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Music listophiliac/evangelist. Reviews, rants, & lists up the wazoo. #MDANT #musicsky
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Fester’s Lucky 13: 2024 Year-End Summary
It’s that most wonderful time of the the year — lists, more lists and lists of lists!
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Fester’s Lucky 13: 2024 Year-End Summary - Fast 'n' Bulbous
It's that most wonderful time of the the year -- lists, more lists and lists of lists!
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Camp! Trick or Treat (Charles Martin Smith, 1986)
"What are you afraid of? It's only rock & roll."

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November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On a dark and spooky October night thirty years ago, a site called Fast ‘n’ Bulbous was born, screaming into the cosmic abyss. Celebrate with Dr. Fester and friends.

Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat, spooky books, movies and more Halloween Nasties

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#booksky
Spooky Season - Fast 'n' Bulbous
On a dark and spooky October night thirty years ago, a site called Fast ‘n’ Bulbous was born, screaming into the cosmic abyss. Celebrate with Dr. Fester and friends. SPOOKY SHORT STORY Rather than a b...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat

For someone who doesn’t believe in ghosts, I’ve sure had a hell of a lot of hauntings.

Apologies in advance for the nightmares!

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#horrorfiction #spookyseason #Halloween #booksky
Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat - Fast 'n' Bulbous
For someone who doesn’t believe in ghosts, I’ve sure had a hell of a lot of hauntings.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tom Robbins – Still Life With Woodpecker (1980) & Jitterbug Perfume (1984)

Alltime favorite books, tied at #20. “People are never perfect, but love can be.”

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Tom Robbins - Still Life With Woodpecker (1980) & Jitterbug Perfume (1984) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Alltime favorite books, tied at #20. “People are never perfect, but love can be.” The princess and the outlaw, the environmentalist activist and the Woodpecker. It’s a postmodern fairy tale, and “a so...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thomas Pynchon – Shadow Ticket (2025)

One of the greatest living authors gifts us with one more classic.

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#thomaspynchon #shadowticket #booksky
Thomas Pynchon - Shadow Ticket (2025) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
One of the greatest living authors gifts us with one more classic. One downside to publishing new work when you’re 88, is people assuming it will be your last novel because you’re undoubtedly going to...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse Five (1969)

Favorite book #1. A WWII book disguised as SF, or vice-versa, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty Dance With Death. “And so it goes…”

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#booksky #kurtvonnegut #slaughterhousefive #favoritebooks
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five (1969) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #1. A WWII book disguised as SF, or vice-versa, or The Children's Crusade, A Duty Dance With Death. "And so it goes..."
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October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Neal Stephenson – The Diamond Age (1995)

Favorite book #2. A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic.

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#booksky #NealStephenson #diamondage #post-cyberpunk #sf #favoritebooks
Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age (1995) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #2. A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992)

Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places…”

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#NealStephenson #snowcrash #cyberpunk #sf #favoritebooks #booksky
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places...”
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October 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
William Gibson – Neuromancer (1984)

Favorite book #5. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

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#booksky #williamgibson #cyberpunk #neuromancer #favoritebooks
William Gibson - Neuromancer (1984) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #5. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
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October 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett – Good Omens (1990)

Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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#terrypratchett #goodomens #favoritebooks #booksky #mdant
Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett - Good Omens (1990) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
John Kennedy Toole – A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”

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#booksky #favoritebooks
John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
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October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Philip K. Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Favorite book #8. PKD’s most influential SF novel inspires a rapidly growing franchise.

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#pkd #bladerunner #favoritebooks #booksky
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #8. PKD's most influential SF novel inspires a rapidly growing franchise.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Favorite book #9. “I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.”

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#jgballard #booksky #favoritebooks
J.G. Ballard - Crash (1973) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #9. “I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.”
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September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Metal Day at Levitation 2025
Acid Bath, Castle Rat, The Sword, Mastodon, Blood Incantation, Secret Chiefs 3 and other metal-adjacent bands kicked off Levitation with great music but a not so great venue.

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#levitation #acidbath #musicsky
Metal Day at Levitation 2025 - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Acid Bath, Castle Rat, The Sword, Mastodon, Blood Incantation, Secret Chiefs 3 and other metal-adjacent bands kicked off Levitation with great music but a not so great venue.
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September 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Haruki Murakami – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994)

Favorite books #10. “There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

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#favoritebooks #booksky #harukimurakami #magicalrealism #surrealism
Haruki Murakami - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite books #10. "There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”
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September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)

Favorite books #11. Le Guin’s pioneering look at gender fluidity in SF.

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#favoritebooks #ursulakleguin #sf
Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite books #11. Le Guin's pioneering look at gender fluidity in SF.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Rudy Rucker - Wetware (1988)

Favorite book #12. “You’re a machine too . . . You’re just made of meat instead of wires and silicon.”

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Rudy Rucker - Wetware (1988) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #12. “You’re a machine too . . . You’re just made of meat instead of wires and silicon.” The story of Cobb Anderson started in the first part of the Ware Tetralogy, Software (1982), wher...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Haruki Murakami – Kafka on the Shore (2002)
Favorite book #18. “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

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#murakami #favoritebooks
Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore (2002) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #18. “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
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September 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Favorite books #13. “Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”

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#pkd #philipkdick #favoritebooks
Philip K. Dick - A Scanner Darkly (1977) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite books #13. “Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”
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September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#14 of favorite books. “There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.”

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#favoritebooks #orwell
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
#14 of favorite books. “There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.” My first memory of awareness of this book was through David Bowi...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
#15 of favorite books. Hapless Charlie Asher is tasked to gather souls, and also save the world.

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#favoritebooks #christophermoore
Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job (2006) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
#15 of favorite books. Hapless Charlie Asher is tasked to gather souls, and also save the world. “Charlie Asher: I accidently shagged a monk last night.Minty Fresh: Sometimes, in times of crisis, that...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
#16 of favorite books. An uncannily relevant vision of a post-pandemic future with sasquatch, sock monkeys, ancient aliens and a pirate queen.

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#favoritebooks #redwoodrevenger #solarpunk
Johannes Johns - The Redwood Revenger (2021) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
#16 of favorite books. An uncannily relevant vision of a post-pandemic future with sasquatch, sock monkeys, ancient aliens and a pirate queen.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Alltime favorite books, #18. “That’s what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”

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#murakami #favoritebooks
Haruki Murakami - 1Q84 (2011) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Alltime favorite books, #18. “That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
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September 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM