Derek Davis
wants
to read:
A book with a strange or nonsensical title, something unlikely in just about any area of fiction, science or history, the quirkier the better.
About:
I'm a semi-retired editor who's written lots of short stories published mostly in papers I've edited, and novels Gifts of a Dead Man and No Bike (comiI'm a semi-retired editor who's written lots of short stories published mostly in papers I've edited, and novels Gifts of a Dead Man and No Bike (coming soon).
I live in rural Pennsylvania because I'd spent most of my life in Philadelphia and hated it. Now I'm what passes for me as happy. Chainsaw wood and read the news online. Got a Kindle so I won't worry about dropping my favorite books in the bathtub, and I can read all of the 19th century for free. Dropped the Kindle in the bathtub (jdamn!).
Like almost all music except big bands, opera, Latin and rap, yet go days on end listening to nothing but crickets. I wish I'd picked up that used copy of "The History of Meat" put out by either Armour or Swift in 1915, with color plates. Have a foot-high statue of The Tick given to me by my daughter when she was 10. It spouts various Tick phrases like "Spoon!" when you press the button on the back and is still running on the same battery after 20 years, proving the power of the world's greatest arachnid superhero.
Held a Half-Gross birthday party when I turned 72. Might just cook me up a Filipino box-spring hog....more
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said:
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Okay, it's the second book in the trilogy, but...simply put....it's the best work of fantasy. No qualifiers. It's simply the best.Okay, it's the second book in the trilogy, but...simply put....it's the best work of fantasy. No qualifiers. It's simply the best....more
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