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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 13h

It's October! I hope you all enjoy this month as much as I usually do.

[Hand holding up a metal orange travel mug with a black jack-o-lantern face, in an autumn graveyard]

SPOOKY PUMPKIN: T-shirts, hoodies, and other goodies for a frightening October | Available at SpookyPumpk.in (link in bio)

Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! It looks like we're going to get some pretty stormy weather here in the Northeast this weekend. Perfect time to curl up with some stormy paperbacks. Be loud. Keep trying. Batten down the hatches. #foundbooks

A Doctor for Barbara — by Margaret Howe | The challenges of love and sacrifice face Barbara Benson in the dramatic world of a modern big-city hospital | AVON | 35¢ | T-537 [illustration of a standing dark-haired woman in a reddish dress with her hand resting affectionately on the shoulder of a grumpy seated male doctor in a white coat with stethoscope. Behind them are a microscrope, clipboard, charts and various other medical equipment. | Illustrator unknown | mass-market paperback front cover]

Intrigue in Paris (Original title: Storm over Paris) — by Sterling Noel | "Reads like a Spillane chiller" —The Colorado Free Press | "Mayhem and murder... international intrigue and luxurious ddecadence mixed with romance." —Library Journal | AVON | 35¢ | T-477 [red cover with mostly-white title type and yellow byline with photograph of woman's head and shoulders, head angled to her right, but looking at the camera, with a strong light from her left, highlighting her wavy blonde hair and casting her face in shadow | photographer unknown | mass-market paperback front cover]

Love or Kill Them All — A fast suspense novel of violence, doublecrossing and sensuality, by Nicky Weaver | ADULT READING | the new private-eye | Cozy up with Kozy Books | An Original Kozy Book | A Kozy Detective K book | K188 | 60¢ [illustration of a dark-haired woman in thigh-high stockings, ripped red skirt and blouse, holding an ice pick while looking behind her at the blonde man with rosy cheeks in dark suit, tearing off her blouse, revealing her black bra. The man stands behind a bar, shelves of liquor bottles behind him, while the woman is in front of the bar, her barstool having fallen over | illustrator unknown | mass-market paperback front cover]

Pretty, young efficient, [B]arbara Benson mana[ged to keep] her business and person[al life on a]n even keel. The gift sh[op she opened in the lobby of Hilton General Hospital...] [blue/black duotone detail of woman's head from front cover illustration. White type over blue background and blue & black type over a peach-colored background | illustrator unknown | back cover detail of A Doctor for Barbara — by Margaret Howe]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! These covers are all beautiful, each in their own way, and I am awed by the size of the publisher's name on the back of Modern Short Stories (the type is about the same size as the title on the front). Be loud. Keep trying. Tell me a story, but keep it short. #foundbooks

New American Review 8 | A Signet Book • Y4148 • $1.25 [white type on black background with an image of the head of the Statue of Liberty filled with a collage of various photographs | cover design by Fred Otnes | art director Jim Plumeri | mass market paperback front cover]

Eye of the Heart: Short Stories from Latin America — Edited by Barbara Howes | Borges, Asturias, Amado, Cortazar, Paz, Donoso, Garcia Marques, Fuentes, Llosa, and Thirty-Three Others. "A showcase for the best Latin American writers of this century. They are all here . . ." Publishers Weekly | Avon Books • 0-380-00163-2 • (Canada $7.95) • U.S. $5.95 | Racinelli (?) [Black text in a white band above a painting of a dark-haired woman wearing a gold cross on a gold chain, looking out | illustration by Nacinelli (?) | mass market paperback front cover]

Modern Short Stories — Edited with an introduction & notes by Jim Hunter | Dylan Thomas • The Peaches | Geoffrey Dutton • The Wedge-Tailed Eagle | Katherine Mansfield • Her First Ball | Alan Paton • Ha'penny | Ted Hughes • The Rain Horse | James Thurber • The Seret Life of Walter Mitty | James Hanley • The Road | Joyce Cary • Growing Up | T. F. Powys • Lie Thee Down, Oddity! | Patrick O'Brian • Samphire | D. H. Lawrence • Tickets, Please | Ernest Hemingway • Indian Camp | F. Scott Fitzgerald • The Ice Palace | William Faulkner • Go Down, Moses | Walter de la Mare • The Wharf [Black type on white background, with a horizontal red-orange band across the center | paperback front cover]

Faber [Black type over red-orange band | back cover detail from Modern Short Stories — Edited by Jim Hunter]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Raggedy Ann & Andy were created by Indianapolis author-illustrator Johnny Gruelle. His books were published by Indianapolis publisher Bobbs-Merrill, known for works by L. Frank Baum, and LeRoi Jones, as well as the Joy of Cooking. Be loud. Keep trying. Make something. #foundbooks #hoosiersky

Raggedy Ann and Betsy Bonnet String — by Johnny Gruelle | Justin C. Gruelle | "B" [illustration of Raggedy Ann and Andy walking down a dirt path at night with an elderly white-haired woman in a red dress and white apron, with a bonnet tied to her head, and an elderly man with white hair and beard, wearing overalls and colorful striped top-hat, with glasses at the end of his nose. An elf-like creature peeks out from behind a gnarled tree-trunk | illustrated by Justin C. Gruelle | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman — by Johnny Gruelle [illustration of a round-bellied, round-cheeked police officer in uniform white pants, blue brass-buttoned coat with star badge, and police hat, arms around the shoulders of Raggedy Ann and Andy, atop a grassy hill at night | illustration by Worth Gruelle | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Raggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble — by Johnny Gruelle [illustration of Raggedy Ann — sitting with Andy in a patch of grass and colorful flowers surrounded by shadowy trees — holding a round orange pebble that seems to glow | illustration by Worth Gruelle | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Nice Fat Policeman by Johnny Gruelle [illustration of the face of a round-cheeked police officer in police hat and star-shaped badge, between the faces of Raggedy Andy and Ann | illustration by Worth Gruelle | detail of title page of Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman — by Johnny Gruelle]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good morning! It's (Bandcamp) Friday! It's also the first day of school. For your listening consideration this month: Far from Here, the 2004 debut album by @summerpierre.bsky.social. Available for digital download, streaming, and on CD. Go to @bandcamp.com and give it a listen for free.

Summer Pierre — Far from Here [album cover]

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Vol. 1 & 2 | Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Summer Pierre — Far from Here | Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six (Twelve Months of Cover Songs | TPS005 | 2026) [album covers]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Far from Here is the 2004 debut album by singer-songwriter / cartoonist / illustrator Summer Pierre — a fully-realized collection of songs exploring introspection, adventure, nostalgia, struggle, and attitude. Available for digital download, streaming, and on CD. Go to Bandcamp and listen for free.

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Good morning! It's Friday. Consider smiling today, because, why not? Things may be objectively terrible at the moment, but… why not? Keep trying. Be loud. Grin so hard people around you look away. #foundbooks

Patty Duke and Mystery Mansion — [by Doris Schroeder, illustrated by Wilbur A. Howe | photo of a smiling Patty Duke with a very 1960s hairdo in front of an abstract blue, green, and yellow background | photographer unknown | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Dr. Kildare: Assigned to Trouble — [by Robert C. Ackworth, illustrated by Robert L. Jenney] | Al Anderson [illustration of a smiling doctor holding a stethoscope and seeming to pose for the camera, while behind him another doctor (the same doctor?) stands in a cocky pose, smiling and showing a clipboard to an orderly with a blonde buzzcut; to the side, by herself, a nurse in a white cap holds a tray with a glass and pitcher of water | cover illustration by Al Anderson | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Walt Disney's Annette: Sierra Summer — [by Doris Shroeder, illustrated by Adam Szwejkowski] | Authorized Edition | © Walt Disney Productions | Al Anderson [illustration of a smiling Annette Funicello in a red blouse and sparkling pearl earrings, over a red background | cover illustration by Al Anderson | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

[blue and black illustration of a man, lying in a hospital bed, wrapped in so many bandages he resembles a mummy, looking up at a doctor with a stethoscope, holding a clipboard | Illustration by Robert L. Jenney | endpaper detail from Dr. Kildare: Assigned to Trouble — by Robert C. Ackworth]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Good morning! It's a beautiful rainy Friday. A perfect day to throw on a raincoat and walk through a wood, down a quiet or busy road, or through an unexplored corner of your hood. What mysteries, struggles, or ambitions lie in the places and lives around you? Keep trying, be loud. #foundbooks

The Return of the Native — by Thomas Hardy | A Washington Square Press Book | W • 223 | 45¢ [illustrator unknown | high-contrast illustration of a woman in a black dress, with long black hair blowing in the wind, while behind her stands the silhouette of a man beside a bare tree with curly gnarled branches | mass market paperback front cover]

Nectar in a Sieve — by Kamala Markandaya | by the author of THE TWO VIRGINS | The widely acclaimed bestseller about a woman's struggle to find happiness in a changing India. "Very moving." —Harper's Magazine | Over 3/4 Million Copies in Print! | Signet•451•W7482•$1.50 [illustrator unknown | high contrast illustration of a woman with black hair, wrapped in a red garment, while behind her the silhouette of a farmer guides a white ox, and a white spire rises up surrounded by trees | mass market paperback front cover with blue price sticker on spine]

The Gab Boys — by Cameron Duodu | Fontana Modern Novels [photographer unknown | photo of two men in jeans and striped shirts, one with hand on hip, the other, smoking, with arms crossed, scowl at a smiling woman in a copper colored dress | mass market paperback front cover]

[illustrator unknown | illustration of a colorful bare tree with curly gnarled branches | back cover detail from The Return of the Native — by Thomas Hardy]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Good morning! It’s Friday. Here’s hoping you find some color to break through the crushing weight of evil and indifference that has been so encouraged, supported, and celebrated in recent years. #foundbooks

Bunny Blue — [by Catherine Stahlmann] | A Rand McNally Junior Elf Book | 39¢ | 8023 | Key / 750 / 542894 / 24-089 / 4/100 [illustration of a bright blue bunny with enormous whiskers, pink tail, and enormous pink bow around its neck | illustration by Ruth Thompson van Tellingen | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Katy No-Pocket — Story by Emmy Payne * Pictures by H.A. Rey | Scholastic 0-590-02040-4 [illustration of a smiling kangaroo and baby roo looking up at a man in brown slacks, plaid shirt, and blue apron and cap, holding a pipe and a toolbox | paperback front cover]

I Had Trouble in getting to Solla Sollew — By Dr. Seuss | A Dr. Seuss Paperback Classic [illustration of a yellow camel pulling a one-wheeled cart, on which sits an orange cat, down a steep hill of bulbous lumps, passing by a skinny curved pink tree | illustration by Theodor Seuss Geisel | paperback front cover]

[illustration of a child-like clown, wearing a pointed red cap, a red and white jumpsuit, and bright yellow shoes, seated, leaning back, with his left leg crossed over his right knee, beside a small giraffe | illustration by Ruth Thompson van Tellingen | title page detail from Bunny Blue — by Catherine Stahlmann]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Such a great record! Today is @bandcamp.com Friday.

Eddy Dyer — explosion alone | Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition of a Quiet Masterpiece [album cover | smoke photo by Kevin Mertens]

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 | Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Summer Pierre — Far From Here | Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six [Album covers]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Such a great record! Get it from links in bio...

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Good morning! It's Friday. This week I was fortunate to be able to spend time with some Canadians and Hoosiers. Today my family is heading out on our first college tour. Tomorrow we are going to swing by and say hi to Ms Dickinson. Keep trying. Be loud. Spend time with the best people. #foundbooks

Cap and Gown: Some College Verse [— by Joseph La Roy Harrison | debossed illustration of graduating college students dancing hand in hand in a line over a background of flowers | illustrator unknown | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

Our Troubled Youth — by Frederick Mayer | The whole shocking story of what's wrong with American kids, by a famous and sympathetic authority on youth problems: A book every parent, teacher, community leader must read! | A Bantam Book | A2088 * * 35¢ [B&W photo of 3 street toughs: a young woman standing in front of 2 young men | photographer unknown | tattered mass market paperback front cover, spine reinforced with peeling white tape]

The Scarlet Letter — by Nathaniel Hawthorne | A Modern Library Book [illustration of a pillory on a raised platform surrounded by silhouettes of 8 puritan men and women wearing hats and bonnets | illustrator unknown | hardcover jacket front cover]

[Across the U.S.A. newspaper headlines scream stories of teen-age ki]llings, burglaries, rapes, prostitution. From city slums to prosperous [sub]urban communities, our children are committing crimes, acts of violence [an]d sexual [pro]miscuity. WHY? [back cover detail from mass market paperback of Our Troubled Youth — by Frederick Mayer]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! I took the day off today to get an early start on the weekend and to record some music. When I was younger, summers meant reading a lot of sci-fi paperbacks. I miss that. #foundbooks Keep trying. Be loud. Enjoy the summertime.

Space Case — by Edward Marshall | pictures by James Marshall | Picture Puffins | Reading Rainbow™ Book [illustration of 3 people wearing costumes (American Indian, Monster?, Cowboy Ghost) sitting on a bench outside at night with a yellow and pink flying saucer hovering above and behind them | illustration by James Edward Marshall | tattered paperback front cover]

Neutron Stat — by Larry Niven | From the Solar System to the Galactic Core, eight rousing tales of adventure in Known Space! | A Del Rey Book | SF | Ballantine/28378/$1.95 [purple cover with yellow-green text and accents - reddish illustration of some kind of long narrow spacecraft, floating near an orange sun, surrounded by distant stars | illustration by Rick Sternbach | mass market paperback front cover]

Prison of Night: Dumarest of Terra #17 — by E.C. Tubb | DAW Books | SF | No. 271 | $1.50 | UW1346 [illustration of a man in a blue tunic and black boots, holding a fantastic rifle, standing in front of a throned figure in a red cloak, hands resting on a pair of stone spheres, surrounded by floating blue bubbles | illustration by Don Maitz | mass market paperback front cover]

[illustration of a man in a blue tunic in front of a red-cloaked figure surrounded by floating blue bubbles in front of a night sky | illustration by Don Maitz | front cover detail from Prison of Night: Dumarest of Terra #17 — by E.C. Tubb mass market paperback]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Good morning! It's Friday. The skies in Boston have gone from orange back to blue. I love the strong type, very simply set, on this first cover. I also appreciate the textured cover stock used on both of these German paperbacks. Be loud. Keep trying. And sometimes, just keep it simple. #foundbooks

$Illuminationen ["Illuminations"] — by Walter Benjamin | Ausgewählte Schriften ["Selected Writings"] | suhrkamp | taschenbuch ["paperback"] \ [black type on brown | paperback front cover]$ $Quand on raconte des histoires horribles, il arrive des histoires horribles ["When You Tell Horrible Stories, Horrible Stories Happen"] — by Dominique Souton | Neuf de l'école des loisirs ["Nine from the school of leisure"] \ [rough illustration of a person with blonde hair wearing blue pants and top, brown boots and green scarf | illustration by Alan Mets | paperback front cover]$ Das Lächeln am Fuße der Leiter ["The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder"] — by Henry Miller, illustrated by Joan Miró | ro ro ro [abstract illustration of crescent moon and stars | illustration by Joan Miró | paperback front cover]

Das Lächeln am Fuße der Leiter ["The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder"] — by Henry Miller, illustrated by Joan Miró | ro ro ro [abstract illustration of crescent moon and stars | illustration by Joan Miró | paperback front cover]

[Das] Lächeln am Fusse der Leiter ["The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder"] Henry Miller Joan Miró [hand-lettered in black over painted red-orange oval shape | illustration by Joan Miró | title page detail]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Good morning! It's Friday. Make the most of your weekend. Be loud. Keep trying. Go on as many adventures as you can manage. #foundbooks

The First Golden Geography: A Beginner's Introduction to Our World [— by Janet Werner Watson] | a Little Golden Book | 29¢ | 534 | "91" [illustration by William Sayles | illustration of a globe over a montage of colorful landscapes | Little Golden Book front cover]

A Journey to the Center of the Earth — by Jules Verne | [T 618] | 60¢ [illustrator unknown | illustration of 3 men walking through the dark, one carrying a lantern. Below them is a cross-section of a hollow globe, containing two smaller hollow globes, with a glowing sun at the center. Each cross-sectioned globe contains fantastic imagery such as a dinosaur, giant insects and mushrooms, and crashing waves | mass market paperback front cover showing some damage, with a blue sticker on the spine]

Mysterious Sea Stories — edited by William Pattrick [illustration by William Pennington | illustration of large ship in ominous green waters, next to looming rocky cliff or iceberg | plastic-protected hardcover jacket front cover]

[interior illustration detail from The First Golden Geography: A Beginner's Introduction to Our World — by Janet Werner Watson | illustration by William Sayles | illustration of a yellow helicopter piloted by 3 happy children]

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J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Wales, 1109. Three years ago, Elen spun a desperate lie to save herself. Now her life depends on living that lie every single moment. www.jandersoncoats.com/spindle-and-... Written for a teen audience but a great choice for adults who want a historical novel with lots of history.

jandersoncoats.com

Spindle and Dagger — J. Anderson Coats

Young adult historical fiction book set in medieval Wales that is a gritty, well-researched retelling of the abduction of Nest by Owain ap Cadwgan.

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Good morning! It's Friday. It's hot. If, like me, you crumple and wither in the heat, stay indoors and learn something useful or discover something abstract. Keep trying. Be loud. Be cool. #foundbooks

10000 {Word Level Super Vocabulary Building} — by Ueda Ichizō (author) | {Outgoing English} | CD Book {With 3 CDs} | The Secret of Supereffective Vocabulary Building | {Time Economist} • CNN | {You can enjoy it and it's also effective for | EIKEN Grade 1 • Interpreter/Guide Exams • TOEIC • United Nations English | Proficiency Test} | {Beret Publishing} [jacket design by 赤谷直宣(Naonobu Akaya) | paperback front cover | English translation is approximate at best]

Introductory Economics [Fourth Edition] — by Joseph E. Stiglitz/Carl E. Walsh | {Stiglitz's Introduction to Economics | 4th Edition | Joseph E. Stiglitz / Carl E. Walsh [written] | Shiro Yabushita / Taro Akiyama / Yasuhiro Arikawa / Hiroshi Oaku / Chikara Kodachi / Ryo Miyata / Kazuharu Seino [translation] | Toyo Keizai Inc. [book design by 鈴木堯 (Takashi Suzuki) and 佐々木由美 (Yumi Sasaki), タウハウス (Tauhaus) | paperback front cover | English translation is approximate at best]

English for International Banking and Finance — by Jim Corbett | Cambridge University Press [paperback front cover]

[black circle within a gray circle within a black square | title page detail from 10000 {Word Level Super Vocabulary Building} — by Ueda Ichizō (author)]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Good morning! It's a lovely rainy Friday. I love these black-line illustrations and the very limited color palette. I also kinda love the very consistent use of Futura type on the old Scholastic paperbacks. Be loud. Keep trying. Stay dry and find things you like in the world. #foundbooks

Project: Genius — by William D. Hayes | 35¢ | TX 476 [illustration by William Dimmity Hayes | paperback front cover | illustration of a boy standing at a large wooden table, tinkering with some kind of mechanical device]

Key to the Treasure — by Peggy Parish | illustrated by Paul Frame [unjacketed hardcover front cover with ragged spine | illustration of 2 boys and a girl; girl and one boy sitting on floor with paper and pencil; 2nd boy has one foot on a entry hall bench, looking at himself in the mirror while playing a game of American Indian cultural appropriation, wearing a feathered headdress and clapping his hand over his mouth]

Honestly, Katie John! — by Mary Calhoun | 50¢ | TX 751 | 3/6 | BOYS ARE RE... | [illustrated by Paul Frame | paperback front cover | illustration of an angry young girl in a red sweater drawing a stick figure on a piece of paper and writing "BOYS ARE RE..."]

[black line illustration of girl kicking and waving her arms at two boys; one boy is raising his hands in front of his face defensively while the other is clutching his presumably just-kicked shin | illustration by Paul Frame | back cover detail from Honestly, Katie John! — by Mary Calhoun]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I recently rediscovered my childhood business card collection (Is it any wonder I grew up to be a graphic designer?). (1/18) Continued in comments…

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Good morning! It's Juneteenth. This week my wife gave us a tour of one of the public libraries just outside of Washington, DC, where she spent countless hours of her childhood reading. It smelled just like a library. Wonderful. Keep trying. Be loud. Make sure to listen to people. #foundbooks

The Chinese World Order — John K. Fairbank, Editor | A Harvard Paperback | $5.95 [paperback book front cover]

Two Treatises of Government – by John Locke | A critical edition based on the recently discovered manuscript that is believed to be Locke's final and perfected version of his most famous work | With introduction and notes by Peter Laslett | A Mentor Book | $1.95 | 451-MJ1400 [design by Henry Wolf | mass market paperback front cover]

The Fourth Protocol — by Frederick Forsyth, the Master Storyteller [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

[abstract multimedia painting of two flags - blue/yellow - intersecting at a 90° angle | front cover detail from Two Treatises of Government – by John Locke | design by Henry Wolf]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Afternoon. It's Friday. I would have posted these this morning, but it seemed everything online was broken. Is this the "vibe coding" everyone is so excited about? It's been giving me bad vibes all day. Maybe I just really need a new laptop. Keep trying. Be loud. Try not to smash too many things.

The School for Wives — by [Jean Baptiste Poquelin de] Molière | Translated into English Verse by Richard Wilbur | A Harvest Book | HB 228 | $1.25 [cover design and illustration by Enrico Arno | paperback front cover]

The way to become The Sensuous Woman — By “J” | The first HOW-TO book for the female who yearns to be ALL woman [hardcover front cover]

The Scent of a Woman — by Peggy Nicholson | A charming dupe — or a lethal lady? | Harlequin Superromance® | 770 | $3.99 U.S. | $4.50 CAN. | January [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

The School for Wives [illustration of bird with flower in its beak, standing on a book with rosary beads and cross | illustration by Enrico Arno | title page detail from The School for Wives — by Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Good Morning! It's Friday. This yellow type printed on cloth is just beautiful (in both instances). Be loud. Keep trying. Look for the little bits of color everywhere. #foundbooks

A Survey of Modern Algebra | × | ϵ | Σ | √ [by Garrett Birkhoff and Saunders Mac Lane | unjacketed hardcover front cover]

East of the Setting Sun: A Tale of Graustark — by George Barr McCutcheon [unjacketed hardcover front cover]

When the Wicked Man... — by Ford Madox Ford [unjacketed hardcover front cover]

× | ϵ | Σ [front cover detail from A Survey of Modern Algebra — by Garrett Birkhoff and Saunders Mac Lane]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Summer is here. Time to dig out a fun paperback to read on the beach. Even if I probably won't make it to the beach this summer. Keep trying. Be loud. Wear sunscreen. #foundbooks

Breed to Come — by Andre Norton | An Ace Book | 07895 | $1.25 [illustration by Davis Meltzer | mass market paperback front cover]

Planet Run — A new science fiction novel by Keith Laumer [&] Gordon R. Dickson | X1588 * 60¢ * A Berkley Medallion Book * BERKLEY [illustration by Paul Lehr | mass market paperback front cover]

Galactic Derelict — by Andre Norton | "Fantasy at its best." —Cleveland Press | ace book | 27226 | 75¢ [illustration by Davis Meltzer | mass market paperback front cover]

[blue cat face with orange eyes / right side of a green astronaut | illustration by Davis Meltzer | mass market paperback front cover detail from Breed to Come — by Andre Norton]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Good morning! It's Friday. Since I was young, I've been drawn to illustrators with a particular style — Detailed, fine-lined ink drawings, with or without color. Among my favorites were Edward Gorey, Mercer Mayer, and Steven Kellogg. #foundbooks Keep trying. Be loud. Share.

Don't Forget the Bacon! – by Pat Hutchins | Scholastic | Scholastic 0-590-62219-6 [illustration by Pat Hutchins | paperback front cover]

Tell Me a Mitzi — by Lore Segal | Pictures by Harriet Pincus | A Blue Ribbon Book | Scholastic 0-590-41102-0 / $3.95 US / $4.95 CAN | "Grade 1" [illustration by Harriet Pincus | paperback front cover]

Won't Somebody Play with Me? – by Steven Kellogg | Sunrise Apartments 12657 | Sunrise Apartments Timmy- Philip- Annie- Super- | a pied piper book® | "Grade 1" [illustration by Steven Kellogg | paperback front cover]

PRIVATE - Keep Out [Door in Apartment Building | illustration by Steven Kellogg | interior illustration detail from Won't Somebody Play with Me? — by Steven Kellogg]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! I could use a bit more liberation in the world. I could also use a good beard trim. What are your weekend plans? Keep trying. Be loud. Do what you can. #foundbooks

Prologue to Liberation: A History of Black People in America — by Rodney P. Carlisle [illustrator unknown | paperback front cover]

Struve: Liberal on the Right, 1905–1944 — by Richard Pipes [jacket design by Mike Fender | hardcover jacket front]

Victims of Progress — by John H. Bodley [photo by Douglass Baglin | paperback front cover]

[photographer unknown | halftone photo of a very impressive white beard and a cord hanging from a pair of pince-nez | interior detail from Struve: Liberal on the Right, 1905–1944 — by Richard Pipes]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Find joy in strange tales and night stories (and also in beautiful paperbacks). Keep trying. Be loud. The weather's warm — go for a night walk this week. #foundbooks

A Night of Watching – A Novel by Elliott Arnold | The Number One Bestseller | "Fraught with heroic deeds . . . hair-raising exploits. . . . The tension never lapses." — Saturday Review | A Fawcett Crest Book | M1159 | 95¢ [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

Another Roadside Attraction — by Tom Robbins | Author of Still Life with Woodpecker | Ballantine/Fiction/29245/$2.95 [illustration by Wilson McLean | mass market paperback front cover]

Sometimes a Great Notion — by Ken Kesey | The wildly acclaimed novel by the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Q4642 * $1.25 * A Bantam Book [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

A NIGHT OF... [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover detail]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Good evening! This is your reminder to check out my 2 acoustic demos from the 90's. Available for streaming and download from @bandcamp.com and just about anywhere else you can stream or download music.

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Vol. 1 [album cover]

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Vol. 2 [album cover]

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Volumes 1 & 2 | 1998 / 1999 | *Download *Streaming | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Good afternoon. This is your reminder to check out the remastered 25th Anniversary Edition of @eddydyer.bsky.social 's debut album Explosion Alone. Available for streaming, download, and on vinyl from @bandcamp.com and just about anywhere else you can stream or download music.

Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition of a Quiet Masterpiece [album cover]

Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Side A: I've Been Here for You | Found Myself by the River | Eddy's Letter to God | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Dysfunctional Crowd | Now That I Know | She || Side B: Ballad of Busta Clustaphuck | Here Must I Go? (28 Bridge St.) | Birth of Color | Leaving White Trashed City [orange 12" vinyl record]

Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone - Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition | 2024 | *12" Vinyl *Download *Streaming | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Good morning! This is your reminder to check out the brilliant debut album Far From Here by singer-songwriter/cartoonist @summerpierre.bsky.social . Available for streaming, download, and on CD from @bandcamp.com and just about anywhere else you can stream or download music.

Summer Pierre — Far from Here [album cover | drawing of woman with halo of stars sitting on the hood of an old car]

Summer Pierre — Far from Here | tps004 [CD and CD case]

Summer PIerre — Far From Here | 2004 | *CD *Download *Streaming | [www.thatpromising.com](http://www.thatpromising.com/) | [thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com](http://thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com/)

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I am proud to release the 2nd track from my upcoming album, 𝑇𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑇𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑆𝑖𝑥. "February" by Dar Williams is free to download and stream exclusively on @bandcamp.com until its wider release at the end of the year. Add to your collection now and you will get the next 10 tracks as they are released.

TRACK TWO: February — by Dar Williams | Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six | TPS005 | 2026 [single cover | photo of a field covered by snow, beside a road]

TRACK ONE: January — by Headlights | Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six | TPS005 | 2026 [single cover | photo of the top floor of a house on a snowy day]

Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six | Twelve Months of Cover Songs | TPS005 | 2026 [album cover]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Good morning! It’s Friday. Here is some very affordable poetry to finish out your week. Keep trying. Be loud. A bit of verse, a bit of color, can do wonders. #foundbooks

A Shropshire Lad: A Great English Poetic Work — by A. E. Housman | Bard Books / Avon / YS454 / 60¢ [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems — by Robert Louis Stevenson | Illustrated by Lionel Kalish | A Marlin Quist Book | DELL | 1225 | 75¢ [designed by John Bradford | paperback front cover]

The Aeneid: Vergil's Great Epic Poem Concerning the Adventures of the Trojan Hero Aeneas in a New Translation by Patric Dickenson | A Mentor Book | 451-ME1641 • $1.75 [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Good morn. It’s Friday! Perfect for a rainy day. One FREE Piranha. Keep trying. Be loud. Cats and dogs are raining, for today’s Haiku Day.

A Dog on Barkham Street — by Mary Stolz | By the author of THE BULLY OF BARKHAM STREET | A Dell Yearling Book | $1.25 [illustration by Leonard Shortall | paperback front cover]

Mittens | "3-7" [by Barbara W. Makar | saddle-stitched primary phonics storybook front cover]

Irma and Jerry — by George Selden, Author of TUCKER'S COUNTRYSIDE And THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE | illustrated by Leslie H. Morrill | A story for anyone who's ever had a friend. | AVON C CAMELOT | AVON-0-380-80978-8 | $2.50 U.S. / $2.95 CAN. [book design by Sheldon Winicour | paperback front cover]

20% Jelly Fish | Iguanas | Tarantulas | 1 Boa Constrictor now $157.50 | All Puppies 50% off | 1 FREE Piranha with Any purchase of $10.00 plus [illustration by Leslie H. Morrill | interior illustration detail from Irma and Jerry — by George Selden]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Good morning. It is indeed Friday! Small text. Lines. Little color. Borders and borders. Be loud. Keep trying. Sometimes focusing on the smallest details will help you get through the day.

A Sort of Traitors — by Nigel Balchin | Tauchnitz Edition | Collection of British and American Authors | Tauchnitz | Stuttgart [paperback front cover]

If It Die / Si Le Grain Ne Meurt — by André Gide | An uninhibited autobiography recording experiences of and reflections on French life from Gide's childhood to the eve of his marriage | Penguin Books | 3/6 [paperback front cover]

Contribución al estudio de la Influencia Guaraní en la Sociedad Uruguaya — by Prof. Rodolfo González Rissotto & Prof. Susana Rodrigues Varese de González [paperback front cover]

Not to be Introduced into the U. S. A. or the British Commonwealth | Not for Sale in the U.S.A. or Canada [back cover detail from "A Sort of Traitors" (top right) and "If It Die" (bottom left)]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Know your history, kids. And while you're at it, know everyone else's history, too. Be loud. Keep trying. Know your history.

Changing Perspectives in Canadian History [1971] — edited by [Kenneth Alexander] MacKirdy, [John Sargent] Moir, [and Yves F.] Zoltvany | Revised Edition [paperback front cover]

A History of New Zealand [1980] — by Keith Sinclair [jacket art "Port Lyttelton: Immigrants' luggage disembarking, 1851" by William Fox | hardcover front cover]

A Pocket History of the United States — by Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager | Fifth edition, revised and enlarged | WSP: Washington Square Press | W 1094 | 90¢ | "LINDEN" [mass market paperback front cover]

[back cover detail from A History of New Zealand — by Keith Sinclair | detail from "Port Lyttelton: Immigrants' luggage disembarking, 1851" by William Fox]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Circles and lines. Finding patterns in the world and in work. I'm working on music this week and trying to get more sleep. What are you trying to accomplish and/or discover? Keep trying. Be loud. Pay attention, at least when it helps you to.

Games People Play — by Eric Berne, M.D. | The Great Bestseller | B-186 | $1.25 [mass market paperback front cover]

Brian Piccolo: A Short Season — by Jeannie Morris [hardcover front cover]

The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power — by Joseph Murphy, D.D., D.R.S., Ph.D., LL.D., Fellow of the Andhra Research University of India | Here, revealed at last, are Dr. Murphy's extraordinary techniques for releasing the mysterious power of the Cosmic Mind WITHIN YOURSELF. Step-by-step, in clear, down-to-earth language, he shows you exactly how to direct these mighty energies to generate new health, new hap-piness, new prosperity and a wonderful new life of inner fulfillment for yourself and your family! | A Reward Book | R | $2.45 [paperback front cover]

AMAZING LAWS OF COSMIC MIND POWER [front cover detail from The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power — by Joseph Murphy]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Last week I was on vacation. This week I'm at work. Keep trying. Be loud. Read paperbacks. @strandbooks.com

Matt Helm: The Interlopers — by Donald Hamilton [1969] | HF | Coronet | Helm in Alaska — with girls andd trouble and dogs double . . . [mass market paperback front cover]

Matt Helm: The Terminators — by Donald Hamilton [1975] | Fawcett Gold Medal | 1-4035-0 • $1.75 [illustration by Gordon Johnson | mass market paperback front cover]

Matt Helm: The Retaliators — by Donald Hamilton [1976] | Fawcett Gold Medal | 1-3984-0 • $1.75 [illustration by Gordon Johnson | mass market paperback front cover]

[illustration by Gordon Johnson | mass market paperback front cover detail | from Matt Helm: The Retaliators — by Donald Hamilton, 1976]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My first two demos from 1998/1999 available on Bandcamp and almost everywhere online. thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

With hints of Syd Barrett and Iggy Pop, Eddy Dyer's debut album is a masterpiece of psychedelic folk. Now remastered and available on orange vinyl. Go give it a listen! thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com Art by @summerpierre.bsky.social Photo by Kevin Mertens

[portrait of Eddy Dyer by Summer Pierre, from Eddy's album Explosion Alone]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

If you haven't heard Summer Pierre's 2004 debut album, go give it a listen. Personal and thoughtful songwriting. Rich Americana folk-rock music. A lot of great people worked on this album. It is really good. thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com and everywhere online. Art by @summerpierre.bsky.social

Boys face College, Job, or Army. Girls look forward to College dates. – The Pine Tree, 1963 | Miss Smithey | Pam in High School [art by Summer Pierre, from her album Far From Here]

Summer Pierre — Far From Here [album cover | art by Summer Pierre]

Summer Pierre — Far From Here | 2004 | *CD *Download *Streaming | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The first track from my new album — a cover of a song by the fantastic band Headlights — is now available for free, exclusively on @bandcamp.com (the complete album will be released everywhere online at the end of this year). thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com (link in bio!) Thank you!

Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six | TPS005 | 2026 | Track One: January — by Headlights [single cover]

Nathan Pyritz — Twenty Twenty Six | 2026 | *Download Free *Streaming | Track One Now Available: January (by Headlights) | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! What else is there to say?

1984 — by George Orwell | Signet Classics | 451-CE2123 • $3.95 [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi(TM) — by James Kahn | Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas | Story by George Lucas | Fabulous 8-Page Color Insert | Del Rey | Ballantine / 30767 / $2.95 [illustration by Tim Reamer | mass market paperback front cover]

$The Moviegoer — by Walker Percy, Author of The Thanatos Syndrome | Winner of the National Book Award | "Believable and moving . . . Mr. Percy is a breathtakingly brilliant writer." The New York Times Book Review | ADMIT ONE \ 040002 \ National Ticket Co., Shamokin, PA. | Ivy Books | 0290-2/$3.95 [mass market paperback front cover]$ $ADMIT ONE \ 040002 \ National Ticket Co., Shamokin, PA.[front cover detail from The Moviegoer — by Walker Percy | mass market paperback]$

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! I read at least a couple of these when I was in high school. I think they may have been part of a stack of books my dad gave me in an attempt to expand my reading repertoire beyond sci-fi. Keep trying. Be loud. Always keep an open mind. Always beware the bullshit.

The teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui way of knowledge — by Carlos Castaneda | "An extraordinary spiritual and psychological document . . . destined for fame." —New York Times | $1.25 | Ballantine Books 02656•X•125 [illustration by Wilson McLean | mass market paperback front cover]

A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan — by Carlos Castaneda | 78170 | $1.25 [illustration by Roger Hane | mass market paperback front cover]

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan — by Carlos Castaneda | By the author of A Separate Reality | $2.95 [illustration by Roger Hane | paperback front cover]

[illustration by Wilson McLean | front cover detail from The teachings of Don Juan — by Carlos Castaneda mass market paperback]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! I have not read these three books, but if you want to learn more about the Black Panthers, I highly recommend Revolution in Our Time, by @keklamagoon.bsky.social, one of the books I'm most proud of designing. Be loud. Keep trying. Read books.

Black Star — by Morton Cooper | The author of The King does it again! | "If sex sells books, Black Star will be a bestseller!" | A Signet Novel • Y4333 • $1.25 [mass market paperback front cover]

The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production of Porgy and Bess | A Random House Book [unjacketed hardcover book front cover]

The Black Panthers — by Gene Marine | A Ramparts Book | Eldridge Cleaver, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale | A Compelling Study of the Angry Young Revolutionaries Who Have Shaken a Black Fist at White America | Signet Non-Fiction • Q3834 • 95¢ [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

AMERI... TALK BACK... ELDRIDGE... AUTH... CANDID... THE ... HUEY N... ORGANIZER, COL... PRISON C... WHITE POLICE... BOBBY... RADI... ORGAN... BO... [back cover detail from The Black Panthers — by Gene Marine | illustrator unknown]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Fantastic 2004 acoustic/rock debut album by artist/cartoonist Summer Pierre. Give it a listen for free, download it, or order it on CD, illustrated by Summer herself. thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Summer Pierre — Far From Here | TPS004 [CD and case]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Lowell, Mass. native Eddy Dyer's brilliant acoustic debut from 1999, remastered and available on limited edition vinyl. Give it a listen for free, download it, or pick up one of these gorgeous 12" records with photos by Kevin Mertens and art by Summer Pierre. thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Vol. 1 and 2 of my demos from 1998/9. The first recorded live, and the second recorded in studio. Give them a listen for free or download them to keep for cheap. Soon I will start to release the first new music I've recorded in 25 years. thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! I've been working on some new music. What have you been doing to keep yourselves semi-sane? Keep trying. Be loud. Stay as safe as you can. @berkleypub.bsky.social

Stardreamer | Eight stories of time, space, and the human — and inhuman — heart . . . the unique visions of Cordwainer Smith | bb | A Beagle BOXER Science Fiction Story Collection 95¢ | 95127 | Kinigstein [cover illustration by Jonah Kinigstein | mass market paperback front cover]

A Heritage of Stars — An Adventure of the Far Future by Clifford D. Simak, Grand Master of Science Fiction | While Earth sleeps her thousand years, the City looks starward . . . | SFiction | 0-425-03773-8 • $1.75 • A Berkley Book [cover illustration by Paul Lehr | mass market paperback front cover]

Nine by Laumer — by Keith Laumer | SF by the author of Assignment in Nowhere and Galactic Odyssey | BERKLEY | X1659 * 60¢ * A Berkley Medallion Book [cover illustration by Richard Powers | mass market paperback front cover]

[front cover detail from Stardreamer — by Cordwainer Smith | illustration by Jonah Kinigstein]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Wonderful December read. A collection of fiction, personal stories, and recipes. My favorite was the story about the talking dog that accidentally got bundled up into a Christmas cracker. What did you read last year? What are you reading now? @groveatlantic.bsky.social

2025 Reads | 9 of 9 [hardcover book front cover]

Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson | Grove Atlantic | 2016 | jeanettewinterson.com | groveatlantic.com [hardcover book front cover]

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days | Jeanette Winterson [hardcover book front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Good morning. It's Friday! Another ice-cold day, I'm afraid. Looking backward is important, but going backward will only lead to misery. Those insisting on driving in reverse are also trying to stop everyone from looking in their rearview mirror. Have a good morning. Keep trying. Be loud.

Le Morte d'Arthur — by [Thomas] Malory | in Two Volumes | Volume One | Everyman's Library | 45 [cover illustration by ef | hardcover book front cover]

Lord Jim — by Joseph Conrad | A Signet Classic•451-CJ 1195•$1.95 | Lambert [cover illustration by Saul Lambert | mass market paperback front cover]

Looking Backward — by Edward Bellamy | A Signet Classic•451-CW870•$1.50 [cover illustrator(s) unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

[front cover detail from Le Morte d'Arthur — by (Thomas) Malory | illustration by ef | hardcover book front cover]

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Nathan Pyritz @npyritz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

A fascinating history of the careers of Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and the rise of electronic instruments in dance music. What did you read last year? What are you reading now?

2025 Reads | 8 of 9 [paperback book front cover]

I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson | Backbeat Books | 2021 | davethompsonbooks.wordpress.com | bloomsbury.com

I Feel Love: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and How They Reinvented Music | Dave Thompson [paperback book front cover]

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