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John Sunseri
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The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? by David Brin
Legacies by F. Paul Wilson
Portland, Oregon: A Photographic Portrait by Susan Frost
Valley of the Far Side by Gary Larson
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
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CollectionsYour library (3,330)
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TagsMystery (867), Thriller (589), Science Fiction (457), Horror (339), Literature (193), Collection (146), Fantasy (143), Humor (128), Anthology (106), Speculative Fiction (86) — see all tags
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Groups The Writers, 101 Reasons to Stop Writing, Cthulhu Mythos, Oregonians, The Weird Tradition, Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night, Weird Fiction, Writer's Brag and Rag Bag, Writer-readers
Favorite authorsClive Barker, David Brin, Michael Chabon, Michael Connelly, David Conyers, Tim Curran, Kevin L. Donihe, David James Duncan, Harlan Ellison, Frederick Forsyth, Dashiell Hammett, C.J. Henderson, Barry Hughart, Philip Kerr, Stephen King, H. P. Lovecraft, David Morrell, Peter O'Donnell, Robert B. Parker, Tim Powers, John Sandford, Dan Simmons, Martin Cruz Smith, Donald E. Westlake (Shared favorites)
About meI'm a full-time restaurant manager, a part-time writer of speculative fiction (just finished my first novel! Can't find an agent! May have to go to New York and kidnap one!), and married to the best wife on the planet - she lets me sit in front of the computer on my days off and write about werewolves and zombies and dragons and stuff.
I've been published all over the small press, and in several anthologies (which you can find on LibraryThing), and a collection of tales I co-wrote with a fellow named David Conyers just got picked up by a publisher for release next year, so I should be able to get one of those pretty yellow badges next to my name pretty soon. Looking forward to it...
A list of my ten favorite books? Why not? (though, of course, this is subject to frequent and spasmodic change)...
The Brothers K by David James Duncan
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Let's see...I've got selections from the worlds of mystery, thriller, horror, science fiction, epic poetry, great literature, humor...I can live with this list. At least until the next time I make one...
About my libraryI'm gradually cataloguing my library here as I recover it from my friend's basement - it takes a long time to move thousands of books!
Homepagehttp://www.freewebs.com/thespiralingworm/index.htm
Real nameJohn Sunseri
LocationPortland, OR
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posted by 666777 at 1:13 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2008
I am heading to the states for a week in September and I'm ordering a suitcasefull of books from Amazon.com to bring back to DK with me. Can you recommend anything by John Sunseri?
posted by kellyannekeenan at 12:45 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2008
I hope you and your wife enjoy our books with the children at the Montessori center. The books are currently being used as part of the literary non-fiction curriculum in the St. Paul School district here in Minnesota. We have a website where kids can go and play an easy interactive game playing hide and seek with our characters ( http://burburandfriends.com )
Thanks for passing them along and please feel free to let me know your thoughts after you have had a chance to see them.
Warmest Regards,
-Kakie
posted by farmershat at 11:19 pm (EST) on May 19, 2008
Justed wanted to let you know, I finally got around to ordering some new books, and The Spriraling Worm should be arriving at my doorstep in the next few days. I can't wait to read it!
Kami
posted by klarsenmd at 4:28 pm (EST) on Apr 18, 2008
Now back to try and get more things done....
posted by zette at 8:29 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2008
posted by zette at 10:13 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2008
Thanks!
zette
posted by zette at 5:17 am (EST) on Apr 12, 2008
posted by belleyang at 5:48 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2008
I'm glad you enjoyed "The Encounter." Thanks for visiting my web-page!
Dennis
posted by dgbryant at 9:10 am (EST) on Jan 14, 2008
I'm currently in the midst of 3 Uses of the Knife (David Mamet), The Elements of Style (Strunk/White, illus by Maira Kalman), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson), The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead), and On Writing (Stephen King). I really am reading them all, bit by bit. I do not recommend this technique, however.
And I have a whole stack of books to go.
posted by Xiguli at 2:13 am (EST) on Jan 10, 2008
posted by Xiguli at 2:43 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2008
But I'm very glad to run into you.
posted by Xiguli at 1:33 am (EST) on Dec 10, 2007
I have written in such a long time. I've got a little catching up to do! I really appreciate your visit. I'll take a look at your catalogue, today.
LheaJ
posted by LheaJLove at 8:11 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2007
posted by TheresaWilliams at 3:02 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2007
posted by TheresaWilliams at 11:45 pm (EST) on Oct 7, 2007
posted by KentonSem at 10:37 am (EST) on Aug 8, 2007
Kind regards
Caroline
(London)
posted by Caroline_McElwee at 8:29 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2007
posted by bradley_sands at 1:15 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007
I remember the A's in their glory days. Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, Reggie Jackson. And the weirdest owner imaginable, Charles O. Finley. Maybe that's before your time. Now they're a team with a good track record for developing young talent from within, rather than big free agent signings. Good for them. I HATE teams like the Yankees who try to buy a championship every year and even my beloved Red Sox have fallen into that trap. I say "beloved" but I don't really watch baseball nowadays. Again, i refer to a bygone era, the mid-70's, Fred Lynn, Cecil Cooper, Luis Tiant, "Spaceman" Bill Lee.
Enough of the nostalgia trip, eh?
Have a good one, laddie.
Cliff
posted by CliffBurns at 11:07 am (EST) on Jul 7, 2007
posted by Scaryguy at 7:43 am (EST) on May 26, 2007
The problem with self-righteous people is that they want to shove their ideas down your face without even understanding where your position is. I don't even think they can agree to disagree. I tell you what, let's do something easier than bark around that thread anymore. Why don't we learn Klingon?
posted by Scaryguy at 11:42 am (EST) on May 25, 2007
posted by Scaryguy at 6:12 am (EST) on May 22, 2007
Good luck with your book.
I was thinking of starting a thread about local authors on the Oregonians page. Some place where people like you, or other group members, could make announcements about readings, publications, other events, etc.
posted by ggchickapee at 8:52 pm (EST) on Mar 7, 2007
How's your year, so far?
Julie
posted by Eurydice at 12:29 am (EST) on Feb 1, 2007
It's funny. I'd just sat down - guilt-laden - to answer you and another few comments, when I got the new one! My apologies for the delay.
Many thanks, on both congratulations and on your offer. For now, I'm musing about all the (more major) changes that need to be made. But one of these days, I expect I'll take you up on it. It would be valuable to have a different view, and I appreciate it very much. Hope your own writing is going well...
I just got a copy of Bridge of Birds. Next up for fiction?
Hoping you both stay well and unstressed in the lead-up to the holidays,
Julie
posted by Eurydice at 7:49 pm (EST) on Dec 14, 2006
Thanks for taking a look at my books! This is a cool site and I really appreciate you hooking me up with it. I haven't bought a membership yet, but I will before the end of the year - 200 books just doesn't near cover it.
I will let you know when I get all of my books in (sometime in - hopefully - the near future) and we can compare notes!
Thanks again!
posted by bretjordan at 9:31 am (EST) on Nov 20, 2006
As far as Gun, with Occasional Music - I loved it. It knocks the socks off Motherless Brooklyn, as far as I'm concerned, despite his verbal virtuosity there. There were points where I felt the comparison of this or that to Tourette's AGAIN was forced. It didn't flow. And yet he's unquestionably very gifted and capable of originality. Gun has a very neo-Chandlerian feel and tone, and the homage is made deliberate in an epigraph by Chandler. It's fairly streamlined and fast and has a terrific dystopian setting - the kind it never hurts to see again. Given the recommendations of sci-fi-laced-mystery, I bet you'll love it, too.
Must read Lehane, one of these days...
Best wishes,
Julie
posted by Eurydice at 1:53 am (EST) on Nov 16, 2006
David
posted by DavidConyers at 8:34 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2006
Peanut
posted by localpeanut at 2:16 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2006
As I actually came across Fen first, it never occured to me to take him as a pale rip-off on Fell! But I suppose you're right. Much as I enjoy Crispin's books, there's often a greater depth of pleasure in Carr's; and Fell himself is more appealing. However, Crispin is daft enough I believe all good mystery readers should at least TRY his books. :) It's a quality that's much needed in the world.
As for Iles being Berkeley, and vice versa, I had completely forgotten! I did 'hear' it once, but it went in one (visual) ear, and out the other. (All the more reason to get The Poisoned Chocolates Case, she mutters to herself...) The other two were, of course, exactly what I had in mind.
My first foray into any blending of sci-fi and mystery is set to be Jonathan Lethem's Gun, with Occasional Music, as I've been waiting on the arrival of a copy, consigned to the mail. Afterward, however, I may give some of these others a try. It's tempting.
Best wishes on rounding up and cataloguing all your whiskey crates...
posted by Eurydice at 6:16 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2006
Or am I wrong? Does Gervase Fen offend?
I'm missing the Berkeley, still; but enjoyed Trent's Last Case very much, not least for being dedicated to Chesterton in return for The Man Who Was Thursday. I haven't looked, but speaking of subverting conventions, have you any Francis Iles?
posted by Eurydice at 10:51 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2006
posted by Eurydice at 10:33 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2006
You're most welcome! And congratulations!! Surely you qualify for the badge, then - unless I misremember its requirements?
As my own collection dwindles beside yours and others, I may have to steal new ideas from the carton-loads you add. Speaking of which, Emma Lathen is new to me. - You see how easily the limits of my knowledge are reached! ;) As she comes in one breath with Josephine Tey, it's clearly an omission I need to rectify. Any recommendation on where to start?
Hopefully the comments - personal and authorial - will begin to flow in.
Julie
posted by Eurydice at 10:27 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2006