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	Inaction Figure Issue #1: A Prose Comic Book (A Saga of Sloth and Quirky Superhero Fantasy) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Nights in the Dark: A Collection of Contemporary Film Reviews and Essays 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Amicus - The Studio That Made Us Scream and Scream Again

by Thomas Baxter

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Horror in Haddonfield: Halloween’s Untold Stories

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Joe Barlow rated a book really liked it Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Joe Barlow rated a book really liked it Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fascinating account of the wildest period in Hollywood history that’s marred by the most abrupt ending imaginable. It’s as if Peter Biskind’s editor called and said “We need the manuscript. Finish the sentence you’re on and send it over.” It really ...more
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Fantastic analysis of Christopher Nolan’s films, interspersed with extensive interviews of the man himself. The book’s only flaw is that it only goes up to Tenet, so don’t expect any insights on Oppenheimer or The Odyssey. I couldn’t put it down, and ...more
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“If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.”
― Lawrence Block, Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print

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“It was bitingly cold up here, and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“A treat indeed, to read Raymond Chandler for the first time. I almost envied the man,”
― Lawrence Block, The Crime of Our Lives

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