"If a bomb fell on your house and obliterated it. If a few minutes later another bomb fell that rebuilt it. Then you would probably end up standing there for a minute, reflecting on the incomprehensible nature of existence." - The Hermetic Library Blog
If a bomb fell on your house and obliterated it. If a few minutes later another bomb fell that rebuilt it. Then you would probably end up standing there for a minute, reflecting on the incomprehensible nature of existence. John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Old Dreams Die: Stories [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] Consider […]
"But this isn’t about doing the right thing or being good. This is about revenge and nothing else. And a little entertainment too. It’s not intended to be anything beautiful." - The Hermetic Library Blog
But this isn’t about doing the right thing or being good. This is about revenge and nothing else. And a little entertainment too. It’s not intended to be anything beautiful. John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Old Dreams Die: Stories [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “This war is as ancient as the world; the […]
In a Lonely Place - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews In a Lonely Place [Amazon, Abebooks (1st edition PB, intro Peter Straub), Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Karl Edward Wagner, introduction Ramsey Campbell This 2023 edition of the 1983 collection of Karl Edward Wagner’s short horror fiction comes with a brief new introduction by Ramsey Campbell, which references certain […]
The State of the Art - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The State of the Art [Amazon, Abebooks, Publisher, Local Library] by Iain M Banks, book 4 in The Culture series. (n.b. there is a new paperback edition, due April 2024 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]). The jacket copy boasts that The State of the Art is “the only collection […]
John Griogair Bell
