tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1179221196703488038..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Idiots With BadgesRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84752064415657162742008-08-24T15:10:00.000-04:002008-08-24T15:10:00.000-04:00One of the few good reasons for a cell-phone camer...One of the few good reasons for a cell-phone cameraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-71967159667310317442008-08-24T03:08:00.000-04:002008-08-24T03:08:00.000-04:00"Small dark place" is where I spend a lot of my wo..."Small dark place" is where I spend a lot of my work day, John!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-16979372453328035152008-08-24T00:12:00.000-04:002008-08-24T00:12:00.000-04:00I have a small list of spy cam suppliers.......But...I have a small list of spy cam suppliers.......<BR/>But I'd hate to see you in a small dark place for feloniously exercising your constitutional rights....John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875185117306503147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8175516128721975802008-08-23T20:36:00.000-04:002008-08-23T20:36:00.000-04:00Lovecraft, impenetrable? ...I was prolly exposed ...Lovecraft, impenetrable? ...I was prolly exposed to the radiations at too early an age. But, yes, it is, and a very Lord Dunsany-ian sort of story it is, if that helps?<BR/><BR/> I have <I>Shadows Over Baker Street,</I> about half done; I was reading it when the House Deal hit, which means odds favor it being in either "books from the couch" or "Books To Be Read" boxes.<BR/><BR/> Anyway, the thing irks me in principle; it's like the Naval Air Station* at "Area 51:" as long as terrestrial observers could train a lens on it, they could expose film to that light. Uncle Sam must have agreed, too, or he wouldn't have moved back the fences. If they don't want it photographed, they can shut the gates.<BR/><BR/> Anyway, The HPL stone is a centotaph, if I understand what I read. At least it looks like nobody is chipping away at it, they way they've done James Dean's monument.<BR/>______________________<BR/>* Why else d'ye think the USAF can deny it so happily? :)Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-68305529772554128552008-08-23T20:27:00.000-04:002008-08-23T20:27:00.000-04:00Stingray informs me the title you mentioned is a L...Stingray informs me the title you mentioned is a Lovecraft story- he's the Lovecraft fan in the house, I've always found him impenetrable.<BR/><BR/>However, as one of the Kiernan stories we have is in "Shadows Over Baker Street" (yes, that's right, an anthology purely for Sherlock Holmes/Lovecraft crossover pastiches- it's worth it just for Neil Gaiman's contribution), and the other story is in a similar, though more traditionally fantastic vein, I'd probably say "yes".LabRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244213491162693858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-44318402617079229492008-08-23T18:08:00.000-04:002008-08-23T18:08:00.000-04:00Awww, Turk, you're so romantic! I would have l...Awww, Turk, you're so <I>romantic!</I><BR/><BR/> I would have linked up this article more, had I time (and I may yet).<BR/><BR/> Labrat: as in "Dream-quest of Unknown Kadath" dark fantasy? <BR/><BR/> I read <I>Weird Tales</I> when I can find it, so this may be someone I've read but not noted.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-48549688221162554702008-08-23T17:06:00.000-04:002008-08-23T17:06:00.000-04:00The frog?Just another one of those "hideous reptil...The frog?<BR/><BR/>Just another one of those "hideous reptilian abnormalities, sprouting, bubbling and baking over a winking bluish-green spectre of dim flame in a far corner of black shadows."Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-77192355140949472122008-08-23T17:02:00.000-04:002008-08-23T17:02:00.000-04:00We have a couple of Kiernan's short stories in som...We have a couple of Kiernan's short stories in some of our anthology collections, and they're decent. She's definitely more of a dark fantasy writer than a horror writer; both stories of hers we read were good, but not particularly memorable.<BR/><BR/>I'd be up for investigating whether she's better in the long format, though.LabRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244213491162693858noreply@blogger.com