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The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria

I've had this book on my shelves for many years. It is utter nonsense, of course, but fun nonsense.

06/11/2007

Clairvoyance and Occult Powers

This is an old book and the style is typical of its time, around the turn of the 20th century. And it is a very very good book, with lots of practical information and little psuedo-scientific gobbldygook that a lot of writers then and now insisted and insist on including. (If I see one more utter misinterpretation of quantum mechanics used to explain things that just don't explain well I will unleash an unaccustomed stream of obscenities.)

06/11/2007

The Moon Pool

He WAS getting paid by the word! All the pulp authors were, which is why you find that overblown language in a lot of work from his time.

I actually rather enjoy Merritt and The Moon Pool is a delightfully weird story set in an amazingly weird place. If I have only one criticism of his writing it is that he seems unwilling to write a happy ending. Obviously he read too much Victor Hugo in his misspent youth.

06/06/2007

The Secret Agent

This is a brilliant work, not only for its depiction of the anarchists and their awe-inspiring Professor, but also in the way the mind of the constabulary is disected.

06/05/2007

Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men

Sounds like good, Victorian nonsense, but we are still experimenting with this stuff, only we don't call it Mesmerism anymore. We call it remote influence.

06/05/2007

Utopia

A nice place to visit but you would not want to live there.

06/05/2007

Space Viking

Political philosophy well masked as a rollicking adventure story. Anyone who thinks that there is something sacred about democracy will get a healthy shock from this book.

06/03/2007

The Machine Stops

When I first read this story back in 1966 it was unpleasant, but just too damned weird to take seriously. Fast-forward 41 years and surprise--it's coming true! I have friends that I have never seen and I even give short lectures on youtube!

People talk by interphone and webcam.

It will make your hair stand on end, no question about it.

06/03/2007

FEATURED AUTHOR - Daniel is a history nerd with a passion for all things historical fiction. As an English and ESOL teacher, he spent a decade living in Italy, Japan, Poland and the UAE. He is now back in his native Yorkshire with his young family. Daniel loves writing about lesser-known places and times, which is why his debut series is focused on ancient Babylon. Away from writing, Daniel also proofreads, edits and beta reads novels. He is a trustee for a local charity and the chairman of a large union branch… Read more

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