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This clever 1st person POV book review points the way forward, or backward. Time & Again by Clifford D. Simak. 1951, cover art by John Schoenherr. #booksky

Man wearing bubble helmet, spaceship behind him

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How close can I get to the present moment?

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reality is not a substitute for the world

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whoa, how about the small print in this book review though! Scourge of the Atom by Volsted Gridban. 1953, cover art by Ron Turner. #booksky

Small space ship in the palm of a hand, video watch on arm, red and blue globes around

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is there experience too small for the world?

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You'd be hard pressed to find a more exacting and haunting book review. The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt. 1945, cover art by Paul Stahr. #booksky

Man awakening, clinging to his bed sheets, 2 winged bat creatures (white and black) behind him

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After the dream of the almost sunk

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This book review suggests there may be consequences for too much anesthesia and unanticipated risks to each and every surgery. Space Doctor by Lee Correy. 1981, cover art by Rick Sternbach. #booksky

Hospital space ship (Red Cross symbols) with satellite structures behind

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A word of regret for the end of feelings

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No misdirection or clever innuendo detected in this pithy book review. The Impossibles by Mack Phillips. 1963, cover art by John Schoenherr. #booksky

Two men facing each other, one of the becoming transparent in the chest, red slashes across the background

CRIME WAVE 1972
the strange powers of the minds of tomorrow
THE IMPOSSIBIES
a science-fiction novel by
MARK PHILLIPS
author of BRAIN TWISTER

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I found an eBay store whose deal seems to be "a head shop closed in 1974 and we were able to buy out the inventory fifty years later" www.ebay.com/str/boutiqec...

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Security Measure | eBay

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A book review in the form of a rather insightful question? Brilliant. It's All in Your Mind by Robert Bloch. 1971, cover art by Lou Marchetti. #booksky

Woman in yellow in a nighttime graveyard with a wide-eyed gents head behind her

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This book review anticipates the ending. The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun. 1961, cover art by John Schoenherr. #booksky

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s possible everything unfinished will be pieced together

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A beautiful 1st person POV book review. The beast lives in all of us? The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak. 1967, cover art by Richard G. Powers. #booksky

human head apparently in two phases of existence

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L'Oie de Cravan @oiedecravan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Raincoats, Covilhã, Portugal. 1995. One the best shows I've seen. I had totally forgotten I had this poster. Découverte sous le lit! Une affiche que j'avais oubliée d'un des meilleurs spectacle que j'aie vu.

Affiche de The Raincoats. Portugal 1995.

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This someone loops through this impossible space that is me

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Worn by an individual, so definitely an encumbrance. This book review remains impervious to criticism (and external weapons). Shield by Poul Anderson. 1963, cover art by Richard Powers. #booksky

Individual standing inside a protective force field

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Toward the end there’s the encumbrance of the bewildered

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This book review is in desperate need of the coffee. ☕️ Breakfast in the Ruins by Michael Moorcock. 1980, cover art by Stanislaw Fernandes. #booksky

Gents head framed in a clock face, holding a cup of coffee wearing white gloves

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m here in the ruins of the halfway expressed

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Right to read!! My advice, read banned books, read good books, go to hell in a hand basket while reading bad books. Read whatever you want! A Sense of Wonder edited by Sam Moskowitz . 1967, 1st UK, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

Omnibus edition, tall weeds with blue spheres across horizon:

JOHN Exiles on Asperus
WYNDHAM
MURRAY The Mole Pirate
LEINSTER
JACK The Moon Era WILLIAMSON

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This book review is a gut-punch of foreshadowing (in a good way). Watchers of the Dark by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. 1966, BCE, cover art by Emanuel Schongut. #booksky

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Suggesting credits for life experiences, a right clever book review! The School of Darkness by Manly Wade Wellman. 1985, jacket by Margo Herr. #booksky

Man's eyes, framed by columns, underneath a 3 story school building

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When the book review provides an introspective POV. Squares of the City by John Brunner. 1970, cover art by Steele Savage. #booksky

People standing in chessboard-like squares, large city looming behind them

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A dream of square one a body everywhere in the world always

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

and then, an epiphany - the wheel turns a different perspective evolves, a new way of considering the world at large

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POSITIVE THINKER,
Owned and Published by
THE NEW YORK LIBERAL PUBLISHING
COMPANY,
Science Hall Building, 141 Eighth Street, near
Broadway, New York.
G. L. HENDERSON and H. B. Brown, Editors.

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Chase of Life futile attempts most of the time and evident disgust

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

All experience is a lost hieroglyphic

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This book review contemplates possible "causes." Mindfogger by Michael Rogers. 1973, cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. #booksky

Disembodied head, eyes closed, strange factory scene across forehead

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Your thoughts break against the lexicon of the MC5

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This book review hints that we may never understand them (we generally don't even understand our own). The Robot Brains by Sydney J. Bounds. 1969, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A biopic of the world as a structure for the mind

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This book review is full of momentum. The Man With Absolute Motion by Silas Water. 1955, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

Elongated machine flying over molten lava

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There is a motion in everything you do not still feel

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A book review featuring "the escaped essence," spilling out all over the place! Amazing Science Stories No.1, 1951.

Woman in red, 2 other individuals spraying something, spaceship above.

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A dead- end street and the ever-present elsewhere spilling out

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This book review invites your participation. Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire. 1958, cover art by Jeff Hill.

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Croon your demand before the Libertine Altar

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This book review leaves open the possibility of redemption. Behind the Door by Frank Lambirth. 1988, book has die-cut front cover with a tip-in sheet by Lisa Falkenstern. #booksky