tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post8274709009012850571..comments2023-10-15T23:55:58.457+08:00Comments on THE GRIN WITHOUT A CAT: banzai cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-72034430676287163712008-09-22T16:56:00.000+08:002008-09-22T16:56:00.000+08:00Eh? What was it? And yes, the Malleficarum was gon...Eh? What was it? <BR/><BR/>And yes, the Malleficarum was gone and I suppose was the Necronomicon. Mind, the latter wasn't written by HPL but supposedly by the Mad Arab.banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-2455353627802331512008-09-12T12:09:00.000+08:002008-09-12T12:09:00.000+08:00dunno haven't read it yet. the last book I read wa...dunno haven't read it yet. the last book I read was, uh, something embarassing.<BR/><BR/>btw, am interested in that coopy of malleus maleficarum. pero baka wala na yan. haha. <BR/><BR/>and speaking of necronomicon, I recently bought the TPB commemorative edition. Man, its huge! And it has all the essential HPL stories. Its a bit hard to read tho. It has awesome illustrations by Les Edwards.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658214781453971174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-44919493645747065432008-09-11T13:56:00.000+08:002008-09-11T13:56:00.000+08:00andrew: Haha good to hear. Though I sympathize wit...andrew: Haha good to hear. Though I sympathize with the slower pace of reading material. Ah, those were the days when we could breeze through x number of books a year. No wonder we get picky-grouchy when we get older. <BR/><BR/>WRT Crowley, I still haven't started with any of his books though I kinda feel my appreciation of his works will grow exponentially more as I grow older. So yes, I'm banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-12473015370275224122008-09-09T18:27:00.000+08:002008-09-09T18:27:00.000+08:00@sir andrew- haha. yes. Buy-the-Book! Well i saw s...@sir andrew- haha. yes. Buy-the-Book! Well i saw some rather interesting titles and I bought a HC of Three Days to Never and a TPB of The Carpet Makers. I also saw a TPB of Iron Council. <BR/><BR/>Didn't have much time to look around tho.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Wolfe, I saw a HC of Soldier of Sidon at NBS Cubao marked half off.<BR/><BR/>:DDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658214781453971174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-12011513829666778102008-09-09T16:37:00.000+08:002008-09-09T16:37:00.000+08:00Life is great, BC, if rather hectic. (No more 4 to...Life is great, BC, if rather hectic. (No more 4 to 6 novels read in a month for me, as I barely finish two!) <BR/><BR/>Funny how you mention Crowley and Wolfe: <BR/><BR/>My wife just bought me <I>Novelties and Souvenirs</I>; despite how many comments are made about Crowley being a better novelist, it was his short story "Snow" that I read ages ago, nearly moving me to tears, so I'm glad to have Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230929139934305168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-56707740055211386992008-09-08T16:36:00.000+08:002008-09-08T16:36:00.000+08:00Garr. Another bookshop to hunt down...Garr. Another bookshop to hunt down...banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-24531216268414194562008-09-05T13:32:00.000+08:002008-09-05T13:32:00.000+08:00Eh hinda ata. It has a catchy name eh pero i forgo...Eh hinda ata. It has a catchy name eh pero i forgot.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658214781453971174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-68007086885640965612008-09-05T10:33:00.000+08:002008-09-05T10:33:00.000+08:00Really? It's not Chapters & Pages?Really? It's not Chapters & Pages?banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-39707072717034697962008-09-05T09:40:00.000+08:002008-09-05T09:40:00.000+08:00there's a new second hand book shop at SM Manila. ...there's a new second hand book shop at SM Manila. I forgot the name though. And I think they're not exactly 'new'.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658214781453971174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-34495280740743405042008-09-05T07:55:00.000+08:002008-09-05T07:55:00.000+08:00hey andrew, good to see you online man. How's life...hey andrew, good to see you online man. How's life? :-)<BR/><BR/>actually, i have a number of books that's in the same category as peake, i.e. crowley's little, big, gene wolfe's urth. it's just that the peake is the oldest of the lot. time is also a big factor here in that i want to be doing absolutely NOTHING when i dive into it.<BR/><BR/>i agree with your assessment of overlook: like with the banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-83097445150119489392008-09-04T06:35:00.000+08:002008-09-04T06:35:00.000+08:00You and I have pretty much the same exact experien...You and I have pretty much the same exact experience with regard to the Overlook edition of Peake's trilogy. It's one of my "someday...someday..." books, too.<BR/><BR/>Another reason that Overlook Press interests me is how they've taken to publishing the fiction of Charles McCarry and Robert Littell, not just releasing new titles by these two American spy fiction writers but reissuing pretty muchAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230929139934305168noreply@blogger.com