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Updates: Recent Science Fiction Purchases No. CCCXLIX (Aldous Huxley, Joyce Thompson, John Collier, and an anthology of stories from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

Which books/covers/authors intrigue you? Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed?

1. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 8th Series, ed. Anthony Boucher (1959)

• Ed Emshwiller’s cover for the 1963 edition

From the back cover: No summary blurb.

Contents: C. S. Lewis’ “Ministering Angels” (1955), Poul Anderson’s “Backwardness” (1958), Kit Reed’s “The Wait” (1958), Isaac Asimov’s “The Up-to-Date Sorcerer” (1958), Fritz Leiber’s “A Deskful of Girls” (1958), Damon Knight’s “Eripmav” (1958), Brian W. Aldiss’ “Poor Little Warrior!’ (1958), Shirley Jackson’s “The Omen” (1958), Jules Verne’s “Gilt Braltar” (1887), Avram Davidson’s “The Grantha Sighting” (1958), C. M. Kornbluth’s “Theory of Rocketry” (1958), John Shepley’s “Gorilla Suit” (1958), Zenna Henderson’s “Captivity” (1958), and Alfred Bester’s “The Men Who Murdered Mohammed” (1958)

Initial Thoughts: I love anthologies. I need to finally tackle a Zenna Henderson story!

2. Aldous Huxley’s Island (1962)

• Emanuel Schongut’s cover for the 1972 edition

From the back cover: Contains no clear blurb about the book. I’ve quoted the blurb from SF Encyclopedia: “Island (1962) presents a utopian alternative to the previous books, though without much energy. Pala and Rendang – the primary Islands in question – are set safely in the Indonesian Archipelago, and Pala in particular has long enjoyed a mildly euphoric existence, sustained spiritually by religious practices derived from Tantric Buddhism, and physically by moksha, a sort of benign soma, whose psychedelic effects – as shared by the island’s inhabitants in unison – smooth the rough edges of the world. But the book itself is powerless to convince.”

Initial Thoughts: I’ve read, and enjoyed, Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) and the bizarre Ape and Essence (1948) (which I never managed to review). When I saw Islands (1962) in the bargain bin at my local used book store foe $1, I couldn’t resist.

3. Joyce Thompson’s Conscience Place (1984)

• Jackie Morris’ cover for the 1986 edition

From the back cover: “The People of the Place are the victims of progress, although they are unaware of their physical deformities, and their existence, in a community somewhere in America, is a closed guarded secret from a guilty world.

For the People are the mutant offspring of nuclear plant workers. Loved and cherished by the Fathers, they are allowed to live out their brief lives in dignity and harmony and in something approaching joy. Until their miniature civilization is threatened by the very ones who nurture them.

In the ensuring struggle to survive, the People learned the bitter truth of who they are and the lessons of their history.”

Initial Thoughts: Not sure where I learned of this one. SF Encyclopedia, in its limited fashion, aims a kind description its way.

4. John Collier’s Tom’s A-Cold (1933)

• Uncredited (“K” initial) cover for the 1st edition

From the inside flap: Unfortunately, copies with dust jackets are FAR too expensive for me to purchase. Here’s the blurb from SF Encyclopedia: “Radically dissimilar to his most familiar work is Tom’s A-Cold (1933; vt Full Circle 1933), a remarkably effective Scientific Romance set in a 1990s Ruined Earth, long after an unexplained Disaster has decimated England’s (and presumably the world’s) population and thrust mankind back into rural barbarism, a condition out of which the eldest survivors, who remember civilization, are trying to educate the young third generation. The simple plot plays no tricks on the reader: the young protagonist, a born leader, rises through raids and conflict to the chieftainship, undergoes a tragedy, and reconciles himself at the novel’s close to the burdens of a government which will improve the lot of his people. Throughout the novel, very movingly, Collier renders the reborn, circumambient natural world with a hallucinatory visual intensity found nowhere else in his work. Along with Alun Llewellyn’s The Strange Invaders (1934), Tom’s A-Cold can be seen, in its atmosphere of almost loving conviction, as a genuine successor to Richard Jefferies’s After London (1885).”

Initial Thoughts: I encountered a few mentions of this one in Andrew Hammond’s monograph Cold War Stories: British Dystopian Fiction, 1945-1990 (2018). Clute’s blurb above makes it out to be a real winner. Can’t wait to read this one.

For book reviews consult the INDEX

For cover art posts consult the INDEX

For TV and film reviews consult the INDEX

Updates: Recent Science Fiction Purchases No. CCCXLIX (Aldous Huxley, Joyce Thompson, John Collier, and an anthology of stories from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

Which books/covers/authors intrigue you? Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed?

1. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 8th Series, ed. Anthony Boucher (1959)

• Ed Emshwiller’s cover for the 1963 edition

From the back cover: No summary blurb.

Contents: C. S. Lewis’ “Ministering Angels” (1955), Poul Anderson’s “Backwardness” (1958), Kit Reed’s “The Wait” (1958), Isaac Asimov’s “The Up-to-Date Sorcerer” (1958), Fritz Leiber’s “A Deskful of Girls” (1958), Damon Knight’s “Eripmav” (1958), Brian W. Aldiss’ “Poor Little Warrior!’ (1958), Shirley Jackson’s “The Omen” (1958), Jules Verne’s “Gilt Braltar” (1887), Avram Davidson’s “The Grantha Sighting” (1958), C. M. Kornbluth’s “Theory of Rocketry” (1958), John Shepley’s “Gorilla Suit” (1958), Zenna Henderson’s “Captivity” (1958), and Alfred Bester’s “The Men Who Murdered Mohammed” (1958)

Initial Thoughts: I love anthologies. I need to finally tackle a Zenna Henderson story!

2. Aldous Huxley’s Island (1962)

• Emanuel Schongut’s cover for the 1972 edition

From the back cover: Contains no clear blurb about the book. I’ve quoted the blurb from SF Encyclopedia: “Island (1962) presents a utopian alternative to the previous books, though without much energy. Pala and Rendang – the primary Islands in question – are set safely in the Indonesian Archipelago, and Pala in particular has long enjoyed a mildly euphoric existence, sustained spiritually by religious practices derived from Tantric Buddhism, and physically by moksha, a sort of benign soma, whose psychedelic effects – as shared by the island’s inhabitants in unison – smooth the rough edges of the world. But the book itself is powerless to convince.”

Initial Thoughts: I’ve read, and enjoyed, Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) and the bizarre Ape and Essence (1948) (which I never managed to review). When I saw Islands (1962) in the bargain bin at my local used book store foe $1, I couldn’t resist.

3. Joyce Thompson’s Conscience Place (1984)

• Jackie Morris’ cover for the 1986 edition

From the back cover: “The People of the Place are the victims of progress, although they are unaware of their physical deformities, and their existence, in a community somewhere in America, is a closed guarded secret from a guilty world.

For the People are the mutant offspring of nuclear plant workers. Loved and cherished by the Fathers, they are allowed to live out their brief lives in dignity and harmony and in something approaching joy. Until their miniature civilization is threatened by the very ones who nurture them.

In the ensuring struggle to survive, the People learned the bitter truth of who they are and the lessons of their history.”

Initial Thoughts: Not sure where I learned of this one. SF Encyclopedia, in its limited fashion, aims a kind description its way.

4. John Collier’s Tom’s A-Cold (1933)

• Uncredited (“K” initial) cover for the 1st edition

From the inside flap: Unfortunately, copies with dust jackets are FAR too expensive for me to purchase. Here’s the blurb from SF Encyclopedia: “Radically dissimilar to his most familiar work is Tom’s A-Cold (1933; vt Full Circle 1933), a remarkably effective Scientific Romance set in a 1990s Ruined Earth, long after an unexplained Disaster has decimated England’s (and presumably the world’s) population and thrust mankind back into rural barbarism, a condition out of which the eldest survivors, who remember civilization, are trying to educate the young third generation. The simple plot plays no tricks on the reader: the young protagonist, a born leader, rises through raids and conflict to the chieftainship, undergoes a tragedy, and reconciles himself at the novel’s close to the burdens of a government which will improve the lot of his people. Throughout the novel, very movingly, Collier renders the reborn, circumambient natural world with a hallucinatory visual intensity found nowhere else in his work. Along with Alun Llewellyn’s The Strange Invaders (1934), Tom’s A-Cold can be seen, in its atmosphere of almost loving conviction, as a genuine successor to Richard Jefferies’s After London (1885).”

Initial Thoughts: I encountered a few mentions of this one in Andrew Hammond’s monograph Cold War Stories: British Dystopian Fiction, 1945-1990 (2018). Clute’s blurb above makes it out to be a real winner. Can’t wait to read this one.

For book reviews consult the INDEX

For cover art posts consult the INDEX

For TV and film reviews consult the INDEX

Updates: Recent Science Fiction Purchases No. CCCXLIX (Aldous Huxley, Joyce Thompson, John Collier, and an anthology of stories from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

Which books/covers/authors intrigue you? Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed?

1. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 8th Series, ed. Anthony Boucher (1959)

• Ed Emshwiller’s cover for the 1963 edition

From the back cover: No summary blurb.

Contents: C. S. Lewis’ “Ministering Angels” (1955), Poul Anderson’s “Backwardness” (1958), Kit Reed’s “The Wait” (1958), Isaac Asimov’s “The Up-to-Date Sorcerer” (1958), Fritz Leiber’s “A Deskful of Girls” (1958), Damon Knight’s “Eripmav” (1958), Brian W. Aldiss’ “Poor Little Warrior!’ (1958), Shirley Jackson’s “The Omen” (1958), Jules Verne’s “Gilt Braltar” (1887), Avram Davidson’s “The Grantha Sighting” (1958), C. M. Kornbluth’s “Theory of Rocketry” (1958), John Shepley’s “Gorilla Suit” (1958), Zenna Henderson’s “Captivity” (1958), and Alfred Bester’s “The Men Who Murdered Mohammed” (1958)

Initial Thoughts: I love anthologies. I need to finally tackle a Zenna Henderson story!

2. Aldous Huxley’s Island (1962)

• Emanuel Schongut’s cover for the 1972 edition

From the back cover: Contains no clear blurb about the book. I’ve quoted the blurb from SF Encyclopedia: “Island (1962) presents a utopian alternative to the previous books, though without much energy. Pala and Rendang – the primary Islands in question – are set safely in the Indonesian Archipelago, and Pala in particular has long enjoyed a mildly euphoric existence, sustained spiritually by religious practices derived from Tantric Buddhism, and physically by moksha, a sort of benign soma, whose psychedelic effects – as shared by the island’s inhabitants in unison – smooth the rough edges of the world. But the book itself is powerless to convince.”

Initial Thoughts: I’ve read, and enjoyed, Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) and the bizarre Ape and Essence (1948) (which I never managed to review). When I saw Islands (1962) in the bargain bin at my local used book store foe $1, I couldn’t resist.

3. Joyce Thompson’s Conscience Place (1984)

• Jackie Morris’ cover for the 1986 edition

From the back cover: “The People of the Place are the victims of progress, although they are unaware of their physical deformities, and their existence, in a community somewhere in America, is a closed guarded secret from a guilty world.

For the People are the mutant offspring of nuclear plant workers. Loved and cherished by the Fathers, they are allowed to live out their brief lives in dignity and harmony and in something approaching joy. Until their miniature civilization is threatened by the very ones who nurture them.

In the ensuring struggle to survive, the People learned the bitter truth of who they are and the lessons of their history.”

Initial Thoughts: Not sure where I learned of this one. SF Encyclopedia, in its limited fashion, aims a kind description its way.

4. John Collier’s Tom’s A-Cold (1933)

• Uncredited (“K” initial) cover for the 1st edition

From the inside flap: Unfortunately, copies with dust jackets are FAR too expensive for me to purchase. Here’s the blurb from SF Encyclopedia: “Radically dissimilar to his most familiar work is Tom’s A-Cold (1933; vt Full Circle 1933), a remarkably effective Scientific Romance set in a 1990s Ruined Earth, long after an unexplained Disaster has decimated England’s (and presumably the world’s) population and thrust mankind back into rural barbarism, a condition out of which the eldest survivors, who remember civilization, are trying to educate the young third generation. The simple plot plays no tricks on the reader: the young protagonist, a born leader, rises through raids and conflict to the chieftainship, undergoes a tragedy, and reconciles himself at the novel’s close to the burdens of a government which will improve the lot of his people. Throughout the novel, very movingly, Collier renders the reborn, circumambient natural world with a hallucinatory visual intensity found nowhere else in his work. Along with Alun Llewellyn’s The Strange Invaders (1934), Tom’s A-Cold can be seen, in its atmosphere of almost loving conviction, as a genuine successor to Richard Jefferies’s After London (1885).”

Initial Thoughts: I encountered a few mentions of this one in Andrew Hammond’s monograph Cold War Stories: British Dystopian Fiction, 1945-1990 (2018). Clute’s blurb above makes it out to be a real winner. Can’t wait to read this one.

For book reviews consult the INDEX

For cover art posts consult the INDEX

For TV and film reviews consult the INDEX

«It is either egoism, moralism, struggle for power, annihilation of the weak – no matter under what slogans it will be done or Anarchism. Anarchy is inevitable, because there is no other option. And if a humanity will have to rush from one power into another, from lie into hypocrisy, from stupidity into relentlessness - it will come to anarchism anyway, because it is inevitable. But what matters are the rivers of tears, that will flow in that case, it is important to avoid great but unnecessary suffering and that is why, it is crucial, that anarchy would come as fast as possible. That is what we strive for, that is what we fight for» - A Solonovich 1930-s member of the first order of mystical anarchists «Order of light».
#anarchism #anarchy #history #quote #1930s #mysticalanarchism #literature #rare #politics #old

Now playing on the blog: A deep dive into the 1932 classic "Shanghai Express". 📽️

From the high-contrast lighting to the intricate costume design, this film is a masterclass in atmosphere. Does it hold up as von Sternberg’s best collaboration with Dietrich?

Full review: https://www.movieyet.com/2025/11/shanghai-express-1932.html

#FilmReview #VintageCinema #1930s #MastodonMovies #ClassicFilm #MovieYet

Now playing on the blog: A deep dive into the 1932 classic "Shanghai Express". 📽️

From the high-contrast lighting to the intricate costume design, this film is a masterclass in atmosphere. Does it hold up as von Sternberg’s best collaboration with Dietrich?

Full review: https://www.movieyet.com/2025/11/shanghai-express-1932.html

#FilmReview #VintageCinema #1930s #MastodonMovies #ClassicFilm #MovieYet

Jared French -- Cavalrymen Crossing a River -- 1939.

>> French's central mural for the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia, is now displayed at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse. "Life" magazine reported that French painted himself into the mural as the figure wearing suspenders.<<

I find it fascinating to see the implicit but powerful eroticism at work in a 1930s New Deal art commission.

Image: By Carol M. Highsmith - Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719844 -- Wikimedia Commons

#Art #JaredFrench #NewDeal #USArt #AmericanArt #Painting #1930s

Jared French -- Cavalrymen Crossing a River -- 1939.

>> French's central mural for the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia, is now displayed at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse. "Life" magazine reported that French painted himself into the mural as the figure wearing suspenders.<<

I find it fascinating to see the implicit but powerful eroticism at work in a 1930s New Deal art commission.

Image: By Carol M. Highsmith - Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719844 -- Wikimedia Commons

#Art #JaredFrench #NewDeal #USArt #AmericanArt #Painting #1930s

Jared French -- Cavalrymen Crossing a River -- 1939.

>> French's central mural for the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia, is now displayed at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse. "Life" magazine reported that French painted himself into the mural as the figure wearing suspenders.<<

I find it fascinating to see the implicit but powerful eroticism at work in a 1930s New Deal art commission.

Image: By Carol M. Highsmith - Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719844 -- Wikimedia Commons

#Art #JaredFrench #NewDeal #USArt #AmericanArt #Painting #1930s

Jared French -- Cavalrymen Crossing a River -- 1939.

>> French's central mural for the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia, is now displayed at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse. "Life" magazine reported that French painted himself into the mural as the figure wearing suspenders.<<

I find it fascinating to see the implicit but powerful eroticism at work in a 1930s New Deal art commission.

Image: By Carol M. Highsmith - Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719844 -- Wikimedia Commons

#Art #JaredFrench #NewDeal #USArt #AmericanArt #Painting #1930s

Jared French -- Cavalrymen Crossing a River -- 1939.

>> French's central mural for the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia, is now displayed at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse. "Life" magazine reported that French painted himself into the mural as the figure wearing suspenders.<<

I find it fascinating to see the implicit but powerful eroticism at work in a 1930s New Deal art commission.

Image: By Carol M. Highsmith - Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719844 -- Wikimedia Commons

#Art #JaredFrench #NewDeal #USArt #AmericanArt #Painting #1930s

Margery Allingham's Campion, the apparently equable but ruthless crime-fighter with a genius for self-effacement when evil plots are being quietly discussed, surprises a suspect in The Strand Magazine for June 1937. The story is 'Danger Point', the illustrator Clive Uptton. #detection #crime #1930s

17 Great Depression recipes people still use during hard times https://www.diningandcooking.com/2586861/17-great-depression-recipes-people-still-use-during-hard-times/ #19291939 #1930s #AshCakes #food #FrugalMeals #GreatDepression #GreatDepressionCake #GreatDepressionFood #GreatDepressionMeals #GreatDepressionRecipe #GreatDepressionRecipes #GreatDepressionSoup #GreatestGeneration #HooverStew #RecipeTopics #Recipes #RivelSoup #SoupRecipes #StewRecipes #TheGreatDepression #TomatoSoupCake #WackyCake #WaterPie

April 4, 1931 and Chaplin's "City Lights" Premieres at Vintage Edmonton:

http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/04/april-4-1931.html

#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1930s #CharlieChaplin

Antonino Espinosa Saldaña, “Bird”, circa 1931, pencil on paper, 18.8 × 22.4 cm ★ Peru ★ https://coleccion.mali.pe/objects/14364/ave?ctx=0a3f9b20fbb0a5bb595b37d136e8b2f672e18eff&idx=582 #AntoninoEspinosaSaldaña #AntoninoEspinosaSaldana #drawings #birds #animalism #surrealera #pencilonpaper #foxing #MuseodeArtedeLima #Peruvianartists #1930s

Antonino Espinosa Saldaña, “Bird”, circa 1931, pencil on paper, 18.8 × 22.4 cm ★ Peru ★ https://coleccion.mali.pe/objects/14364/ave?ctx=0a3f9b20fbb0a5bb595b37d136e8b2f672e18eff&idx=582 #AntoninoEspinosaSaldaña #AntoninoEspinosaSaldana #drawings #birds #animalism #surrealera #pencilonpaper #foxing #MuseodeArtedeLima #Peruvianartists #1930s

Aether & Iron, a Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky, released on Steam

Reviews:

PCGamer - Aether & Iron review - Arcanum meets Bioshock Infinite in a speakeasy
RPGfan - Aether & Iron intends to contribute to the genre, though departing from the formula in meaningful ways.
Checkpoint Gaming - Aether & Iron Review – Stratosphere Boulevard

Videos:

Aether & Iron Release Trailer
From Steampunk to Decopunk: Designing Our 1930s Noir World | Aether & Iron Dev Diary 5
How We Made High-Speed Car Chases Work in Turn-Based Combat | Aether & Iron Dev Diary 3

Aether & Iron, a Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky, released on Steam

Reviews:

PCGamer - Aether & Iron review - Arcanum meets Bioshock Infinite in a speakeasy
RPGfan - Aether & Iron intends to contribute to the genre, though departing from the formula in meaningful ways.
Checkpoint Gaming - Aether & Iron Review – Stratosphere Boulevard

Videos:

Aether & Iron Release Trailer
From Steampunk to Decopunk: Designing Our 1930s Noir World | Aether & Iron Dev Diary 5
How We Made High-Speed Car Chases Work in Turn-Based Combat | Aether & Iron Dev Diary 3

Aether & Iron, a Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky, released on Steam

https://piefed.world/c/pcgaming/p/1000486/aether-iron-a-decopunk-narrative-rpg-set-in-an-alternate-1930s-where-anti-gravitational

Aether & Iron review - Arcanum meets Bioshock Infinite in a speakeasy.

Aether & Iron, a Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky, released on Steam

https://piefed.world/c/crpg/p/1000480/aether-iron-a-decopunk-narrative-rpg-set-in-an-alternate-1930s-where-anti-gravitational

The 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet stands as one of the most exquisite examples of automotive art ever conceived, a masterpiece that seamlessly blends high-performance engineering with sculptural elegance
https://www.vintag.es/2026/03/1937-bugatti-type-57-cabriolet.html #cars #Bugatti #1930s #globalmuseum

Forgot to mention that on leaving our local #PostOffice last #Saturday after having #breakfast there, as is our Saturday habit, we found this #1930s style #car outside.

Turns out it's a #Beauford!

https://www.beaufordclub.org.uk/

Forgot to mention that on leaving our local #PostOffice last #Saturday after having #breakfast there, as is our Saturday habit, we found this #1930s style #car outside.

Turns out it's a #Beauford!

https://www.beaufordclub.org.uk/

Forgot to mention that on leaving our local #PostOffice last #Saturday after having #breakfast there, as is our Saturday habit, we found this #1930s style #car outside.

Turns out it's a #Beauford!

https://www.beaufordclub.org.uk/

Forgot to mention that on leaving our local #PostOffice last #Saturday after having #breakfast there, as is our Saturday habit, we could this #1930s style #car outside.

Turns out it's a #Beauford!

https://www.beaufordclub.org.uk/

‘Leg-end!’

American actress: Mae Clarke
Movie: ‘Waterloo Bridge’ (1931)

#pinup #precode #hollywood #GoldenAge #monchrome #MaeClarke #WaterlooBridge #stockings #1930s #americana

Max Beckmann -- Pensive woman on the seafront -- 1937-- Bremen Kunsthalle -- Photo; Jean Louis Mazieres -- CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

#Art #Painting #GermanArt #20thCentury #MaxBeckmann #1930s

Public Power Review: Bringing Back New Deal Local Labor History with AI. “I’ve gone through the work of producing a digital archive of Chattanooga’s Labor World newspaper for the years 1929 to 1940. Labor World was published by the Chattanooga Trades and Labor Council, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, from 1915 to 1984. The archive is organized into PDF files by volume, […]

John Finnemore on The Allusionist podcast:
https://mgln.ai/e/282/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/5887408e-4fea-46c3-a835-2a31f745ee9a.mp3
#JohnFinnemore #Allusionist #puzzle #puzzles #English #language #crossword #spoonerism #1930s #CainsJawbone #EdwardPowysMathers #LaurenceSterne

When She Dreams "As far as Sam is concerned, Maggie is reckless and in over her head" Sale: $9.79 to $2.99 by Amanda Quick Rating: 4.5/5 (4,153 Reviews) #HistoricalThriller #RomanticSuspense #LucidDreaming #1930s #Mystery #Books #BurningCove #AmandaQuick #BookSky

When She Dreams

When She Dreams "As far as Sam is concerned, Maggie is reckless and in over her head" Sale: $9.79 to $2.99 by Amanda Quick Rating: 4.5/5 (4,153 Reviews) #HistoricalThriller #RomanticSuspense #LucidDreaming #1930s #Mystery #Books #BurningCove #AmandaQuick #BookSky

When She Dreams

When She Dreams "As far as Sam is concerned, Maggie is reckless and in over her head" Sale: $9.79 to $2.99 by Amanda Quick Rating: 4.5/5 (4,153 Reviews) #HistoricalThriller #RomanticSuspense #LucidDreaming #1930s #Mystery #Books #BurningCove #AmandaQuick #BookSky

When She Dreams

When She Dreams "As far as Sam is concerned, Maggie is reckless and in over her head" Sale: $9.79 to $2.99 by Amanda Quick Rating: 4.5/5 (4,153 Reviews) #HistoricalThriller #RomanticSuspense #LucidDreaming #1930s #Mystery #Books #BurningCove #AmandaQuick #BookSky

When She Dreams

#52booksin52weeks 50. Set in a Castle - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith ##ComingOfAge #poverty #romanticism #romance #nature #freedom #history #Modernity #youngadulthood #1930s #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #booktok #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

West with Giraffes: A Novel “Life is life no matter who or what is living it, boy—a thing to respect,” Sale: $14.95 to $4.99 by Lynda Rutledge Rating: 4.6/5 (112,651 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #ComingOfAge #Animals #Giraffes #RoadTrip #1930s #Books #BookSky

West with Giraffes: A Novel

Pullman Court, Streatham

1935

Frederick Gibberd

https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/speculative-apartments-mini-guide.html

#modernism #metroland #concrete #frederickgibberd #1930s

Christ The King, Oakwood, Enfield

1939

Constantine Bosschaerts

https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/christ-the-king.html

#modernism #metroland #church #1930s #interwar

My Greatest Generation grandad had one rule to never run out of things to say in conversation

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/conversation-tips-from-the-greatest-generation-ex1

Hei again!

Reposting my second blog post in the series about the History of the Norwegian Exlibris: https://www.annikarockenberger.com/2025-11-07/exlibris-2/

I have fixed the typos and changed the intro a bit and put a featured image, because the internet tells me, pictures attract readers!

Anyhow, come by and read part 2!

#Norway #NorwegianExlibris #Advertisement #BookCollection #1930s #NorskTut #allheimen

Hei again!

Reposting my second blog post in the series about the History of the Norwegian Exlibris: https://www.annikarockenberger.com/2025-11-07/exlibris-2/

I have fixed the typos and changed the intro a bit and put a featured image, because the internet tells me, pictures attract readers!

Anyhow, come by and read part 2!

#Norway #NorwegianExlibris #Advertisement #BookCollection #1930s #NorskTut #allheimen

Hei again!

Reposting my second blog post in the series about the History of the Norwegian Exlibris: https://www.annikarockenberger.com/2025-11-07/exlibris-2/

I have fixed the typos and changed the intro a bit and put a featured image, because the internet tells me, pictures attract readers!

Anyhow, come by and read part 2!

#Norway #NorwegianExlibris #Advertisement #BookCollection #1930s #NorskTut #allheimen

Hei again!

Reposting my second blog post in the series about the History of the Norwegian Exlibris: https://www.annikarockenberger.com/2025-11-07/exlibris-2/

I have fixed the typos and changed the intro a bit and put a featured image, because the internet tells me, pictures attract readers!

Anyhow, come by and read part 2!

#Norway #NorwegianExlibris #Advertisement #BookCollection #1930s #NorskTut #allheimen

Hei again!

Reposting my second blog post in the series about the History of the Norwegian Exlibris: https://www.annikarockenberger.com/2025-11-07/exlibris-2/

I have fixed the typos and changed the intro a bit and put a featured image, because the internet tells me, pictures attract readers!

Anyhow, come by and read part 2!

#Norway #NorwegianExlibris #Advertisement #BookCollection #1930s #NorskTut #allheimen

A Hundred Summers "Sparkles like the New England summer sun." Sale: $19 to $1.99 by Beatriz Williams Rating: 4.4/5 (7,293 Reviews) #historicalfiction #SummerReads #BeachBook #1930s #romance #Books #BookSky

A Hundred Summers

Late #TuneTuesday for the theme of #MyGoldenOldie, or the oldest song you know and like. Mine is "Midnight Special" by Lead Belly. He recorded this in 1934.

https://youtu.be/CrdioqIMtpY

#blues #LeadBelly #30s #1930s

"Bridge"
Teableau for 08/25/25

The painting is "Bridge" by Joseph Stella, 1936, for the WPA. You know, back when the US federal government could actually do something good for the country and its people.

#Tea #WPA #Art #GreatDepression #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #GreenTea #VintageChina #Handmade #Sewing #Painting #1930s #ArtDeco #ArtNouveau #NewDeal #JosephStella

Girls in New Orleans.
1935 Resettlement Administration photo by Ben Shahn.

@noladon

#NewOrleans #WPA #1930s #BenShahn

IN OTHER NEWS…

been down one of my #interwar #1920s #1930s rabbitholes and had scooted over to @gutenberg_org when i saw this on their front page:

Ant Ventures | Project Gutenberg - https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/76365/pg76365-images.html

now, i’d never heard of this book and am not a fan of ants or insects in general, what with my various allergic reactions to many of them.

i am a fan of punny titles. am also a fan of @futurebird because she loves #ants and all manner of bugs and that’s good enough to me.

enjoy!

Outrageous Review

#Outrageous #TheMitfordGirls #drama #historicaldrama #1930s #tv #tvreview

https://popculturemaniacs.com/outrageous-review/