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Good Omens Book Club
POSSIBLE GOOD OMENS SPOILERS
You have been warned, please don’t spoil yourself. This refers to books referenced in S2 of Good Omens, but I am not relating them to events or plot.
EDIT: @ineffable-romantics gave some really excellent suggestions. Having rewatched and looked up their starting sentences, I think these are right. I suppose only Neil Gaiman or Douglas Mackinnon could confirm 100%. More below.
In episode 2 we get a shot of a book shelf. I have compiled the titles, though two are illegible. For one you can make out the publisher mark, the other is too far back in the shadows. I have listed them in order on the shelf, plus the books that Gabriel picked up.
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The Books:
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
No Woman No Cry - Rita Marley
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (Mystery book, in the shadows)
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Gracia Marquez
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (Mystery book, publisher mark visible but I can't make it out)
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
The Bible
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
Herzog - Saul Bellow
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
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Here’s the opening line for The Bell Jar:
‘It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.”
And for A Tale of Two Cities:
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...”
Gabriel reads this aloud in the bookshop (07:14), and shelves it near the Crow Road! Mystery solved? Perhaps. (Wait and see?)
“X-Ray Trivia” from Amazon Prime states “The Good Omens Book Club - Co-showrunners Neil Gaiman and Douglas Mackinnon would love for everyone to read these books. Douglas Mackinnon put these books in alphabetical order, starting with their first sentence.
All the books ‘Jim’ has reshelved so far by alphabetical order of ... the first line in each. Each book’s first line begins with ‘I��.
Gabriel shelving a book near Iain Banks’ ‘The Crow Road.’
#good omens#good omens spoilers#spoiler#spoilers#good omens s2#good omens series 2#good omens book club#neil gaiman#terry pratchett#douglas mackinnon#aziraphale#good omens season 2#I capture the castle#no woman no cry#a tale of two cities#the crow road#the curious incident of the dog in the night time#catch-22#catch22#love in the time of cholera#the bell jar#nineteen eighty four#1984#the big sleep#the great gatsby#the catch in the rye#a series of unfortunate events#herzog#pride and prejudice
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5000 Follower Celebration Event!
Hi guys!
I know it’s close on the heels of the Kinktober Bingo Card but I’m about to hit 5k followers and wanted to throw a little celebration event.
It’s insane to me that I’ve reached almost 5000 followers. I can’t thank you all enough for following my insane little piece of Tumblr and interacting with my posts.
In celebration of the event we’ll be doing another Bingo Card but this time the rules are a little different.
As this is an event celebrating my followers I will only be accepting submissions by my followers, that means NO ANONS. If an Anon ask pops in for a submission on the bingo card, I will not be assigning the square.
The Rules:
No Anons
You must be a follower of the blog
One Bingo Square per Character
One Bingo Square/Char per ask
When a character is assigned I will add them to the bingo card so you can see it.
If a Char/Square isn't working for me, the Square will be reset.
As usual check the pinned post on my blog to see who I'm writing for. I've added a few newbies recently.
Any questions just ask!
Donna x
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You'll find the other polls in my 'sf polls' tag / my pinned post.
#polls#science fiction#sf polls#george orwell#1984#nineteen eighty four#philip k. dick#the man in the high castle#fahrenheit 451#ray bradbury#the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy#h2g2#douglas adams#slaughterhouse 5#slaughterhouse five#kurt vonnegut#i robot#isaac asimov#babel-17#samuel r. delany#samuel delany#dune#frank herbert#left hand of darkness#ursula le guin#ursula k. le guin
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Invisible Club 16
05.06.2024
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Spotify playlist of “all” the Invisible Club https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3H73nyf3Pct3BFU5GfTrg0?si=dd4a9284a14b4086
Hello. Trevor here. It’s time to enter the Invisible Club. 16 tracks from 16 artists for how ever long that takes.
Invisible Club 16
Invisible Club comes out every Wednesday and is a compliment to Invisible Waves. With less talk and more action. Enjoy…
Intro 00:00 Bushmeat Sound System-Mission AD 01:22 Uomo Meccanico-Accuminciamm 09:16 The Galaxy Electric & Droog Mulholland-Red Ball 10:40 Matthewdavid-9_WALKONMEDLEY 13:51 James Adrian Brown Featuring Benefits-The End Of Radio 15:40 Serge Geyzel-Side A – Quick Time Traveller 19:49 Moray Newlands-The Wasp Factory 24:18 David Douglas & Applescal-Breakaway 28:28 Escape The Loops-Bob’s Green Mazda 31:59 Romare-Priestess 36:38 Quiet Dawn, Oliver Night-Follow Your Instincts 40:42 HDRF-Kristallgarten 4 46:10 Christ-White Count 48:53 Julio Tornero-beta 53:31 Xylic-Óberon 56:40 Futuregrapher-Geimhús 59:11 Outro 1:04:34
#Bushmeat Sound System#Uomo Meccanico#The Galaxy Electric & Droog Mulholland#Matthewdavid#James Adrian Brown#Benefits#Serge Geyzel#Moray Newlands#David Douglas & Applescal#Escape The Loops#Romare#Quiet Dawn#Oliver Night#HDRF#Christ#Julio Tornero#Xylic#Futuregrapher#Móatún 7#Subexotic Records#LEAVING RECORDS#Castles In Space#Adepta Editions#Wormhole World#Atomnation#Neo Ouija#First Word Records#Intellitronic Bubble#Washington#D.C.
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Books Read in July 2023
This month was crazy. I can't believe I read 8 books. True they were also shorties but I started 2 really huge books as well and made headway into them. WTF.
The House of Skin by Karina Lickorish Quinn
This is a really short novella (about 60 pages) that is a haunting gothic piece. A London artist is adopted by this family of patrons who bring her to their mansion to work. More of a mood vibe than anything. Really liked it.
I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
This was Hofstadter making a stab at human consciousness and trying to explain what makes humans different from machines. I'm not sure it works fully but the ideas are interesting. The first third has a lot of math explanations I found confusing tbh so that was a bit of a slog to get through but I enjoyed it overall.
My Stupid Intentions by Bernardo Zannoni
Something about books about anthropomorphic animals just get me every time. This is about the exceptional life of a beech marten and is just absolutely soul crushing and beautiful. Pitch perfect, loved it.
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
This was recommended to me by someone as the best book they read all year and, while I liked it while I was reading it, upon reflection it really falls apart and I hated it.
Part of it is about the rewilding of wolves in Scotland and part of it is a murder mystery following the lead character, a twin, and her sister who was abused so thoroughly she stopped talking. I found the abuse narrative like... shockingly dumb. I mentioned this on a book discussion forum I frequent and they mentioned lots of other books about the Scottish rewilding so I'm excited for that!
Fruit by Brian Francis
So I first heard of this when it came out around 2004 and it sounded interesting but it took me this long to read it! 19 years till I carved out time for this book during which it's become something of a modern Canadian classic.
This is about a little 8th grader in Sarnia who is fat and is struggling with his friendship and sexuality. Just pitch perfect and funny and heartbreaking. Hard recommend.
Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller
I got this as an ARC. I like Biller as a filmmaker and I was wondering how her unique style would work as a novel since her dialogue is so weird.
Oddly as it turned out. I feel like a lot of people are either going to hate this or not get it but while it's a very modern book her style of outright stating themes and blaring plot in neon lights is very reminiscent of early gothic works. Like 1700s gothic morality stuff. By the end I was won over by this so worth a shot imo.
Promise by Christi Nogle
Black Mirror-esque stories of worlds set in the near future. Like all short story collections this was mixed but there was plenty to enjoy and it left a favourable impression overall.
Blackouts by Justin Torres
I can't even explain this book except to say it's pretty brilliant. Even though I read an ARC of this I think I'm going to buy it.
It's fictionalized history and reminded me a bit of Autobiography of X even though it's about real people. I loved it though. Highly recommend.
#The House of Skin#Karina Lickorish Quinn#I Am A Strange Loop#Douglas Hofstadter#My Stupid Intentions#Bernardo Zannoni#Fruit#Brian Francis#Bluebeard's Castle#Anna Biller#Promise#Christi Nogle#Blackouts#Justin Torres#currently reading
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Blandings (2013-2014), 1x01 | Ghosts (BBC), 4x01
#Blandings#Blandings 2013#BBC Blandings#Blandings Castle#Ghosts#Ghosts BBC#BBC Ghosts#Clarence Threepwood#Sebastian Beach#Fanny Button#Timothy Spall#Mark Williams#Martha Howe-Douglas#Martha Howe Douglas#period drama#perioddramaedit#periodedits#ghostsedit#bbcghostsedit#P. G. Wodehouse#Pelham Grenville Wodehouse#Alison Cooper#Charlotte Ritchie#Blandings 1x01#Ghosts 4x01#my gifs#I absolutely agree#bicycle is a contraption!
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On May 27, 1994, Theatre of Blood and House on Haunted Hill were screened as a double-feature on TNT’s MonsterVision.
#tnt's monstervision#monstervision#theatre of blood#house on haunted hill#vincent price#carol ohmart#douglas hickox#horror film#horror movies#horror art#horror#william castle#slasher movies#b movies#cult movies#camp#gothic horror movies#gothic horror#gothic horror art#gothic horror films#movie art#art#drawing#movie history#pop art#modern art#pop surrealism#portrait#cult film#vampyros lesbos
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:: did freud have anything to say about fridges?
moving home soon and buying in a whole host of white goods for the new place. memorialising here this old irascibly sonorous thing.
#john fowles#ted hughes#douglas dunn#pontefract#castle#marylin monroe#andy warhol#william shakespeare#martin amis#kingsley amis#elizabeth jane howard#j. m. w. turner#turner#virginia woolf#michel de montaigne#kate bush#groundhog day#saul bellow#the beatles#charles darwin#sigmund freud#amedeo modigliani#douglas adams#claude monet#monet paintings#peter paul rubens#henri rousseau#personal notes
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Douglas B-23 "Dragon" | Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California | 6/10/2023
#nikon z7ii#desertmarauder#photographers on tumblr#travel photography#california#atwater#castle air museum#aircraft#douglas b-23
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"As I cam down by yon castle wa" by Robert Burns (read by Douglas Henshall)
As I cam down by yon castle wa', And in by yon garden green, O there I spied a bony bony lass, But the flower-borders were us between.
A bony bony lassie she was, As ever mine eyes did see: O five hundred pounds would I give, For to have such a pretty bride as thee.
To have such a pretty bride as me, Young man ye are sairly mista'en; Tho' ye were king o' fair Scotland, I wad disdain to be you queen.
Talk not so very high, bony lass, O talk not so very, very high: The man at the fair that wad sell, He maun learn at the man that wad buy.
I trust to climb a far higher tree, And herry a far richer nest: Tak this advice o' me, bony lass, Humility wad set thee best.
Source: The works of Robert Burns, BBC
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Next up is the Douglas-Laurinaitis-Cornette Family. If you like Jim Cornette you may want to skip this post because he isn't the greatest in my stories. Again I am only writing these wrestlers as their on screen personalities, I do bring in some real life qualities but that is rare. Cornette as a wrestling character is kind of slimy, always cheating. Anyway, from top left Shane Douglas, Jim Cornette, Johnny Ace aka John Laurinaitis. Middle row, left is Dalton Castle, Bryce Remsburg, Nikki and Brie the Bella Twins, bottom left is Donovan Danhausen and bottom right is Alan Angels. TW for child abuse, using confinement as a punishment, emotional abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, domestic abuse, and destroying property as punishment.
Nikki and Brie are only Johnny Ace's step-daughters. He left Shane and Cornette just before Alan turned 1 and when Donovan was 6. He met their mother later on in life and he considers them his kids.
Bryce is Shane and Johnny Ace's kid. He doesn't really have all that much of a connection to Cornette, by the time his Dad's got together with him, Bryce was working and always out of the house. When Ace left, Bryce went with him. He loves being a big brother more than anything. He would do anything for them.
Dalton is also technically Shane and Ace's kid. He HATES Cornette's guts. Cornette was not a good father, he'd destroy many of Dalton and Bryce's things if they didn't obey him. Dalton also saw how Cornette treated Shane which wasn't great. He'd put Shane down, he was constantly cheating, gaslighting Shane to think that all of it was his fault. Dalton got to a point to where he couldn't take Cornette's abuse anymore and he went to stay with Ace as well. He was 14 when he went to stay with Ace. I have a chapter of my growing up story about him running away and the events that took place before and after.
Donovan Danhausen Cornette-Laurinaitis is Johnny Ace's and Cornette's kid. His relationship with Cornette was different then his older brothers. After Dalton ran away, Cornette snapped and locked Donovan in a closet. I also have a chapter of that in Growing Up. Donovan was lucky because he got to stay with Ace and only had to see Cornette on the weekends. Donovan has gotten used to doing when Cornette wanted, he is compliant and will do anything as long as his brothers don't get hurt.
Alan Angels Cornette-Douglas is Cornette and Shane's kid. Angel is his nickname because he was such a well behaved child. He very rarely had a tantrum outside of the house but inside it was a different story. Cornette hated the tantrums, and locked Alan in the basement the first time. Alan didn't get it as easy as Donovan, he had to stay with Cornette every other week. Because of Cornette's abuse toward Shane, Shane thought the abuse and confinement stopped but it did not. Alan learned to completely avoid his father and kept as busy as he could when he was there.
Now that they are all grown up, the brothers are very close. Dalton makes sure that both his families are close to each other. So the Luger-Pillman boys and the Douglas-Laurinaitis boys are very close as well.
Again this sibling group is one of my favorites to write. My favorite wrestlers right now are Alan Angels, Wheeler Yuta, and Donovan Danhausen so obviously I adore writing them. That mean I adore writing them in danger ;) that's what I do to my favorites. I can't help it!
All of the boys do not call Cornette Dad, they either call him Cornette or Jim if they are feeling extra petty. Their friends have realized that they hate discussing him so they don't usually bring him up.
#alternate universe#jim cornette#shane douglas#john laurinaitis#Johnny Ace#alan angels#bryce remsburg#dalton castle#donovan danhausen#brie bella#nikki bella
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Threave, August 2023
#Threave#Garden#Castle Douglas#Dumfries and Galloway#Scotland#UK#National Trust for Scotland#Hydrangea#Dry Stone Wall#Nikon#D5300#Places
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Invisible Club 20
03.07.2024
Intro 00:00
Moray Newlands-The Prodigal 00:41
BEAK>-The Seal 05:02
Metamatics-Kippax Street 10:54
The British Stereo Collective-Tech Talk 15:06
Futuregrapher-Angsutra 17:19
Dark Fidelity Hi Fi-Dark Transit 23:56
µ-Ziq-Hyper Daddy 29:33
Julio Tornero-stormchaser 34:56
Mike Dickinson-Clicking Out 37:42
David Douglas & Applescal-Galibier 41:57
Serge Geyzel-It’s Cancelled 45:08
Deeb-003.1 51:20
Pabellón Sintético & Lucas Tripaldi-Who is on the other side? 55:12
Thought Bubble-Crystal 1:01:05
Fragile X-Hanging By A Thread 1:14:05
Mark Hjorthoy-Stimulus Response Programming 1:19:06
Outré 1:24:01
#Moray Newlands#BEAK>#Metamatics#The British Stereo Collective#Futuregrapher#Dark Fidelity Hi Fi#µ-Ziq#Julio Tornero#Mike Dickinson#David Douglas#Applescal#Serge Geyzel#Deeb#Pabellón Sintético#Lucas Tripaldi#Thought Bubble#Fragile X#Mark Hjorthoy#Wormhole World#Castles In Space#Móatún 7#Bricolage#Planet Mu#Intellitronic Bubble#Atomnation#Adepta Editions#Cyclical Dreams
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Bad movie I have Antony and Cleopatra 1972
#Antony and Cleopatra#Charlton Heston#Hildegard Neil#Eric Porter#John Castle#Fernando Rey#Juan Luis Galiardo#Carmen Sevilla#Freddie Jones#Enrique Alba#Peter Arne#Luis Barboo#Fernando Bilbao#Warren Clarke#Roger Delgado#Julian Glover#Sancho Gracia#Garrick Hagon#John Hallam#Jane Lapotaire#Joe Melia#Monica Peterson#Emiliano Redondo#Aldo Sambrell#Douglas Wilmer#Richard Johnson#Sergio Krumbel#José Manuel Martín#Manolo Otero#Juan Manuel Torres Gómez
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Castle Rock, Colorado's Davin Daniel Meyer arrested at Denver International Airport
Davin Daniel Meyer, 18, of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, United States is accused of pledging an oath of allegiance to the leader of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. He allegedly intended to leave the U.S. and go to Iraq to serve as a fighter for the terrorist group. A
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