{"id":579,"date":"2009-04-26T20:53:05","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T20:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/04\/26\/my-bedside-table\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:28","slug":"my-bedside-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/04\/26\/my-bedside-table\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bedside Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awakening, I nervously eyed the precarious stack of books on my bedside table. The pile, arranged all akimbo, teetered above my head. <\/p>\n

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A recent acquisition, Showcase Presents: Ambush Bug<\/span><\/a> proudly sat atop the stack. This b&amp;w collection features all of Ambush Bug’s hilarious appearances prior to the most recent mini-series Ambush Bug: Year None<\/span>. I had previously owned much of this book, but hadn’t read them in years. They are even funnier now than when they first appeared some 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

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Directly under the nearly 500 page trade paperback, the mass market of Laurie R. King’s third Mary Russell\/Sherlock Holmes novel A Letter of Mary<\/span><\/a> lead to much of the precarious nature of the stack. Like the first two novels, A Letter of Mary<\/span> intelligently and skillfully relates the adventures of the elderly Holmes and his young wife Russell. These novels are among some of the finest Holmes pastiches and come highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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Another recent acquisition, Chicken With Plums<\/span><\/a> is the latest from Persepolis<\/span><\/a> author Marjane Satrapi. Brandy read this and insists I read it. She called Chicken With Plums<\/span> "sad and beautiful." Brandy really "enjoyed the way she told the story." <\/p>\n

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Although I had previously read all of the stories in Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale<\/span><\/a>, I am reviewing select tales for a forthcoming hush-hush project. More details later…<\/p>\n

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Sitting under the Lansdale, Fantagraphic’s Blazing Combat<\/span><\/a> collects all four issues of the groundbreaking Warren comic. I discuss this volume (and a few others) in the upcoming May 1 Nexus Graphica<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Digging even deeper unearths Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold – The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1<\/span><\/a> These often strange Bob Haney-scripted self-contained tales make for some enjoyable bedtime reading.<\/p>\n

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At the base of the stack, A People’s History of Sports in the United States<\/span><\/a> is a compendium of Dave Zirin’s sportwritings. In an alternate vein similar to Howard Zinn’s classic study The People’s History of the United States<\/span><\/a>, Zirin examines US history though sports. Read about 1\/3 of the book, which offers some fascinating insights into American culture.<\/p>\n

\nAfter realizing the pile wasn’t going anywhere, I took the books down, re-stacked them, and started my day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Awakening, I nervously eyed the precarious stack of books on my bedside table. The pile, arranged all akimbo, teetered above my head. A recent acquisition, Showcase Presents: Ambush Bug proudly sat atop the stack. This b&amp;w collection features all of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n