@jimstokes.bsky.social
#ConstantReader Science Fiction & Fantasy. Board trustee (Spring Lake Public Library, VNA of NJ). USNA alumni. IBM retiree. Nosce te ipsum.
Listen! the Stars! The Stars Like Dust The Inferno The Rebellers
Four more #booknotes by me
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sreading out on porch table
A little paper crafting this morning
07.08.2025 14:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0there's a thread worth pulling!
07.08.2025 14:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0accentuated by a hot cup of coffee, and a cool(ish) breeze that is gently jingling the wind chimes
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Lighthouse framed in two massive hands, boat
Ah, here we go. #BookologyThursday ✨ #NationalLightHouseDay
Situation Barnegat Light by Bradford Honigsberg. 1995, cover art by Everett J. Magie. #booksky
Contemplating how really beautiful a climbing plant can be - good morning!
07.08.2025 11:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Spoiler book review.
Granny is prepared, swearing she won't go down without a fight (The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton, c1929, cover artist unknown).
Another astounding (and unintentional) book review that starts from the beginning.
A Scent of New-Mown Hay by John Blackburn. 1958, cover art by Frank Pagnato. #booksky
oassionally, money talk$
07.08.2025 00:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Unintentional 1st person POV book review, brilliant!
The Rebellers by Jane Roberts. 1963, cover art by Jack Gaughan. #booksky
Really have to be careful what one consumes before bedtime.
#vintagepostcard 1906
Should we be concerned?
Orbit One by John E. Muller. 1962, cover art by H Fox. #booksky
Daniel's unintentional praise for a magazine publisher is exemplary!
Punch magazine, July 1951. They knew how to make our Armed Services members smile #booksky
This book review is amazing!
Inexistence by David Zindell. 1989, cover art by James Gurney. #booksky
the fight begins, front and center.
date and artist unknown.
Moving Picture Pencil Box 5184 Picture Changes 1953
L'Escamoteur de bonne societe - 1925
Two of my favorite flea market picks from this past weekend.
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Starship Troopers game - Man vs Monster Interstellar Warfare
"Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!"
Analog gaming, 1976.
05.08.2025 12:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Climbing in, or breaking out
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"Jim didn't like cats - what surprised him was how much the cat didn't like Jims."
Fortune Favors the Brave.
A man and his pointer (hunting dog) c1960
Secretary Swatter.
Never know what you're going to see at a #FleaMarket
04.08.2025 02:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The prototypes continue to evolve
03.08.2025 11:09 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Been there, done that.
03.08.2025 11:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Four radioactive wasp nests discovered at a nuclear facility in South Carolina"
and so, it begins.
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"Those with no felony convictions are told it's a way to avoid 'Alligator Alcatraz." Man wresting alligator.
Chimpanzee matches
Macaws, Toucan Bird, Flamingos
D'oh! Matchbook #vintageephemera
02.08.2025 19:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This book review reminds us of our ancestors!
Doc Savage no. 36, Resurrection Day. 1969, cover art by James Bama. #booksky
Another pithy (and most assuredly unintentional) book review.
Rocketship Stories, 1953, cover art by EMSH.
Shelves full of vintage sci-fi treasure
The dealer who stocks this shelving unit at the Asbury Park Antique Emporium gets a big 👍
01.08.2025 21:03 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Another unintentional (but cracking) book review, yep!
Beyond the Visible by H.J. Campbell. 1952, cover art by George Ratcliffe.
nice!
01.08.2025 12:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0glad to see you enjoyed it!
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