal StephensonPearlRiverFlowNeal Stephenson's Zodiac has a scene that stuck with me more than most of his later books. Sangamon Taylor, the protagonist, explains how he doesn't want hardware store employees to help him, because his needs are strange, he needs to wander around until the answer comes to him.
Paperback, 2007
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