Revival - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Revival [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Stephen King Stephen King’s 2014 novel Revival is in no way a “stretch” for the author, and was remarked as a “return to horror” after other sorts of writing projects. Its settings are King’s familiar Maine, Colorado, Maine again. Its first-person […]
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Catherynne M Valente, illo Ana Juan, book 1 of the Fairyland series I picked this book up from the public library on the strength of a review read … on LibraryThing. I […]
Song of Carcosa - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Song of Carcosa [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Josh Reynolds, cover Daniel Strange Song of Carcosa is Josh Reynolds’ third book about the highbrow thief and occult adventuress Alessandra Zorzi in the interwar period. But it it is not just a sequel to the other two books. […]
Red Equinox - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Red Equinox [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Douglas Wynne, book 1 of The SPECTRA Files series Red Equinox is an action novel rooted in Lovecraftian chiliasm. It has substance, pacing, structure, and character complexity comparable to one of Charles Stross’ Laundry novels, but it is both less funny and less scary. […]
“I’ll tell you one thing. All of you. As far as I’m concerned, you’re here to make the world a smarter, shinier, braver place. If you start making the world a dumb, frightened place, I will end your contract and burn you up like a fucking marshmallow, body and soul both. So watch your ass, you hear me?”
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"I’ll tell you one thing. All of you. As far as I’m concerned, you’re here to make the world a smarter, shinier, braver place. If you start making the world a dumb, frightened place, I will end your contract and burn you up like a fucking marshmallow, body and soul both. So watch your ass, you hear me?" - The Hermetic Library Blog
I’ll tell you one thing. All of you. As far as I’m concerned, you’re here to make the world a smarter, shinier, braver place. If you start making the world a dumb, frightened place, I will end your contract and burn you up like a fucking marshmallow, body and soul both. So watch your ass, […]
John Griogair Bell
