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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Not really insane but I would always get a sensible chuckle whenever a book with a dreamy Dean Koontz on the back would get returned He looked better when he was writing pervert science fiction, imo 
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I remember loving Bruce Coville's books, but also feeling cheated as I finished one (Maybe in the "Aliens Ate my Homework" series?) because it ended on a solid, hook-filled cliffhanger, and I knew both that I was already a year or two too old for those books and that the sequel probably wouldn't hit until I was another grade up, fully beyond that kind of kid stuff. (I'd be ordering off of the MIDDLE SCHOOL Scholastic order forms by then!)
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Apr 2, 2023 21:09
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distortion park posted:I enjoyed this author pic a lot because it's so incredibly french lmao hell yeah
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Apr 2, 2023 21:34
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I remember this scholastic book about a nuke going off in a small suburban town and how low key and grounded it was, then the sequel book’s cover had the main character hanging off of a rope ladder from a helicopter while skyscrapers smoldered in the background.
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ruddiger posted:I remember this scholastic book about a nuke going off in a small suburban town and how low key and grounded it was, then the sequel book’s cover had the main character hanging off of a rope ladder from a helicopter while skyscrapers smoldered in the background. I remember that too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Bomb_(novel)
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:I remember that too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Bomb_(novel) quote:During the story Philip develops an attitude of "Me and mine first", with him being portrayed as switching the tag of an evacuee with his mother's so that his mother would be evacuated to another state for treatment. Perfect Reagan-era storytelling for young adults. ("The book was written with the objective of turning young people into anti-nuclear weapons activists" uh-huh, sure.) Here's that sequel cover and sure enough: 
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Apr 3, 2023 14:14
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:Paperbacks From Hell is great for this, might as well showcase the classic of that. lol lmao
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Apr 3, 2023 14:53
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I didn't notice the author for CRABS: THE HUMAN SACRIFICE was "Guy N. Smith" until like the fourth or fifth time I was marveling at it. The perfect level of effort for a pen name on that work.
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Apr 3, 2023 15:13
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I went to a wedding the wife's family held at their extremely grim science fiction bookstore and my clearest recollection of that night was Hitler here watching over the proceedings
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Apr 3, 2023 15:50
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smdh at picking that Turtledove cover with so many other good ones
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Apr 3, 2023 18:24
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Lucky for you I sincerely love poo poo that loving sucks.
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Apr 3, 2023 18:29
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JethroMcB posted:Perfect Reagan-era storytelling for young adults. ("The book was written with the objective of turning young people into anti-nuclear weapons activists" uh-huh, sure.) Hell yeah, glad to know my memory isn't completely poo poo.
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LOL i was scared of the monster on this hardy boys book when I got it from the library
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Lol that this is a follow up to something else. Is "this guy has a bunch of dogs" a compelling hook if you've read the first book? We may never know. Came here to post this: 
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Lol that this is a follow up to something else. Is "this guy has a bunch of dogs" a compelling hook if you've read the first book? We may never know. Kirkus Reviews posted:Following an invasion by the vicious, barbaric, nonhuman Eika and their terrible dogs, King Henry makes plans to recapture the city of Gent--where his immortal bastard son Sanglant, the prince of dogs, is being kept chained and humiliated by the Eika warlord Bloodheart. Elsewhere, young King's Eagle Liath, pursued by her nemesis, Hugh, strives to rediscover her past and master the magic within her. Alain, Count Lavastine's adopted heir, desires only peace but can't disregard his oath to the Lady of Battles. And Fifth Brother, Bloodheart's least-favored son, is developing his own agenda for dealing with both his father and the humans. So to answer your question,  I think I know less about the book than I did when I just had the cover blurb.
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BrownPepper posted:LOL i was scared of the monster on this hardy boys book when I got it from the library That's a lot better art than the Casefiles. Also, it was quite confusing to imagine how those two series fit into each other. I know that cover was the series that continued the run from the '40s-50s whatever and was in the same vein as opposed to the 'we're busting out of Greece with machine guns with our teenage friends versus assassins and other dangerous baddies' and the like. Hardy Boys were messed up, man.
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favorite one i own. this is what scifi was all about in 1964
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Apr 3, 2023 22:11
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The crease/wear mark almost makes it look like he's smoking two cigs at once
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:I went to a wedding the wife's family held at their extremely grim science fiction bookstore and my clearest recollection of that night was Hitler here watching over the proceedings Turtledove's first alternate history was inspired by either a painting of Bobby Lee the slaver general holding an AK, or came from the sight of a similarly anachronistic painting involving medieval technology, as I recall.
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buffalo all day posted:smdh at picking that Turtledove cover with so many other good ones I'd never thought to actually look, and now I'm rediscovering the feeling of being a kid picking up a rock and watching a million cool gross bugs scuttle out from under it
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:Paperbacks From Hell is great for this, might as well showcase the classic of that. love that site, here's another great one:  the story is just as insane as its packaging: http://toomuchhorrorfiction.blogspot.com/2019/01/eat-them-alive-by-pierce-nace-1977.html
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I was actually going to request that one lol. it’s so cool how the guy has to get revenge ‘cause his nuts got eaten off or whatever
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What if the paperback cover was fine, but they made the ebook cover insane? mass market paperback (1993):  kindle edition (2015): 
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astral posted:What if the paperback cover was fine, but they made the ebook cover insane? lmao
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Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:I was actually going to request that one lol. it’s so cool how the guy has to get revenge ‘cause his nuts got eaten off or whatever i would be loving heated if that happened to me
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astral posted:What if the paperback cover was fine, but they made the ebook cover insane? lmao
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astral posted:What if the paperback cover was fine, but they made the ebook cover insane? Spike and Mike's Twisted Book Festival!
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astral posted:What if the paperback cover was fine, but they made the ebook cover insane? lol
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Albert Einstein and the Clip Art Gfs… In Space !
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JethroMcB posted:So to answer your question, It’s a pretty good series! Basically he’s a prince who is chained to a bunch of dogs.
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:
that dinosaur's saying don't look at me dude, i'm outta here
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