Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Luckily I'm Immune
DSM-5, the new mental illness ‘bible,’ may list Internet addiction among illnesses
Whitney Houston, R. I. P.
ABC News: Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention
Free today and tomorrow only!Amazon.com: Wolf Tickets eBook: Ray Banks: Kindle Store: The scammer gets scammed.
Sean Farrell – thief, petrol smuggler and all-round scoundrel – just got shafted by the love of his life. Nora ran off with twenty grand, a gram of coke, and his favourite leather jacket, leaving him with little more than a hangover and a Dido soundtrack. But Nora’s sights are on the two hundred grand Farrell supposedly stashed somewhere in the middle of Northumberland, and she’s enlisted the help of her old boyfriend, a former hit man, to retrieve it.
Farrell hooks up with an old Army mate, the shoplifting, rotgut-swilling arsonist Jimmy Cobb and sets off after them. When this pair catch up with Nora and her ex, there’s going to be hell to pay, 'cause nobody messes with Farrell and Cobb ...
WOLF TICKETS is hardcore Ray Banks – ballsy, breathless and brutal.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention
In addition to the Fu Manchu series that I mentioned yesterday, Titan books is also reprinting Daniel Stashower's Harry Houdini mysteries. These are a lot of fun. Houdini is a fine detective, and the setting (NYC in 1897) and atmosphere are very well done.
How Can You Resist?
A mere 99¢ gets you two great stories, one of them no longer available in any other format. I'd like to sell about a million of these, and you can help!Amazon.com: Raining Willie & Cranked: Two Texas Tales eBook: Bill Crider: Kindle Store: A collection of nearly 8000 words of Texas storytelling containing two rowdy Texas tales about meth labs, explosions, runaways, good old boys, and a good-time girl. The second story, "Cranked," was nominated for an Edgar® award by the Mystery Writers of America.
Jill Kinmont Boothe, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Jill Kinmont Boothe, a champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall on an icy slope became the subject of the popular 1975 film “The Other Side of the Mountain,” died Thursday in Carson City, Nev. She was 75.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Philip Bruns, R. I. P.
CBS News: The actor who played the father on the 1970s comedy series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," has died. Philip Bruns was 80.
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