Jim Stokes
#ConstantReader Science Fiction & Fantasy. Board trustee (Spring Lake Public Library, VNA of NJ). USNA alumni. IBM retiree. Nosce te ipsum.
- Hookland’s book review wrestles with the unseen, the unknown. The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, 2025. Didn’t get a chance to open to see if the cover artist was attributed.
- Often it seems those lonely homes that hold to hills try to keep their heads down, to mind their own business. It’s as if they don’t want the attention of the land upon which they sit. Desire to avoid not only the usual hawkers, but Faery callers, Wish Bloods and Children-Made-of-Thorns. - #CLNolan
- earlier today, when the flea market fun collided with #bookwormsat
- Sci-fi that examines the other planets for #bookwormsat - this time we're on Mercury, "Next Door to the Sun," by Stanton Coblentz. 1960, cover art by Ed Emshwiller. #booksky
- An interesting premise for this #bookwormsat - The Other Side of the Sun by Paul Capon. 1950, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
- Two cups of coffee to finish reading and admiring this BEAUTIFUL volume - passing it on to a grandson who will really dig it! #booksky
- Variations on a theme (while giving YouAintNoPunk's a small boost) #VintageEphemera Hawthorne Coal Co Sept 1908 - paid stamp is large & bold - the horse pulled coal cart art is nice
- How he keeps his shirt so white I’ll never know. #painting #CoalMiner #canvas #Wales stemming from my obsession with #JosefHerman #art #ArtSky
- Ever wondered how they whittle the herd down before crowning the " absolute unit "? Dairy Bull Score Card #VintageEphemera American Dairy Science Assoc 1943.
- A handmade pencil, pen and ruler holder, using bottle caps and wire. I think it's a piece of art!
