Existential Ennui
  • Existential Ennui
  • British Thriller Book Cover Design of the 1970s and 1980s: Mystery, Suspense, Spy and Crime Fiction
  • Beautiful British Book Jacket Design of the 1950s and 1960s
  • Patricia Highsmith First Edition Book Cover Gallery
  • Books I've Written or Edited (or Both)

Friday, 8 May 2015

The Day After


Posted by Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King) at 03:49 5 comments:
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: Donald E. Westlake, politics

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Further Thoughts on Election Day 2015

Posted by Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King) at 11:54 1 comment:
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: politics

Offered on Election Day 2015


Ed Miliband's idea of a holiday.

That is all.

(Almost.)
Posted by Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King) at 05:35 1 comment:
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: book collecting, politics
Newer Posts Older Posts Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)
Preserved for posterity by the British Library's UK Web Archive.

About Me

My photo
Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)
View my complete profile

Search Existential Ennui

Existential Ennui Facebook Page

Follow Existential Ennui

Subscribe to Existential Ennui

Subscribe via FeedBurner

Subscribe to...

Posts
Atom
Posts
All Comments
Atom
All Comments

Views

Previous Posts

  • ►  2025 (1)
    • ►  03/30 - 04/06 (1)
  • ►  2024 (4)
    • ►  12/01 - 12/08 (1)
    • ►  11/10 - 11/17 (1)
    • ►  10/06 - 10/13 (1)
    • ►  03/10 - 03/17 (1)
  • ►  2023 (5)
    • ►  10/01 - 10/08 (1)
    • ►  07/09 - 07/16 (1)
    • ►  06/11 - 06/18 (1)
    • ►  04/02 - 04/09 (1)
    • ►  02/05 - 02/12 (1)
  • ►  2022 (3)
    • ►  12/04 - 12/11 (1)
    • ►  11/20 - 11/27 (1)
    • ►  03/13 - 03/20 (1)
  • ►  2021 (6)
    • ►  12/19 - 12/26 (1)
    • ►  12/05 - 12/12 (1)
    • ►  05/23 - 05/30 (1)
    • ►  03/28 - 04/04 (1)
    • ►  03/14 - 03/21 (1)
    • ►  01/17 - 01/24 (1)
  • ►  2020 (2)
    • ►  09/27 - 10/04 (1)
    • ►  02/02 - 02/09 (1)
  • ►  2019 (9)
    • ►  12/15 - 12/22 (1)
    • ►  08/25 - 09/01 (1)
    • ►  07/21 - 07/28 (1)
    • ►  07/07 - 07/14 (1)
    • ►  06/02 - 06/09 (1)
    • ►  04/14 - 04/21 (1)
    • ►  02/10 - 02/17 (1)
    • ►  01/27 - 02/03 (1)
    • ►  01/13 - 01/20 (1)
  • ►  2018 (8)
    • ►  12/16 - 12/23 (1)
    • ►  10/07 - 10/14 (1)
    • ►  09/09 - 09/16 (1)
    • ►  08/26 - 09/02 (1)
    • ►  07/29 - 08/05 (1)
    • ►  06/03 - 06/10 (1)
    • ►  05/20 - 05/27 (1)
    • ►  04/29 - 05/06 (1)
  • ►  2017 (26)
    • ►  12/24 - 12/31 (1)
    • ►  12/17 - 12/24 (1)
    • ►  11/26 - 12/03 (1)
    • ►  11/12 - 11/19 (1)
    • ►  10/29 - 11/05 (1)
    • ►  10/15 - 10/22 (1)
    • ►  10/08 - 10/15 (1)
    • ►  10/01 - 10/08 (1)
    • ►  09/24 - 10/01 (2)
    • ►  09/17 - 09/24 (1)
    • ►  08/20 - 08/27 (1)
    • ►  08/13 - 08/20 (1)
    • ►  08/06 - 08/13 (1)
    • ►  07/02 - 07/09 (1)
    • ►  06/11 - 06/18 (1)
    • ►  05/28 - 06/04 (1)
    • ►  04/09 - 04/16 (1)
    • ►  03/19 - 03/26 (1)
    • ►  03/05 - 03/12 (1)
    • ►  02/19 - 02/26 (1)
    • ►  02/12 - 02/19 (1)
    • ►  01/29 - 02/05 (1)
    • ►  01/22 - 01/29 (1)
    • ►  01/15 - 01/22 (1)
    • ►  01/08 - 01/15 (1)
  • ►  2016 (21)
    • ►  12/25 - 01/01 (1)
    • ►  12/11 - 12/18 (1)
    • ►  11/27 - 12/04 (1)
    • ►  10/30 - 11/06 (1)
    • ►  10/16 - 10/23 (1)
    • ►  08/07 - 08/14 (1)
    • ►  05/01 - 05/08 (1)
    • ►  04/24 - 05/01 (1)
    • ►  04/17 - 04/24 (1)
    • ►  04/10 - 04/17 (1)
    • ►  04/03 - 04/10 (1)
    • ►  03/27 - 04/03 (1)
    • ►  03/20 - 03/27 (3)
    • ►  03/13 - 03/20 (2)
    • ►  02/28 - 03/06 (1)
    • ►  02/14 - 02/21 (1)
    • ►  02/07 - 02/14 (1)
    • ►  01/31 - 02/07 (1)
  • ▼  2015 (54)
    • ►  12/20 - 12/27 (1)
    • ►  12/13 - 12/20 (2)
    • ►  11/22 - 11/29 (1)
    • ►  11/15 - 11/22 (2)
    • ►  11/08 - 11/15 (1)
    • ►  11/01 - 11/08 (1)
    • ►  10/25 - 11/01 (1)
    • ►  10/18 - 10/25 (1)
    • ►  10/11 - 10/18 (2)
    • ►  10/04 - 10/11 (2)
    • ►  09/27 - 10/04 (2)
    • ►  09/20 - 09/27 (1)
    • ►  09/06 - 09/13 (2)
    • ►  08/30 - 09/06 (1)
    • ►  08/23 - 08/30 (2)
    • ►  08/16 - 08/23 (1)
    • ►  08/02 - 08/09 (1)
    • ►  07/26 - 08/02 (2)
    • ►  07/19 - 07/26 (1)
    • ►  07/12 - 07/19 (1)
    • ►  07/05 - 07/12 (2)
    • ►  06/28 - 07/05 (2)
    • ►  06/21 - 06/28 (1)
    • ►  06/14 - 06/21 (2)
    • ►  06/07 - 06/14 (1)
    • ►  05/31 - 06/07 (1)
    • ►  05/24 - 05/31 (1)
    • ►  05/17 - 05/24 (1)
    • ►  05/10 - 05/17 (1)
    • ▼  05/03 - 05/10 (3)
      • The Day After
      • Further Thoughts on Election Day 2015
      • Offered on Election Day 2015
    • ►  04/19 - 04/26 (1)
    • ►  04/12 - 04/19 (1)
    • ►  04/05 - 04/12 (1)
    • ►  03/29 - 04/05 (1)
    • ►  03/15 - 03/22 (1)
    • ►  03/08 - 03/15 (1)
    • ►  03/01 - 03/08 (1)
    • ►  02/22 - 03/01 (1)
    • ►  02/15 - 02/22 (1)
    • ►  02/01 - 02/08 (1)
    • ►  01/04 - 01/11 (1)
  • ►  2014 (74)
    • ►  12/14 - 12/21 (1)
    • ►  11/23 - 11/30 (1)
    • ►  11/16 - 11/23 (1)
    • ►  11/09 - 11/16 (1)
    • ►  11/02 - 11/09 (2)
    • ►  10/26 - 11/02 (1)
    • ►  10/19 - 10/26 (2)
    • ►  10/12 - 10/19 (3)
    • ►  10/05 - 10/12 (1)
    • ►  09/28 - 10/05 (1)
    • ►  09/21 - 09/28 (2)
    • ►  09/14 - 09/21 (2)
    • ►  09/07 - 09/14 (2)
    • ►  08/17 - 08/24 (2)
    • ►  08/10 - 08/17 (2)
    • ►  08/03 - 08/10 (3)
    • ►  07/27 - 08/03 (2)
    • ►  07/20 - 07/27 (2)
    • ►  07/13 - 07/20 (2)
    • ►  07/06 - 07/13 (1)
    • ►  06/29 - 07/06 (1)
    • ►  06/22 - 06/29 (1)
    • ►  06/15 - 06/22 (1)
    • ►  06/08 - 06/15 (2)
    • ►  06/01 - 06/08 (1)
    • ►  05/25 - 06/01 (1)
    • ►  05/18 - 05/25 (1)
    • ►  05/11 - 05/18 (3)
    • ►  05/04 - 05/11 (2)
    • ►  04/27 - 05/04 (2)
    • ►  04/20 - 04/27 (2)
    • ►  04/13 - 04/20 (2)
    • ►  04/06 - 04/13 (3)
    • ►  03/30 - 04/06 (2)
    • ►  03/16 - 03/23 (1)
    • ►  03/02 - 03/09 (1)
    • ►  02/23 - 03/02 (1)
    • ►  02/16 - 02/23 (1)
    • ►  02/09 - 02/16 (2)
    • ►  02/02 - 02/09 (2)
    • ►  01/26 - 02/02 (1)
    • ►  01/19 - 01/26 (2)
    • ►  01/12 - 01/19 (2)
    • ►  01/05 - 01/12 (3)
  • ►  2013 (107)
    • ►  12/29 - 01/05 (1)
    • ►  12/15 - 12/22 (2)
    • ►  12/08 - 12/15 (2)
    • ►  12/01 - 12/08 (2)
    • ►  11/24 - 12/01 (3)
    • ►  11/17 - 11/24 (2)
    • ►  11/10 - 11/17 (2)
    • ►  11/03 - 11/10 (3)
    • ►  10/27 - 11/03 (3)
    • ►  10/20 - 10/27 (5)
    • ►  10/13 - 10/20 (3)
    • ►  10/06 - 10/13 (2)
    • ►  09/29 - 10/06 (4)
    • ►  09/22 - 09/29 (3)
    • ►  09/15 - 09/22 (4)
    • ►  09/08 - 09/15 (5)
    • ►  08/25 - 09/01 (2)
    • ►  08/18 - 08/25 (3)
    • ►  08/11 - 08/18 (3)
    • ►  08/04 - 08/11 (2)
    • ►  07/28 - 08/04 (2)
    • ►  07/21 - 07/28 (2)
    • ►  07/14 - 07/21 (1)
    • ►  07/07 - 07/14 (1)
    • ►  06/30 - 07/07 (1)
    • ►  06/23 - 06/30 (1)
    • ►  06/09 - 06/16 (1)
    • ►  05/05 - 05/12 (2)
    • ►  04/28 - 05/05 (2)
    • ►  04/21 - 04/28 (3)
    • ►  04/14 - 04/21 (2)
    • ►  04/07 - 04/14 (2)
    • ►  03/31 - 04/07 (2)
    • ►  03/24 - 03/31 (2)
    • ►  03/17 - 03/24 (2)
    • ►  03/10 - 03/17 (2)
    • ►  03/03 - 03/10 (2)
    • ►  02/24 - 03/03 (3)
    • ►  02/17 - 02/24 (2)
    • ►  02/10 - 02/17 (2)
    • ►  02/03 - 02/10 (3)
    • ►  01/27 - 02/03 (2)
    • ►  01/20 - 01/27 (4)
    • ►  01/13 - 01/20 (2)
    • ►  01/06 - 01/13 (3)
  • ►  2012 (170)
    • ►  12/30 - 01/06 (2)
    • ►  12/23 - 12/30 (1)
    • ►  12/16 - 12/23 (2)
    • ►  12/09 - 12/16 (3)
    • ►  12/02 - 12/09 (3)
    • ►  11/25 - 12/02 (3)
    • ►  11/18 - 11/25 (3)
    • ►  11/11 - 11/18 (4)
    • ►  11/04 - 11/11 (4)
    • ►  10/28 - 11/04 (2)
    • ►  10/21 - 10/28 (2)
    • ►  10/14 - 10/21 (3)
    • ►  10/07 - 10/14 (3)
    • ►  09/30 - 10/07 (3)
    • ►  09/23 - 09/30 (2)
    • ►  09/16 - 09/23 (1)
    • ►  09/09 - 09/16 (2)
    • ►  09/02 - 09/09 (3)
    • ►  08/26 - 09/02 (2)
    • ►  08/19 - 08/26 (2)
    • ►  08/12 - 08/19 (5)
    • ►  08/05 - 08/12 (5)
    • ►  07/29 - 08/05 (5)
    • ►  07/22 - 07/29 (5)
    • ►  07/15 - 07/22 (3)
    • ►  07/08 - 07/15 (4)
    • ►  07/01 - 07/08 (3)
    • ►  06/24 - 07/01 (4)
    • ►  06/17 - 06/24 (3)
    • ►  06/10 - 06/17 (4)
    • ►  06/03 - 06/10 (2)
    • ►  05/27 - 06/03 (5)
    • ►  05/20 - 05/27 (5)
    • ►  05/13 - 05/20 (3)
    • ►  05/06 - 05/13 (3)
    • ►  04/29 - 05/06 (3)
    • ►  04/22 - 04/29 (1)
    • ►  04/15 - 04/22 (2)
    • ►  04/08 - 04/15 (3)
    • ►  04/01 - 04/08 (5)
    • ►  03/25 - 04/01 (5)
    • ►  03/18 - 03/25 (4)
    • ►  03/11 - 03/18 (4)
    • ►  03/04 - 03/11 (3)
    • ►  02/26 - 03/04 (4)
    • ►  02/19 - 02/26 (3)
    • ►  02/12 - 02/19 (3)
    • ►  02/05 - 02/12 (5)
    • ►  01/29 - 02/05 (2)
    • ►  01/22 - 01/29 (4)
    • ►  01/15 - 01/22 (4)
    • ►  01/08 - 01/15 (3)
    • ►  01/01 - 01/08 (3)
  • ►  2011 (246)
    • ►  12/25 - 01/01 (2)
    • ►  12/18 - 12/25 (3)
    • ►  12/11 - 12/18 (6)
    • ►  12/04 - 12/11 (4)
    • ►  11/27 - 12/04 (3)
    • ►  11/20 - 11/27 (4)
    • ►  11/13 - 11/20 (3)
    • ►  11/06 - 11/13 (5)
    • ►  10/30 - 11/06 (6)
    • ►  10/23 - 10/30 (5)
    • ►  10/16 - 10/23 (4)
    • ►  10/09 - 10/16 (5)
    • ►  10/02 - 10/09 (6)
    • ►  09/25 - 10/02 (5)
    • ►  09/18 - 09/25 (3)
    • ►  09/11 - 09/18 (4)
    • ►  09/04 - 09/11 (6)
    • ►  08/28 - 09/04 (4)
    • ►  08/21 - 08/28 (5)
    • ►  08/14 - 08/21 (3)
    • ►  08/07 - 08/14 (5)
    • ►  07/31 - 08/07 (3)
    • ►  07/24 - 07/31 (3)
    • ►  07/17 - 07/24 (3)
    • ►  07/10 - 07/17 (3)
    • ►  07/03 - 07/10 (3)
    • ►  06/26 - 07/03 (1)
    • ►  06/12 - 06/19 (7)
    • ►  06/05 - 06/12 (5)
    • ►  05/29 - 06/05 (6)
    • ►  05/22 - 05/29 (6)
    • ►  05/15 - 05/22 (5)
    • ►  05/08 - 05/15 (6)
    • ►  05/01 - 05/08 (6)
    • ►  04/24 - 05/01 (6)
    • ►  04/17 - 04/24 (8)
    • ►  04/10 - 04/17 (7)
    • ►  04/03 - 04/10 (6)
    • ►  03/27 - 04/03 (6)
    • ►  03/20 - 03/27 (4)
    • ►  03/13 - 03/20 (5)
    • ►  03/06 - 03/13 (6)
    • ►  02/27 - 03/06 (5)
    • ►  02/20 - 02/27 (6)
    • ►  02/13 - 02/20 (6)
    • ►  02/06 - 02/13 (5)
    • ►  01/30 - 02/06 (5)
    • ►  01/23 - 01/30 (7)
    • ►  01/16 - 01/23 (6)
    • ►  01/09 - 01/16 (6)
    • ►  01/02 - 01/09 (4)
  • ►  2010 (367)
    • ►  12/26 - 01/02 (3)
    • ►  12/19 - 12/26 (5)
    • ►  12/12 - 12/19 (6)
    • ►  12/05 - 12/12 (6)
    • ►  11/28 - 12/05 (9)
    • ►  11/21 - 11/28 (7)
    • ►  11/14 - 11/21 (8)
    • ►  11/07 - 11/14 (7)
    • ►  10/31 - 11/07 (11)
    • ►  10/24 - 10/31 (8)
    • ►  10/17 - 10/24 (8)
    • ►  10/10 - 10/17 (6)
    • ►  10/03 - 10/10 (7)
    • ►  09/26 - 10/03 (9)
    • ►  09/19 - 09/26 (6)
    • ►  09/12 - 09/19 (11)
    • ►  09/05 - 09/12 (5)
    • ►  08/29 - 09/05 (1)
    • ►  08/22 - 08/29 (6)
    • ►  08/15 - 08/22 (8)
    • ►  08/08 - 08/15 (9)
    • ►  08/01 - 08/08 (13)
    • ►  07/25 - 08/01 (7)
    • ►  07/18 - 07/25 (2)
    • ►  07/11 - 07/18 (14)
    • ►  07/04 - 07/11 (9)
    • ►  06/27 - 07/04 (11)
    • ►  06/20 - 06/27 (8)
    • ►  06/13 - 06/20 (9)
    • ►  06/06 - 06/13 (6)
    • ►  05/30 - 06/06 (3)
    • ►  05/23 - 05/30 (10)
    • ►  05/16 - 05/23 (5)
    • ►  05/09 - 05/16 (14)
    • ►  05/02 - 05/09 (7)
    • ►  04/25 - 05/02 (8)
    • ►  04/18 - 04/25 (9)
    • ►  04/11 - 04/18 (9)
    • ►  04/04 - 04/11 (11)
    • ►  03/28 - 04/04 (9)
    • ►  03/21 - 03/28 (5)
    • ►  03/14 - 03/21 (5)
    • ►  03/07 - 03/14 (3)
    • ►  02/28 - 03/07 (8)
    • ►  02/21 - 02/28 (3)
    • ►  02/14 - 02/21 (4)
    • ►  02/07 - 02/14 (6)
    • ►  01/31 - 02/07 (6)
    • ►  01/24 - 01/31 (1)
    • ►  01/17 - 01/24 (3)
    • ►  01/10 - 01/17 (6)
    • ►  01/03 - 01/10 (7)
  • ►  2009 (92)
    • ►  12/27 - 01/03 (1)
    • ►  12/20 - 12/27 (1)
    • ►  12/06 - 12/13 (7)
    • ►  11/29 - 12/06 (5)
    • ►  11/22 - 11/29 (4)
    • ►  11/15 - 11/22 (4)
    • ►  11/08 - 11/15 (2)
    • ►  11/01 - 11/08 (2)
    • ►  10/18 - 10/25 (8)
    • ►  10/11 - 10/18 (7)
    • ►  10/04 - 10/11 (2)
    • ►  09/20 - 09/27 (3)
    • ►  09/13 - 09/20 (1)
    • ►  09/06 - 09/13 (4)
    • ►  08/30 - 09/06 (2)
    • ►  08/23 - 08/30 (3)
    • ►  08/16 - 08/23 (4)
    • ►  07/26 - 08/02 (4)
    • ►  07/19 - 07/26 (6)
    • ►  07/12 - 07/19 (6)
    • ►  07/05 - 07/12 (11)
    • ►  06/28 - 07/05 (5)
  • ►  2007 (2)
    • ►  03/04 - 03/11 (1)
    • ►  01/28 - 02/04 (1)

Popular Posts This Week

  • A Tom Ripley and Ripliad Chronology: a Timeline in Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley (Virago, 2015)
  • Book Review: The Ipcress File by Len Deighton (Secret File No. 1, Hodder & Stoughton First Edition, 1962); plus Kingsley Amis on Deighton
  • The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith (Heinemann, 1963); First Edition, John Bance Cover, Review
  • Testing, Testing: Build the Guardians of the Galaxy Ship!
  • Is Ian Fleming's James Bond Really a Sexist, Misogynistic Bastard?
  • The DC Heroes & Villains Collection Extension Issues 101 to 110
  • P. M. Hubbard, A Hive of Glass: First Edition (Michael Joseph, 1965), Uncorrected Proof (Michael Joseph, 1964)
  • Patricia Highsmith's The Black House: Signed Inscribed Association First Edition (Heinemann, 1981) with Handwritten Letter
  • The Chase (a.k.a. Pursuit) by Richard Unekis (Gollancz, 1963): the Original Novel (a Lewes Book Bargain), Basis for the 1974 Movie Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
  • Cover Reveal: DC Cinematic Universe by Nick Jones and Stephen "Win" Wiacek

Latest Comments

Loading...

Abiding Preoccupations

80s Comics Cavalcade (9) Adam Hall (15) Agatha Christie (10) Alan Grofield (29) Alan Marshall (4) Alan Moore (9) Alastair Reynolds (10) Alistair MacLean (5) alternate history (7) Andrew MacKenzie (2) Andrew York (5) Anthony Powell (2) Anthony Price (36) Arthur C. Clarke (2) Ashenden (3) association copy (22) audio (2) autobiography (9) back issues (2) Barye Phillips (5) Batman (21) Berkely Mather (1) Beverley le Barrow (17) BIBBHGRTBAP (11) biography (18) Birdcage (5) book collecting (663) book fairs (86) bookshops (128) Bourne (5) Brian Cleeve (2) Brian Garfield (3) Brian W. Aldiss (7) Brighton (31) British Book Cover Design 1950s 1960s (93) British Thriller Book Cover Design 1970s 1980s (33) Bronze Age comics (11) C. S. Forester (5) Calder and Behrens (7) Callan (6) Camilla's (10) Cecil Court (18) children's (7) children's fiction (7) Christopher Nicole (3) Christopher Priest (4) Colin Forbes (3) comic shops (5) comics (188) competition (8) Cordwainer Smith (1) Corgi (7) Cornell Woolrich (2) Coronet Hodder Fawcett (24) cover design (337) crime fiction (474) Curt Clark (5) Dan J. Marlowe (7) Dark Series (2) Darwyn Cooke (11) Dashiell Hammett (5) David Mazzucchelli (4) David Tayler (8) DC Comics (27) DC Heroes & Villains Collection (12) Denis McLoughlin (23) Dennis Lehane (12) Dennis Wheatley (3) Desmond Cory (22) Detective Comics (4) Dexter (6) DK (2) Doctor Who (13) Don Newton (2) Donald E. Westlake (172) Donald Hamilton (5) Donald MacKenzie (1) Dortmunder (33) Doug Moench (3) Earl Drake (6) eBay (2) Ed Pinsent (8) Eddie Campbell (4) Edie (20) Edward S. Aarons (3) Elmore Leonard (47) ephemera (21) Eric Ambler (4) espionage (135) Ethan Iverson (15) Evelyn Waugh (4) ex-library (13) Fast Fiction (11) Feramontov (5) films (96) first edition (489) Fletch (6) Francis Clifford (7) future history (3) Gavin Lyall (19) Gene Colan (4) Geoffrey Household (23) George Pelecanos (19) George Smiley (14) George V. Higgins (5) Gerry Conway (2) Gold Medal (30) Gollancz (33) Graham Greene (23) graphic novels (35) Greg Bear (2) Greg Rucka (6) Gregory Benford (5) Gregory Mcdonald (6) Guardians of the Galaxy (7) guest post (7) H. R. F. Keating (6) Haggard (3) Harriet Lane (3) Harry Bennett (8) Harry Maxim (6) Helen MacInnes (5) horror (13) Ian Fleming (34) Ian Mackintosh (6) Ilex Press (18) illustration (77) independent comics (1) inscribed (53) interviews (14) Ira Levin (2) J. G. Ballard (9) Jack Higgins (3) Jack Ryan (8) Jackson Brodie (6) James Blish (4) James Bond (41) James Mitchell (10) James Munro (2) Jeffery Deaver (3) Jeffrey Bernard (4) Jeremy Duns (20) Jim Thompson (1) Jim Woodring (1) Jimmy Sangster (2) Joe Gall (1) Joe Haldeman (7) John Boland (1) John Brunner (2) John Craig (1) John D. MacDonald (6) John Fowles (1) John le Carre (44) John Varley (7) Johnny Fedora (13) Jonas Wilde (3) Jonathan Hickman (5) journalism (34) Justified (7) Justin Cronin (4) Kate Atkinson (10) Kim Philby (19) Kingsley Amis (42) Known Space (4) Larry Niven (7) Lawrence Block (3) Len Deighton (18) leweRipley (1) Lewes (131) Lewes Book Fair (38) literary (122) M. John Harrison (1) Manning Coles (1) Manning O'Brine (3) Mardou (5) Margaret Millar (1) Mark Billingham (6) Martin Amis (5) Martin Eden (8) Marvel (24) Marvel Arms and Armor (2) Marvel Arms and Armour (2) Marvel Fact Files (1) Matt Helm (4) Michael Barber (10) Michael Dibdin (3) Michael Frayn (4) Michael Gilbert (11) Michael Moorcock (8) Mike Ripley (21) music (4) Mysterious World of Doctor Strange (1) Neil Gower (4) Neutron Star (1) non-fiction (52) P. M. Hubbard (30) Pan (33) Panther (12) paperbacks (167) Parker (154) partworks (2) Patricia Carlon (1) Patricia Highsmith (84) Paul Auster (3) Paul Bacon (3) Paul J. McAuley (3) Penelope Fitzgerald (1) Penguin (10) Peter Cheyney (3) Peter Edwards (5) Peter George (5) Peter Rabe (26) Philip Atlee (1) politics (30) post-apocalyptic fiction (23) Poul Anderson (3) publishing (208) Quiller (11) radio (2) Ray Bradbury (10) Raylan Givens (7) Raymond Hawkey (22) retro comics (6) Revelation Space universe (4) Richard Laymon (1) Richard Stark (159) Ringworld (1) Ripley (32) Ripley Under Ground (13) Ripley Under Water (5) Ripley's Game (13) Ripliad (6) Roald Dahl (4) Robert A. Heinlein (1) Robert McGinnis (12) Rogue Male (11) Ross Macdonald (4) Ross Thomas (47) Sam Alden (2) Sam Durell (3) Sam Peffer (6) Sarah Gainham (7) science fiction (120) shelf porn (8) short stories (36) signed (110) Simon Harvester (2) sleaze (9) small press (31) space opera (16) Spandex (6) spy fiction (299) Star Trek (5) Star Trek Magazine (4) Stephen Baxter (6) Stephen King (20) suspense (193) Sydenham (3) T. V. Boardman (22) The Boy Who Followed Ripley (7) The State (1) The Talented Mr Ripley (13) The Violent World of Parker (76) thrillers (366) Titan (18) Tom Clancy (5) Tom Ripley (36) Tom Ripley reread (6) Tome (5) Travis McGee (3) Tucker Coe (5) TV (41) uncorrected proof (9) Val Biro (17) Victor Canning (11) vintage comics (6) W. Somerset Maugham (4) westerns (5) Westlake (186) William Boyd (7) William Haggard (6) writing (2) Zen (2)

Other Fine Blogs

  • Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West
    "Racketers in Exile" and Other Movie Posters of 1937
    5 hours ago
  • cats without dogs
    Happy birthday, Hugo Pratt!
    5 hours ago
  • The Tearoom of Despair
    My 100 favourite 2000 covers (100-91): I operated on by own brian!
    7 hours ago
  • Lew Stringer Comics
    See you at the LONDON COMIC FESTIVAL in July!
    1 day ago
  • Books & Boots
    Arpita Singh: Remembering @ Serpentine North
    1 day ago
  • Attack of the 50 Year Old Comic Books
    Batman Family #1 (Sep.-Oct., 1975)
    1 day ago
  • Pretty Sinister Books
    The Holm Oaks - P. M. Hubbard
    1 day ago
  • mysteryfile.com/blog/
    A Western Movie Review by Jonathan Lewis: SILVER CITY (1951).
    1 day ago
  • Pop Sensation
    Paperback 1114: The Wycherly Woman / Ross Macdonald (Bantam 12120)
    2 days ago
  • Atomic Junk Shop
    The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #252: ‘A Week Playing Catch-Up’
    2 days ago
  • Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin
    Then again, depends on the comics.
    2 days ago
  • Bear Alley
    Comic Cuts — 13 June 2025
    2 days ago
  • pattinase
    FFB: LABRAVA, Elmore Leonard
    2 days ago
  • Bitter Tea and Mystery
    Classics Club Spin #41, June 2025
    2 days ago
  • Olman's Fifty
    28. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
    2 days ago
  • Every Day Is Like Wednesday
    On 1994's Wolverine: Evilution by Ann Nocenti, Mark Texeira, John Royle and others
    3 days ago
  • Vintage Pop Fictions
    Paul Tabori's Demons of Sandorra
    3 days ago
  • The Rap Sheet
    Distinguished Dicks
    3 days ago
  • paperbackrevolution | Tauchnitz, Albatross and Penguin Books and other stuff
    Is that one of ours?
    3 days ago
  • Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema
    Book Review: A Wanted Man by Lee Child
    4 days ago
  • Sweet Freedom
    two "proposed" anthologies: WE ARE IN THE VASTNESS and WE ARE VASTER THAN WE MIGHT WISH, ed. by TM: Short Story Wednesday
    4 days ago
  • Una plaga de espías
    Frederick Forsyth (1938-2025)
    5 days ago
  • The Dusty Bookcase
    Looking Back on Looking Forward
    5 days ago
  • Tipping My Fedora
    22. Hitchcock Noir: REBECCA (1940) and SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943), with Brad Friedman
    1 week ago
  • Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon
    Two Colson Whitehead books
    1 week ago
  • Killer Covers
    “The Smugglers,” by Timothy Green
    2 weeks ago
  • Comics by Ed Pinsent
    Henrietta – The Pirate of Love
    3 weeks ago
  • Earth and other unlikely worlds
    (Edited)
    3 weeks ago
  • TwoMorrows Tune-In podcast and TNT blog *
    In LUNAR Orbit Now: Comic Book Creator #40: Dave Stevens, Alter Ego #196, Futuristic, and more!
    3 weeks ago
  • The Art of Words
    Received Ideas in Quotes 40: the Brain, Mind, Soul, Psyche
    4 weeks ago
  • DC in the 80s
    M + M Inc. Read Through Alan Brennert's Batman
    5 weeks ago
  • Withnail Books
    REDISCOVERED! Lost tales by Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker. A Limited edition of 250 copies.
    2 months ago
  • Existential Ennui
    Testing, Testing: Build the Guardians of the Galaxy Ship!
    2 months ago
  • Double O Section
    Amazon Studios to Adapt BLACKCLAW'S DOOMSDAY PLOT as Next 007 Movie
    2 months ago
  • Artistic License Renewed
    Colonialism, Race, Jamaica, and 007
    3 months ago
  • Vintage Reads
    The God of the Woods
    4 months ago
  • Blimey! It's another blog about comics!
    It's KO-FI Time! Check out my new online shop
    4 months ago
  • The Deighton Dossier
    Duck confit, anyone?
    4 months ago
  • Pechorin's Journal
    Best of 2024!
    4 months ago
  • The Violent World of Parker
    Donald Westlake’s Memory coming to the screen as The Actor
    8 months ago
  • Age of Bronze
    To and Again Again - with Freddy the Pig
    8 months ago
  • Chris is on Infinite Earths
    NML Crossing, Episode 086 - Nightwing #35 (1999)
    11 months ago
  • Diversions of the Groovy Kind
    A Groovy Guest Post: HORRORS FOUND IN ATTIC WERE A HOAX!
    1 year ago
  • Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
    Scorsese Reacts to Tarantino's Retirement After The Movie Critic
    1 year ago
  • Pulp Curry
    Dishing up Pulp Curry in a new way: why I am starting a Substack newsletter
    1 year ago
  • The Westlake Review
    Incredulity: Stark makes the LOA before Westlake
    1 year ago
  • In Reference to Murder
    Media Murder for Monday
    1 year ago
  • Graphic Journey Blog
    Coveting covers 33
    1 year ago
  • The Fine Books Blog
    Gutenberg Bible Leaf, Kennedy Christmas Card, and Poe Letter: Auction Preview
    2 years ago
  • The Bookhunter on Safari
    Jacketed Three-Deckers Ahoy!
    2 years ago
  • A Common Reader
    Hello world!
    2 years ago
  • Hauling Like a Brooligan
    New Song, Same Old Lyrics
    3 years ago
  • The Greasy Spoon
    Cutlet Class
    3 years ago
  • Books: Books blog | guardian.co.uk
    Off with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online?
    4 years ago
  • pbrainey
    SHOP CRAB
    4 years ago
  • Letters of Note
    It is only a matter of time
    5 years ago
  • Ivebeenreadinglately
    A post that is not quite a post
    5 years ago
  • Strange Maven's Diary
    Christmas Isn't Just a Day...
    5 years ago
  • KevinfromCanada
    Giller Shortlist: Lampedusa by Steven Price
    5 years ago
  • Leonard Chang
    Thanks so much for watching season 3! Here’s some inside info...
    5 years ago
  • Bagnall's Retreat
    Another Consett Magazine cover...
    5 years ago
  • Broken Trails
    COLETTE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME by Abigail Summer
    5 years ago
  • The bookshop around the corner
    Let's go on a bookshop crawl
    5 years ago
  • Savidge Reads
    The Women’s Prize Longlist 2019
    6 years ago
  • Lasagne Review
    Aldi ‘Luxurious & Tasty’ Bamboo Edition
    6 years ago
  • The Age of Uncertainty
    Since Then
    6 years ago
  • At the Scene of the Crime
    Baby Bye Bye Bye
    6 years ago
  • Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased
    Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1
    6 years ago
  • Rules To Vivere By
    Addams Family Holiday
    6 years ago
  • Book Glutton
    I think I'm afraid of Stephen King
    6 years ago
  • Detectives Beyond Borders
    Shot at the Edgars
    7 years ago
  • pornokitsch
    Pornokitsch: The Exit Interview
    7 years ago
  • the Diligent Observer
    “Eliminate / The deflate / So grim”
    7 years ago
  • Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine
    Blog Hiatus
    7 years ago
  • Aldine by Rebecca Romney
    News
    7 years ago
  • Front Free Endpaper
    All Good Things...
    7 years ago
  • Keith B Walters
    Into the Unknown
    7 years ago
  • Past Offences
    Reading wrap-up for July 2017
    7 years ago
  • Spandex
    8 years ago
  • PLUMDOG BLOG
    Plum's Explanation
    8 years ago
  • Huc & Gabet
    Huc & Gabet back on line.
    8 years ago
  • BookCunt
    2016 - Best Books
    8 years ago
  • Mardou
    My kid got one of those ‘page a day’ calendars on a...
    8 years ago
  • The Exile Bibliophile
    New site, new blog, new newb
    8 years ago
  • Book Dirt
    Jesus and Caligari: a Review of Upton Sinclair’s They Call Me Carpenter
    8 years ago
  • The Ibooknet Blog
    Georgette Heyer’s ‘An Infamous Army’
    8 years ago
  • Noirboiled Notes
    Pulp Poem of the Week
    8 years ago
  • the monologuist
    God and the Devil Reprinted
    8 years ago
  • In The Mouth Of Dorkness
    Book Review: The Yith Cycle
    8 years ago
  • Jason Dean Blog
    The Greatest DVD Commentaries Ever (In My Humble Opinion) - Part the 1st
    8 years ago
  • Ed Gorman's blog
    Book Review: ZIGZAG by Bill Pronzini
    9 years ago
  • Do The Math
    Third Chapter
    9 years ago
  • Musings of a Bookshop Girl
    Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon: Hours 9-16
    9 years ago
  • Little Lewes
    Hello 2016, Goodbye Little Lewes
    9 years ago
  • A Penguin a week
    Penguin no. 571: The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
    9 years ago
  • Jot101
    I once met A. S. Eddington
    9 years ago
  • Endless Falls Up
    The Pulp Jungle
    10 years ago
  • The Bronze Age Of Blogs
    Hawkeye
    11 years ago
  • Daily Smudge
    Print of the Day > Sanna Annukka
    11 years ago
  • Mr. Hardboiled
    End Play (1975) (Umbrella Entertainment) (108 mins.)
    11 years ago
  • ComicMarts
    Bodyguard - the Musical!
    12 years ago
  • Записки реликтовой рыбы
    The Flaw in the Crystal (1954) by Godfrey Smith
    12 years ago
  • New and Improved Comic Book Blog Updates
    Welcome to the New and Improved Comic Book Blog Upate Page
    16 years ago
Copyright © 2007–2021 Nick Jones. All rights reserved. Ethereal theme. Powered by Blogger.