I have mentioned McSweeney’s Quarterly on this blog before.If you have never read this literary journal before, # 27 is an issue that you really don’t want to miss.
It features a cardboard slipcase with a city scene printed on it with die-cut rectangles for windows.Within the sleeve are three separate books. The first contains a great cover wrap illustration by Scott Teplin with six fiction pieces including the new Stephen King story, “A Very Tight Place”.
In last night’s LOSTfinale, Future Kate received a creepy phone call before having a haunting encounter with Claire, who was hovering over toddler Aaron and telling Kate, “Don’t bring him back!” But who was on the phone? The message was reversed and difficult to understand. Here is the message, played forwards:
On last night’s LOST finale, after Locke left the Orchid and met up with Richard Alpert and the Others, did you happen to notice this guy? He looks a lot like Richard Malkin, the psychic Claire visited in season one — the guy who told her she had to raise Aaron herself and then gave her a ticket for Flight 815.That would be an interesting, plot twist!
After one of the most satisfying seasons, LOST will return in January 2009 and will have 17 episodes.Unfortunately, we will have to wait 8 months to see what happens next. Season 5 will focus on why the people in the outside world need to get back to the Island. The show is scheduled to air for 2 more years and end in 2010.
We just got back from an amazing road trip to Victoria, B.C. Canada. Just a drive up north and a 90-minute ferryboat ride and we arrived. This was our first time to Victoria as we had previously only visited Vancouver. There was a lot to see and do. We were able to explore by foot as our hotel was directly across the street from The Empress on the Inner Harbor. We found tons of totem poles outside the Royal BC Museum in Thunderbird Park. We walked up and down Government Street and explored a bunch of interesting shops. We drove to Butchart Gardens to enjoy the scenery there and admire this extremely beautiful place and a must see once in your lifetime. We explored the coast and watched some parasailing with the beautiful backdrop of the US Mainland. We were lucky to see an amazing sunset. Definitely recommended for a bit of Britain close to home as evident by the look and feel, especially the Parliament Building. The drive home was amazing as we were able to drive through Olympic National Park. We both had such a great time!
While watching the awesome season finale of Lost did anyone else notice the peculiar commercial for Octagon Global Recruiting? It appeared as an odd infomercial for journeymen.
If you go to the website, it is a Lost tie-in. The dates that Octagon will be ‘recruiting volunteers’ in the San Diego area coincide with the big San Diego Comic-Con?
It’s the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King’s epic The Dark Tower! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of his lover Susan Delgado. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with the deadly posse in hot pursuit… .and Roland is in a coma! Don’t miss the next chapter in the saga of the Gunslinger whose quest for the Dark Tower will shake the foundation of reality itself!
This hardcover collects Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1-5 and is scheduled to be released on October 29, 2008.The book can be pre-ordered here.
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