Pages of Pleasure http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/forums/38 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:54:32 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/forums/38 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Point Blank (The Hunter) ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/6172/t/Point-Blank-The-Hunter-.html
the cover of my copy isn't as cool, but it's what's inside that counts.

the very cool movie Point Blank was based on this Richard Stark book. and as good as the film was, and as bad ass as Lee Marvin was in it, the book is even better-er and bad ass-er.

Parker is the meanest, nastiest, grouchiest "hero" ever created. after being... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (frankie marino) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/6172 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:56:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Please Kill Me ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/6073/t/Please-Kill-Me.html
i had previously read Leg's similar approach on the porn industry-The Other Hollywood-and enjoyed it immensely. both books are not so much written as sculpted. hundreds of interviews edited together to form a linear "plot," the participants telling their own stories. it's a unique approach that works really well.

however, where The Other Hollywood is truly... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (frankie marino) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/6073 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:06:38 GMT <![CDATA[ The Executioner-War Against The Mafia ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/5876/t/The-Executioner-War-Against-The-Mafia.html

the one that kicked off the whole "lone man against the mafia" cycle, and a damn good read. Mack Bolan, US Army sniper in Viet Nam, gets news that his father has killed his sister and mother, and put his younger brother in the hospital. he's granted leave and finds out from his brother that his dad ran into debt with the mob. his sister tries to get the mobsters to lay off, so they put her... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (frankie marino) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/5876 Wed, 21 May 2008 21:44:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Book Report: The Mind Masters #2 Shamballah ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/5858/t/Book-Report-The-Mind-Masters-2-Shamballah.html



okay, so i picked this up solely on the strength of the cover. i think there's some sort of saying about that. something like "if there's naked women crucified upside down on the cover, buy it"

Mind Masters #2 follows Mr. Britt St. Vincent, a race car driver/psychic investigator as he travels to a racetrack in Der Fatherland. not just any race track, but a feeds@yuku.com (frankie marino) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/5858 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:02:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Guy N Smith ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4707/t/Guy-N-Smith.html
any fans?

i'll admit i only sought out his work after seeing Darkplace, but he actually churns out some really entertaining, sometimes even damn good books.

i just finished Satan's Snowdrop, with vague references to Sherlock Holmes, haunted flowers, cannibalism, gay rape and a possessed space hopper

he's best known for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (frankie marino) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4707 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:24:22 GMT <![CDATA[ The astral-spatial geometry of the Netherlands ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4709/t/The-astral-spatial-geometry-of-the-Netherlands.html
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The opening scenes on earth are some of the best horror description in years as everyone will feel the creepiness of Crow when he lived and the malevolence of this creature when he died as well as the astral-spatial geometry of Netherlands.
feeds@yuku.com (Jojo Lapin X) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4709 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:21:08 GMT <![CDATA[ BREEDING GROUND (Shaun Hutson) ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4708/t/BREEDING-GROUND-Shaun-Hutson-.html
Multiple gory descriptions of slugs attacking in more ways then you would want to imagine. 367 pages but a fast read... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ECC) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4708 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:39:16 GMT <![CDATA[ INCUBUS (Ray Russell) ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4710/t/INCUBUS-Ray-Russell-.html "I just spent all morning watching a VH1 special on Gwen Stefani. I don't know what a Hollaback girl is. All I know is that... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ECC) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4710 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:34:27 GMT <![CDATA[ PETS OF THE GREAT DICTATORS ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4711/t/PETS-OF-THE-GREAT-DICTATORS.html POL POT'S SCHOOL FOR APES
LENIN'S CAT
HITLER'S DOG
MAO'S COCKROACH
CASTRO'S SPEECHES AND HIS CHIHUAHUA'S COMMENT
STALIN'S SPIDER
FRANCO'S LIZARD
TITO AND HIS SELF MANAGING GOAT
along with many others............. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4711 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:55:53 GMT <![CDATA[ The Latarnia Creative Writing Workshop: Ghost Story Project ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4713/t/The-Latarnia-Creative-Writing-Workshop-Ghost-Story-Project.html
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"Of course I know Spencer Wolstenholme!" said Freddie. "The dear old boy was my fag at Eton! What has become of him? Is he back from Egypt?"

"In a sense, yes," I replied.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jojo Lapin X) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4713 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:48:50 GMT <![CDATA[ SHADOW/DOC SAVAGE ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4715/t/SHADOW-DOC-SAVAGE.html THE MAN OF BRONZE--the first Doc Savage novel.
THE BRAND OF THE WEREWOLF which introduced his cousin Pat Savage.
THE RED SPIDER--the techinally last Savage novel published.

THE SHADOW UNMASKS--which gives the origin of the Shadow.

Check out Amazon. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4715 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:57:24 GMT <![CDATA[ FER DE LANCE ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4716/t/FER-DE-LANCE.html feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4716 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:11:17 GMT <![CDATA[ CASINO ROYALE ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4717/t/CASINO-ROYALE.html Some thoughts. Damn Fleming could write and he really knew his material. I love how he casually integrates history into his story--the history of SMERSH, Hitler's invasion of Russia, how the Communists infiltrated labor unions in France after the War, what Bulgarians are used for, a casual mention of Lavrenti Beria.............
Also... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4717 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:01:20 GMT <![CDATA[ DOCTORS FROM HELL ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4719/t/DOCTORS-FROM-HELL.html
This was one of twelve addendums to the first and most famous Nuremberg trial that prosecuted Hess, Ribbentrop and other leading lights of the regime. The Subsequent Proceedings were conducted by American personnel... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sanguinaire E) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4719 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:34:38 GMT <![CDATA[ H. G. Wells...morlock, martian, Moreau? ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4718/t/H-G-Wells-morlock-martian-Moreau-.html feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4718 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:20:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Creator of Nick Carter dead ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4721/t/Creator-of-Nick-Carter-dead.html FRANCIS W. DOUGHTY DEAD: Author of 1,200 Detective Stories and creator of Nick Carter.

He died in New Jersey but his funeral was held in the Church of the New Jerusalem, Brooklyn--which implies that he may be buried in that borough(Jewish? Catholic?? Protestant??) Interestingly enough there is a street in Brooklyn--Doughty Street--- named after his father. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4721 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:52:02 GMT <![CDATA[ SYLVIA PLATH ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4720/t/SYLVIA-PLATH.html feeds@yuku.com (The satan in the white house) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4720 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:56:56 GMT <![CDATA[ THE COMPANY OF DOGS ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4723/t/THE-COMPANY-OF-DOGS.html Obstensibly a collection of short stories about dogs--the procedes of the book sales intended for animal welfare agencies---the book shoots its stated intent thunderingly in the foot by presenting a collection of short stories REALLY about ex-60s radical types who now over thirty are bitter that their lives have... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4723 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:20:15 GMT <![CDATA[ THE POISON BELT ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4724/t/THE-POISON-BELT.html
THE DISINTERGRATION MACHINE--in which Challenger and Malone encounter a wicked Latvian mad scientist who has... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4724 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:49:08 GMT <![CDATA[ THE SANDS OF TIME ]]> http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4725/t/THE-SANDS-OF-TIME.html         A sequel/prologue to THE PYRAMIDS OF MARS that while not awful is generally listless and uninvolving. The author covers up the basic lack of a real novel length story--Sutekhs wife Nephthys attempts to revive herself---by dragging things out with impossible to follow time loops, Ts and sommersauts to the point that the reader can make neither... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elsasaysarf) http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/4725 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:46:56 GMT