#manaugh

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Spines of Interest: Niche Nonfiction Edition.

[afulltimenerd]

“People who take care of apartment buildings,” Mason suggests, “are underappreciated masters of many arts. They do the work of electricians, plumbers, carpenters, masons, painters, locksmiths, glaziers and machinists, often all in the same day.”

A Burglar’s Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh

[regicidal-optimism]

a home, or a bread broken - a fic by @rebelpeas for @mcytblraufest

bora in her kitchen - vincent giarrano / love like salt - lisel mueller / asoftersea / homes - kevin lucbert / ominous reassurances frog - sarah gordon / purple kisses - scott fraser / morning after ii - alyssa monks / jack white, birmingham, england - ken taylor / proletariatitty / infinite exchange - geoff manaugh

[fandomsandhappiness]

get to know your mutuals!

tagged by @busy-being-make-believe

favourite colour: purple, the really deep ones where it might be a dark blue or maybe not

currently reading: in my fiction slot it's the stars undying by emery robin (space opera retelling of cleopatra's story, competent but not spectacular), for light nonfiction it's a burglar's guide to the city by geoff manaugh (very readable and some surprisingly good thinking), heavy nonfiction is byung-chul han's the transparency society (this guy is just saying words)

last song: electrostatic sweep by laura jane grace, it was stuck in my head

most recent series: haven't watched anything since i finished a farscape rewatch a little over a week ago

most recent film: um. not to be on brand or anything. but that would have to be farscape: the peacekeeper wars. if that doesn't count then it was the lavender hill mob back in january

sweet/savoury: savoury! i want to fill up

tea or coffee: actually pretty ambivalent although lately i've been enjoying the benefits of an evening chamomile tea

working on: aside from the usual phd/constant stream of book reviews i suppose my biggest recent thing has been learning more about architecture. thanks lotty

tagging some mutuals: @lunaactias @kvothbloodless @fresh-bed-old-sheets @motherfucker-somewhat-limited and anyone else who wants to join in :)

[mygogglesdosomething]

#A Burglars Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh #not very well written by the stories about clever burglars are cool #the author thinks police are good lol

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

For the ask game you proposed in your tags: the last book I really enjoyed was The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, which I would describe as a mystery/ tragedy.

Ooh, I hadn't heard of this one, it looks good! Scanning over the summary of it that I was able to find, I will recommend to you:

Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey - a beautifully tense haunted-house horror novel about a young woman returning to her childhood home

A Burglar's Guide to the City, Geoff Manaugh - non-fiction about the intersection of crime and architecture, which I am due to reread just because it's been a while and I miss it

[peachcottager]

Temple de la Terre - Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826)

Lequeu's "Temple of the Earth" is, as Geoff Manaugh observed, interesting to compare against the much-circulated Cenotaph for Newton by Boullée, a rough contemporary of Lequeu.

[lawrenceofbessarabia]

Orange's Reading List

Thought it would be cool to keep a list of influential books/texts/etc that I've read recently. This isn't everything I've been reading, just the stuff that left a big mark on my brain in the last few years.

Will be updated as I read (or remember!) more.

Fiction

The Searching Dead by Ramsey Campbell

The Once and Future King by T.H. White (made me cry and chew glass)

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Ecco

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Moist von Lipwig my beloved)

Sixteen Ways To Defend A Walled City by K.J. Parker

A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K. Dick

Nonfiction

A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Replenishing the Nonfiction Stack; or, We're Calling the Book Buying Ban a Wash, Officially.

I am not, apparently, immune to coupons for niche nonfiction that's directly up my alley (octopus minds and RUSSIAN OWLS, hello??? Thanks, bookshop!).

I thought perhaps the BURGLAR'S GUIDE would also be covered under said coupon, since it was publisher-specific (alas: it was Not, but we might as well bundle for shipping purposes). And then while I was shopping IRL for gifties I found a copy of ROOM, which has been on my list for...ever? So! Hopefully these will hold me over on the nonfiction front for a minute!

[afulltimenerd]

Mason actually mocks the idea that a person would remain reliant on doors, making fun of anyone who thinks burglars, in particular, would respect the limitations of architecture.

A Burglar’s Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh

[nstaaf-book]

A Burglar's Guide to the City - Geoff Manaugh

[geekcavepodcast]

We Have a Ghost Trailer

Kevin’s family have moved into a new home, one that happens to be haunted. That is fantastic news as Ernest the ghost has made Kevin’s family into social media sensations. Everything seems great until Kevin and Ernest become friends and decide to investigate Ernest’s past, making them targets of a government agency.

We Have a Ghost stars Niles Fitch (Kevin), David Harbour (Ernest), Anthony Mackie, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Erica Ash, Jennifer Coolidge, Tig Notaro, Faith Ford, Isabella Russo, and Steve Coulter. Christopher Landon serves as writer, director, and an executive producer. The film is based off of Geoff Manaugh’s short story “Ernest.”

We Have a Ghost hits Netflix on February 24, 2023.

[issela-santina]

selected passages from “Ernest” by Geoff Manaugh:

It was around this time that Frank started calling the ghost "Ernest." No one knew why until a local television reporter asked him about it on live TV. Why Ernest?

( . . . )

"I thought you said you watched the videos," Frank replied. He was wearing a polo shirt, a glass of sparkling water in one hand, disdain in his eyes. "It's because he looks like Ernest Borgnine."

Side by side comparison between the smiling, spirited, mead-colored ghost Ernest from the trailer for We Have A Ghost (left), and a black and white picture of Ernest Borgnine and his gap-toothed grin as he poses with an Oscar in his hands (right).

I can sense the casting went for vibes with this one ok like David looks nothing like his character's namesake (thankfully he doesn't have to) but he's got the spirit

[vifetoile]

No matter what you do in L.A., your behavior is appropriate for the city. Los Angeles has no assumed correct mode of use. You can have fake breasts and drive a Ford Mustang – or you can grow a beard, weigh 300 pounds, and read Christian science fiction novels. Either way, you’re fine: that’s just how it works. You can watch Cops all day or you can be a porn star or you can be a Caltech physicist. You can listen to Carcass – or you can listen to Pat Robertson. Or both. L.A. is the apocalypse: it’s you and a bunch of parking lots. No one’s going to save you; no one’s looking out for you. It’s the only city I know where that’s the explicit premise of living there – that’s the deal you make when you move to L.A. The city, ironically, is emotionally authentic. It says: no one loves you; you’re the least important person in the room; get over it. What matters is what you do there.

In Los Angeles you can be standing next to another human being but you may as well be standing next to a geological formation. Whatever that thing is, it doesn’t care about you. And you don’t care about it. Get over it. You’re alone in the world. Do something interesting.

Geoff Manaugh, Greater Los Angeles for BLDGBLOG

[epistemebabu]

geoff manaugh: 'the burglar's guide to the city', yknow?

cholinergic flow

fine-thread line for song as sign