a voluminous book review Abandon Galaxy! by Bart Somers. 1967, cover artist not attributed but generally assigned to Jack Gaughan. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last wk.My notes on abandoning a pointless reality
Your inner life — that little spark of battered beauty
Fantastic book review. The Grayspace Beast by Gordon Eklund. 1976, cover art by Emanuel Schongut. #booksky One day, I'll figure out how Daniel sneaks into my sci-fi library every week or so, no issues, just curious! 👀 🤪📖
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 2w agoThe vibes and confusion will not stop the fog machine in your head
The vibes and confusion will not stop the fog machine in your head
This book review fails to mention the thing that must be attended to first. The Unreasoning Mask by Philip Jose Farmer. 1981 first edition, cover art by Artifact. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 2w agoReality may happen still
Long naps will do that. A refreshingly accurate book review! Three Thousand Years by Thomas Calvert McClary. 1954 first edition, cover art by John T. Brooks. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 2w agoSo, I feel broken and relaxed
True that, tangled up indeed. The Green Girl by Jack Williamson. 1950, cover art generally attributed to Raymond Johnson.
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 3w agoThe wild tangle of the earth outside your tangled mind
The wild tangle of the earth outside your tangled mind
This book review hints at the difficulty of just getting away from it all. Return of the Living Dead by John Russo. 1985, MTI, cover art not attributed. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 3w agoThere’s a feeling trying to leave this world
This book review struggles to remember details "of a fantastic meeting with an alien space ship." I'm not judging, I struggle too. A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer. 1963, cover art by Richard Powers. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 3w agoSo, again, whack memories wind your mind — a name feels like a body
So, again, whack memories wind your mind — a name feels like a body
This book review hints at the issue, faulty wiring no doubt. Plan for Conquest by A.A. Glynn. 1969, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the edge of your private world appears a police robot
On the edge of your private world appears a police robot
"composed?" compelled might be a better word Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. 1977, cover art by Franco Accornero. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · 4w agoWe are briefly composed to yearn a little
Even if we hear it, would we understand it? The Listeners by James Gunn. 1972, jacket design by Jerry Thorpe. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last mo.This brief somewhere in some way beyond
In this book review, "bumps" becomes the operative word, fun ahead for sure! Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin. 1957, cover and interior illustrations by Ezra Jack Keats. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last mo.The untenable bumps against the structure of the real
The untenable bumps against the structure of the real
“…staff were given an online meeting with the deputy pro-vice-chancellor on Thursday morning but were not allowed to ask questions” We need to start making new universities in cafés, living-rooms, parks, benches outside bookshops, as seed banks of how to teach & learn. Nothing ever stays the same.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.'Classicist says university job cuts are "ideological" attack' (The Times), by Ed Halford, Marieta Marinova and @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social
I haven't read the book yet, but I'm gonna take Daniel's word for it in his surgical recap book review. 98.4 by Christopher Hodder-Williams. 1969, 1st Ed, jacket designed by David Stanfield. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last mo.Here to explain everyone’s tender heart
this book review provides an alternative response to Captchas asking us to select the pics with ducks A Field Guide to Reality by Joanna Kavenna. 2016, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last mo.Reality is just something else happening.
Translated, this book review stresses the importance of looking in the right place(s). WITH FOLDED HANDS ÅND SEARCHING MIND By Jack Williamson. 2010, cover art by Hubert Rogers. #booksky
Daniel Sturniolo@dansturn.bsky.social · last mo.This searching of spaces and of mind — ongoing without answers
