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I review books.
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Cove of: THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE: AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR (Photoplay edition), Published by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d. [c.1932], New York, 1932
January 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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"Vimes' Boots" and "Atom of Justice" rightfully get the attention, but let me introduce you to Terry Pratchett's "Meat Pie Floater,"* from The Last Continent, which explains as much about us:
* - There is such a thing as an edible, nay delicious, meat pie floater, its mushy peas of just the right consistency, its tomato sauce piquant in its cheekiness, its pie filling tending even towards named parts of the animal. There are platonic burgers made of beef instead of cow lips and hooves. There are fish 'n' chips where the fish is more than just a white goo lurking at the bottom of a batter casing and you can't use the chips to shave with. There are hot dog fillings which have more in common with meat than mere pinkness, whose lucky consumers don't apply mustard *because that would spoil the taste*. It's just that people can be trained to *prefer* the other sort, and seek it out. It's as if Machiavelli had written a cookery book. Even so, there is no excuse for putting pineapple on pizza. (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent)
December 15, 2024 at 9:36 PM