Kim’s Reviews > The Phantom Shark > Status Update

nacre, tiny worms! oh my gosh, I'm never going to see pearls the same again.

pigweed, pandanus tree

ketch rigged

Kodachrome! :)

junket

hawser, worm gear, stuffing box

chromite, trepang

copra, florid

i had the good fortune of a bookseller woman named Kim at a flea market recognize something in me that made her recommend these books amid the mysteries I was then collecting. they are still amazing, and ahead of their time in some ways even now, more than half a century later. wherever you are, other Kim, thank you.