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Title: The Courts of the Morning

Author: John Buchan

Narrator: Peter Newcombe Joyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-21-16

Publisher: Assembled Stories

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Sir Richard Hannay introduces this last adventure involving his old friends.

John Blenkiron discovers that a ruthless industrialist is plotting to destabilise America and cause global turmoil. Although Bavarian born, Castor plans to dominate the world from Olifa, a small country in Latin America.

Hannay realises he is now too old for the job of thwarting these evil designs and enlists the aid of his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden. Fortunately, Sir Archibald Roylance and his wife, Janet, are honeymooning in Olifa and are able to lend a hand. Sandy decides that revolution is the way forward, and Buchan draws on his experience of the tactics of the Boers in South Africa to describe the action of the campaign. Also, the villain is captured, and Janet is instrumental in effecting his ideological change but at great cost.

The novel was published in 1929. It is unlikely to be a coincidence that in the same year, American financial markets collapsed, giving another Bavarian national, who had been abusing his people, the opportunity to consolidate his power in Germany and, ultimately, make his insane bid for world domination.

Members Reviews:

Can be a Little Tedious, but Ultimately Rewarding

Courts of the Morning is part of the extended canon of works about Richard Hannay -- although not properly one of Hannay's adventures, which begin with the classic The Thirty-Nine Steps, he does narrate the prologue of this novel, and one of the conflicts created in Courts is ultimately resolved in the final Hannay novel, Island of Sheep. The principal characters in this adventure are Hannay's friend Archie Roylance; Archie's new wife Janet; and Sandy Arbuthnot, the master of disguise who made his first appearance in Greenmantle, the second Hannay novel. Also along for the ride are the American agent John Blenkiron; his young cousin Barbara Dasent; the dashing Don Luis de Marzaniga of Olifa, the Latin country where the action takes place; and Geordie Hamilton, an ex-soldier formerly in Hannay's service. The Roylances get wrapped up in the attempts of Blenkiron and Arbuthnot to foil the plans of the megalomaniac Castor, who has in essence taken over Olifa, and as the plot slowly but surely unfolds, Janet in particular finds herself the object of Castor's quiet obsession. There's a lot of derring-do, subterfuge which most readers will clearly see through, and a lot of detailing of troop movements, along with some noticeable ethnic stereotyping. Still, I found the characters quite endearing, enough so to counterbalance the tidy escapes and fortuitous happenings. Read as a period piece, much like watching an Errol Flynn film, I found it quite enjoyable, and if you're a Hannay fan it's a must.

The Courts Of The Morning by John Buchan

What a great book, I said to myself, as I finished this epic tale of adventure, magnanimity, and romance. As usual John Buchan shows his worth as a master storyteller. He conjures up a roster of characters from his other storytelling endeavors. I'm a loyal camp follower and I toast his comradeship. What about the story? There's an evil empire, a new republic, a pending revolution, heroes and heroines, and a posse of people who want to stop all of the above. Throw in politics, philosophy, sentimentality, action, a very odd war, you have a great book. (be advised: myriad typographical errors; missing,wrong, partial, misplaced. I muddled through.

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Title: Slice of Life

Author: Kurt Vonnegut

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

The corridor of the Fine Arts Building was deserted, save for two figures at the far end, two men approaching slowly. Rose was about to go into the classroom, where she'd left her purse, when she saw a sign on the door - a crude sign in pencil, on a ragged sheet of paper. "Collapse of Western Civilization - Dr. Norbert Beilstein," it said. "Visitors welcome."

Previously unpublished, Slice of Life - about a college coed's winter-induced dream - is an early testament to Kurt Vonnegut's original voice and curious imagination.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyable read!

I enjoyed this book much more than I anticipated. It is surprising and a good read.

So creative, an expression of relationships and society

One of the most imaginative short stories I've read. A true illustration of how our society views relationships and men and women in general.

Timeless tale.

Decent, interesting read

Some of the concepts are antiquated but offer a window to the thoughts and concepts of a different time that wasn't really that long ago. Quick and fun science fiction from a pioneer of the genre.

Not his best!

Not his best. Too improbable as a dream. Not his clever irony as I have come to expect. An inexperienced reader might enjoy this story.

Five Stars

quirky little story

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Title: Exterminator!

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: William S. Burroughs

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaic, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best.

Members Reviews:

Not to be confused with the later publication "Exterminator! A Novel"

First of all this is a nowadays rarely seen cut-up collaboration between Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs, not to be confused with the later Burroughs publication "Exterminator! A Novel". This volume; The Exterminator, is a mixture of fiction, essay and poetry. This publication contains some of the wildest forgotten poety Burroughs never got full acknowledge for. The form and texture is a lot like "Minutes to Go" also penned by Burroughs/Gysin. If you are familliar with the works of Burroughs or Gysin, this is an exiting experience, but if you're not, well... I guess you don't wanna spend $45.00 on this rare volume.

Five Stars

Had never read burroughs before this and now hes one of my favourites. highly recemmond

Five Stars

this is Burroughs, he doesn't fit any forms to fill out

I am a fan of anything Burroughs

William S. Burroughs had some brilliant works. Although some of them are a little too drug induced (Naked Lunch for example), I still found them enjoyable. This is a collection of incomplete stories or sketches & shorts. This includes, The Priest They Called Him which is one of my favorites from Burroughs. If you are a fan of Burroughs works this is a must have. I found this and Junky to be some of Burroughs easier reads. Interestingly enough, Burroughs did a reading of The Priest They Called him with Kurt Cobain supplying basically feedback as a background noise back in the day. I am glad I own that CD as it is one of my favorites from Burroughs and they are both now dead. Just remember one thing going into this, it's not an actual novel. The stories don't connect and not all of them are finished.

Great collection of short stories

Highly recommend for the Burroughs fan that does not have the time to tackle a challenging novel. Bizzare short stories that could only come from Burroughs unique mind

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Title: The Big House

Subtitle: Story of a Southern Family, Volume 1

Author: J. Keck

Narrator: Carrie Barton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: J Keck

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

"I don't know why Mama knew Daddy was going to hurt us," Minnie says. "She yanked us out of the bed and over to the wall. The door flew open. There was a huge explosion! Daddy had fired his shotgun into our bed."

Minnie leaves boarding school to spend the summer at The Big House, her cherished Grandpa's home. She enjoys adventure, but she also learns of the dangers posed by the land and a river that can seduce the unwary. The arrival of Minnie's great-grandmother provides her with a fearless female role model as well as tales of the elderly woman's antebellum past and how she survived the Civil War. She also learns of her Grandpa's struggle to build a post-Civil War cotton and lumber empire in a wilderness of swamps, disease, and treacherous men willing to steal and murder.

Minnie's valuable lessons: One must face one's fears head-on, and one must never willingly become a victim. At the close of summer, young Minnie experiences devastating upheaval, but her innate courage allows her to face her fears...and to eventually triumph over them.

Members Reviews:

Loved the characters

At first I wondered about the young girl telling the story. I wasn't sure if I was going to like that. But I learned to really enjoy her perspective, the characters, and the plot. It kept twisting. I had to buy the second book also. I wish it was already on Audio. I bought it as a Kindle book.

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Title: Pond

Author: Claire-Louise Bennett

Narrator: Lucy Rayner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

In Claire-Louise Bennett's shimmering debut, an unnamed young woman - wry, somewhat misanthropic, keenly observant - chronicles her life on the outskirts of a small coastal village.

The charms of bananas and oatcakes in the morning and Spanish oranges after sex; the small pleasures and anxieties of throwing a party, exchanging salacious emails with a new lover, sitting in the bath as it storms outside. Broken oven knobs prompt a meditation on survival that's both haunting and playful; a sunset walk leads to an unsettling encounter with a herd of cows; the discovery of an old letter recalls an impossible affair.

Sidestepping the usual conventions of narrative, Pond refracts the narrator's uncannily intimate experience in the details of daily life, rendered sometimes in story-like stretches, sometimes in fragments, and suffused with the almost synesthetic intensity of the physical world as we remember it from childhood. As her persona emerges in all its particularity, sometimes painfully and often hilariously, we cannot help seeing mirrored there our own fraught longings, our own fugitive desire, despite everything, to be known.

Enchanting and unusual, Pond will linger long after the last minute.

Critic Reviews:

"Bennett has achieved something strange, unique, and undeniably wonderful." (

Publishers Weekly)

"[Narrator Lucy] Rayner's adept vocal performance and Bennett's intriguing prose make for an interesting listen for dedicated listeners." (

AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Unsettling

I must read this book again. I was uncomfortable in this woman's head. Perhaps that's how Bennett intended me to feel. The format is interesting, however....hearing the most intimate observations on life with little (if any) censorship. I felt slightly unbalanced the entire time I was reading the novel. I will read it again.

Aside from the book, itself, I completely fell in love with the photography of Margriet Smulders, which comprises the cover art.

Unique and poetic

This is a unique book basically consisting of a series of meditations by a woman who is living a fairly solitary life. Sheâs mostly alone but does have contact with some friends and even throws a party. Her musings are sometimes humorous and sometimes sad. Some of the chapters are very short, only a few sentences as she not only describes her days but thinks back on her past.

For those of you looking for a good plot, this wouldnât be the book for you. To give you an idea, the first chapter is about whatâs best to eat for breakfast and how to arrange fruit in a bowl to give a pleasing appearance. What I admired about the book is the authorâs very intimate portrayal of this woman and her daily life. Itâs pure poetry and I felt such a connection to this character. Her solitary life has slowed her down to the point where she can appreciate the little things in life instead of, as most of the rest of us, rushing around missing so much. Yet there was a sadness and loneliness in her that was very touching.

There were a couple of chapters that seemed to be no more than incoherent ramblings or else I just didnât understand what she was thinking. But all in all, I enjoyed this slow-moving, thoughtful book. The book slowed me down, too, as I savored every word.

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Title: A Southern Girl

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: John Warley

Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon, Hallie Ricardo, Paul McClain, Tiffany Morgan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Set against the exquisite historical backdrop of Charleston's insular South of Broad neighborhood, A Southern Girl is a tale of international adoption and of families lost then found anew through revelations, courage, and the perseverance of a love without bounds.

With two biological sons and a promising career, Coleman Carter seems set to fulfill his promise as a resourceful trial lawyer, devoted husband, and dutiful father until his wife, Elizabeth, champions their adoption of a Korean orphan. This seemingly altruistic mission estranges Coleman's conservative parents and demands that he now embrace the unknown as fully as he has always entrenched himself in the familiar.

Elizabeth, a self-proclaimed liberal with a global sense of duty, is eager for the adoption while Coleman, a scion of the Old South, is at best a reluctant participant. But the arrival of Soo Yun (later called Allie) into the Carter household and the challenging reactions of Coleman's peers and parents awakens in him a broadening sense of responsibility and dedication to his new family that opens his eyes to the subtle racism and exclusionary activities that had dominated his sheltered life. To garner Allie's entrance into Charleston society, Coleman must come to terms with his past and guide Allie toward finding her own origins as the Carters forge a new family identity and confront generations-old fears inherent in Southern traditions of purity and prestige.

Deftly told through the distinctive voices of Allie's birth mother; her orphanage nurse; her adoptive mother, Elizabeth; and finally Coleman himself, A Southern Girl brings us deeply into Allie's plights - first for her very survival and then for her sense of identity, belonging, and love in her new and not always welcoming culture. In this truly international tale, John Warley guides us through the enclaves of Southern privilege in New Hampton, Virginia, and Charleston; the poverty-stricken back alleys of Seoul, South Korea; the jungles of Vietnam; and the stone sidewalks of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, as the bonds between father and daughter become strong enough to confront the trials of their pasts and present alike.

The first release from Pat Conroy's Story River Books, A Southern Girl includes a foreword by New York Times best-selling novelist Therese Ann Fowler.

Members Reviews:

The book Pat Conroy wished he had written

The author, John Warley, was Pat Conroy's close friend from his college days at The Citadel. In Pat's posthumously published book, A Lowcountry Heart, he introduced the reader to John and his late wife, Barbara, and his first novel, The Southern Girl. When he said, "It is a novel that soars and moves with a lyrical sweep that is rare in modern fiction. I wish I had written it." I knew this was a book I had to read. I downloaded it as soon as I finished that chapter. And I am so glad I did. From the first scene, I was drawn into this story of an infant girl from South Korea adopted into a old Charleston, SC family. The writing is lyrical. The characters are real and the story is authentic. It takes twists I didn't see coming. I was totally engrossed in the story. The excellent narration perfectly captured the tone of the story.

Heartfelt story of a father and daughter. Loved it!

The characters in this book are so compelling Some you love and some you despise.

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Title: The Love Life of an Assistant Animator

Author: Katherine Vaz

Narrator: Kevin Stillwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Nathan Porter, a young war veteran haunted by an atrocity he witnessed, ends up in an animation studio in southern California, where his dismal romantic history is upended by Violet Delmar, an older voice-over artist known nationally as "The Voice." Violet's siren song wafts in and out of Nathan's entire life, twisting through his misguided affairs and marriage, until he finds himself awakened, thanks to Violet, about no less than all of love and art. By turns haunting, humorous, and touching, The Love Life of an Assistant Animator is about the less familiar forms of deep connection that can end up rescuing us from ourselves.

Members Reviews:

A Rare Beauty Not to be Missed

A quirky beauty and a core of love shine through diverse charactersâ encounters in these ten unique stories. Whether the artist, Joseph Cornell creating his intriguing box-sculptures in his motherâs stifling home in Queens; or Clarissa, maker of melting ice sculptures, hooked by a frustrating love; or Isabel, a mother in a bereavement group, coping with her daughterâs death âwe are pulled in by Vazâ characters, feeling their struggles that make us contemplate our own. Vazâ stories exhibit a rare beauty not to be missed.

A Portrait of Wonder and Want

From master storyteller Katherine Vaz comes her finest collection yet, honed from the vagaries of human desire. The book is immensely readable, with flow, humor, wisdom, full of odd facts and situations you will not have encountered beforeâexcept perhaps in life. Taken together, the stories evoke a grand tapestry of romantic love, thwarted love, the love between parents and children, for places and art. Most astonishing is the authorâs ability to capture changeâand the uncanny persistence of loveâacross years. Many of the stories are set in a fraught Northern California, where the life force of utterly believable and passionate people play out against danger, overt and hidden. In Vazâs world, love never dies but transmutes, rewriting lives that impress on the reader the unstoppable nature of desire itself. Reading this book is to be buoyed and heartened and alerted to the beauty and mystery of every moment of our time.

The Love Life of An Assistant Animator and Other Stories

All of Katherine Vazâs fiction is extraordinarily evocative. Her new collection, The Love Life of An Assistant Animator and Other Stories, is no exception. Itâs full of empathy for the subtle, profound shifts in life and love.

This book is beautifully observed, magnificently rendered, a great read. But be warned, these stories are not escapistâthey are a blossoming into the intricacies of life. Tremendous craft, depth and vision...this new collection is a treasure.

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Title: The Photographer's Wife

Author: Suzanne Joinson

Narrator: Joan Walker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-16

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Jerusalem, 1920: in an already fractured city, 11-year-old Prudence feels the tension rising as her architect father launches an ambitious and wildly eccentric plan to redesign the Holy City by importing English parks to the desert.

Prue, known as the 'little witness', eavesdrops underneath the tables of tearooms and behind the curtains of the dance halls of the city's elite, watching everything but rarely being watched herself. Around her, British colonials, exiled Armenians and German officials rub shoulders as they line up the pieces in a political game: a game destined to lead to disaster.

When Prue's father employs a British pilot, William Harrington, to take aerial photographs of the city, Prue is uncomfortably aware of the attraction that sparks between him and Eleanora, the English wife of a famous Jerusalem photographer. And after Harrington learns that Eleanora's husband is a nationalist intent on removing the British, those sparks are fanned dangerously into a flame.

Years later, in 1937, Prue is an artist living a reclusive life by the sea with her young son when Harrington pays her a surprise visit. What he reveals unravels her world, and she must follow the threads that lead her back to secrets long ago buried in Jerusalem.

The Photographer's Wife is a powerful story of betrayal: between father and daughter, between husband and wife, and between nations and people, set in the complex period between the two world wars.

Critic Reviews:

"A haunting, original and beautifully written tale." (Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)

"A delicate yet gutsy spirit of adventure pervades its pages.... Joinson writes with a control and vivacity that fires our own dreams of flight." (Emylia Hall, author of The Book of Summers)

Members Reviews:

confusing story with characters I didn't care for

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The story didn't go anywhere, and I'm rather cross that I simply didn't stop listening.

I found the way the story flipped between the two times a bit confusing, and I simply didn't Sam to any of the character in it.

I was hoping the history element would help, but it didn't.

Has The Photographer's Wife put you off other books in this genre?

No it hasn't, but I think I will read more reviews first. The only review on audible complained about the narrator, but actually she was fine. It was the content of the story that bored me.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

None.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

I've heard that this author is very good, so probably just a bad book but I certainly wasted my time listening to this.

SPOILT BY NARRATION

The narration of this book is the most ridiculous I've heard. The narrator runs on sentences and speaks in a constantly modulating pitch that is so grating and makes so little sense that I can't bear to listen. I tried to stick with it but gave up after 12 chapters. And that was good going. I have very little idea of how good the book is because the narration is so distracting.

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Title: Sarong Party Girls

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Narrator: Angela Lin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-16

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A brilliant and utterly engaging novel - Emma set in modern Asia - about a young woman's rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with heady modern materialism.

On the edge of 27, Jazzy hatches a plan for her and her best girlfriends, Sher, Imo, and Fann. Before the year is out, these Sarong Party Girls will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh - Western expat - husbands, with Chanel babies (the cutest status symbols of all) quickly to follow.

Razor-sharp, spunky, and vulgarly brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a determined woman who doesn't lose. As she fervently pursues her quest to find a white husband, this bombastic yet tenderly vulnerable gold digger reveals the contentious gender politics and class tensions thrumming beneath the shiny exterior of Singapore's glamorous nightclubs and busy streets, its grubby wet markets and seedy hawker centers. Moving through her colorful, stratified world, she realizes she cannot ignore the troubling incongruity of new money and old-world attitudes that threaten to crush her dreams. Desperate to move up in Asia's financial and international capital, will Jazzy and her friends succeed?

Vividly told in Singlish - colorful Singaporean English, with its distinctive cadence and slang - Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of this young, striving woman caught between worlds. With remarkable vibrancy and empathy, Cheryl Tan brings not only Jazzy but her city of Singapore to dazzling, dizzying life.

Members Reviews:

Beautiful Bildungsroman

Loved the narrator. Her simple personifications and jangling coastal rhythms just put me on a plane to Singapore. Wistfully transparent coming of age story.

Cannot be compared to Emma

I downloaded this book as an audiobook and the performance by Angela Lin did justice to the story. Its not a book you can compare to Emma because it is a book that stands alone and should be considered on its own merits.

I found it very interesting, because I understood the culture and the language. I think it would be a bit difficult to "get it" if you did not have some prior knowledge or experience of the way of life in Singapore in particular and Asia in general.

It was brilliantly written and very insightful although a little bit sad. If only more women felt empowered to think and value more about themselves.

Overall, recommended reading and maybe some research beforehand into the culture, you will be very entertained.

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Title: The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text

Subtitle: The Nova Trilogy, Book 2

Author: William S. Burroughs

Narrator: Ramiz Monsef

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

In The Ticket That Exploded, William S. Burroughs' grand "cut-up" trilogy, which starts with The Soft Machine and continues through Nova Express, reaches its climax as inspector Lee and the Nova Police engage the Nova Mob in a decisive battle for the planet. Only Burroughs could make such a nightmare vision of scientists and combat troops, of ad men and con men, whose deceitful language has spread like an incurable disease, be at once so frightening and so enthralling.

Members Reviews:

Lust for Life

Lust for life

I got a lust for life

I got a lust for life

- Iggy Pop, Lust for Life

Reviewing, cutting, looking slowly back at 1962 oortekst, 1967 Endetext, fold, refold, oragami fold, cut, paste, recut, film and redact. So? Start again. From the bigbanging. - there are no good words- I wrote silences - review the story of two halves, two texts, living text, breathing review Here comes Johnny Yen again/With the liquor and drugs - 'Better than 'the real thing?' - there is no real thing - reviewing the review, before the end, I'm not sure the cut-up review will work. Abandon all holes, ye whosorifices here. Mother smother may I must I smother mother this May. And the flesh machine/He's gonna do another striptease. I've naked lunched and snacked on soft machines. I've dined on queers and feasted on exterminators! These all do their part, they have all left me full and slightly sick. Puppy sick. Sick. sick./[sic]poopy. I'm not sure my form or pattern or strategy will add much to the Universe. I'm not sure it will subtract either. It will (like a Luxor light on New Years) attract only non-native moths, that feed the non-native bats, that feed the non-native owls, circling the giant urban a$$hole of the Las Vegas universe. Boys will be boys and boys, 'Boys we've been sublimated.' I'm worth a million in prizes/With my torture film.I'll redraft this draft, re-view this review, and post it toast it on Audible. I'll come at Amazon from two directions. Equally futile F body. I'll let DearGODreads swallow my early editions. I'll let Audible carry my post-review drip penicillin. Clock. clock. Tap. tap. Tock. tock. Written before on 'the Soft Typewriter' - transparent quivering substance the body is two halves stuck together around - Jeff B3zos - Lizard king. Owns my words. Licking the metallic air. Sells me your word drones. Shed your skin. Barter, trade, and consume all words made flesh - No good - No bueno - Departed have left no address - It's all done with tape recorders. Well I am just a modern guy/Of course I've had it in the ear before Listen again. Listen harder. Escape to and from the Nova. But never dream of leaving the word horde.