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I am finishing up Perilous Time - Free Speech in Wartime - from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terror.
I had shared this from the book with the guys (& FC) during the con.
During WWI the US government encouraged civic organizations to ferret out "disloyalty". Among the groups were: The Knights of Liberty, The Boy Spies of America, The Sedition Slammers, and The Terrible Threateners. All of which strike me as names from the Golden Age of Comics.
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For anyone who enjoyed the Charlene Harris vampire books, you should also love the series by Kim Harrison.... Book One, 'Dead Witch Walking,' Book Two, 'The Good, the Bad and the Undead,' and now Book Three, 'Every Which Way But Dead.' The heroine, Rachel, is a very powerful witch in a world which has equal numbers of mundane humans and magickal folk. Rachel tracks down and deals with witches, vampires, demons, and were creatures who break the rules and kill humans. Interesting and entertaining, and would make a fun movie.
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I just got a copy of "Moominvalley in November" -- this was the last in the Moomin series of children's books by Finnish author Tove Jansson. I read all the other books in the series as a kid, but for some reason never got a hold of "November." By the time I thought to look for it, it was no longer available in the US.
They finally started reprinting it a few years ago -- and I finally found out about it recently -- and now I'll be able to say that I've read the entire series, at last.
My favorites are still "Comet in Moominland" and "Finn Family Moomintroll." The later ones were well-written and evocative, but melancholy and less fun...
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Moomins look a little like furry hippos that walk upright (seriously!). The author did all the illustrations for the books as well.
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Just finished "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman (very, very good). About to start " The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"; I know I'm late on that one but it's 600 pages.
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Tove Jansson also wrote some excellent adult fiction. "Summer Book" is a series of connected stories about the permanent residents of an island shared with summer vacation homes.
I've started Dan Simmons' Olympos, which is great, but I keep getting interrupted. There have been some fairly unmemorable books, but a recent highligh was Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, which Semi praised highly. It really was an exceptionally thought-provoking book - one that merits re-rereading.
One I'm eagerly awaiting from the library is Arthur and George by Julian Barnes. It's fiction, but based on a true story of Arthur Conan Doyle fighting the wrongful conviction of George (whose last name I've forgotten). I heard in a radio review of the book that it was this particular case which led to the establishment of the British Court of Appeals.
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Rereading Watership Downs.... Also about to read a book I found in the Library Im doing some temp work at for the Next 5 weeks..."The Rainbow boys"...and in a Catholic School Library no less. Nice to see theres resources for the Gay kids these days.
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