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Post by andydecker on Feb 22, 2022 19:48:24 GMT
I am shocked, though perhaps not entirely surprised, to learn that Aickman never brushed his teeth. And still he managed to be married and have an affair. Remarkable.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 22, 2022 19:58:01 GMT
I am shocked, though perhaps not entirely surprised, to learn that Aickman never brushed his teeth. And still he managed to be married and have an affair. Remarkable. He did not just have "an" affair. He had several.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 22, 2022 20:17:05 GMT
And still he managed to be married and have an affair. Remarkable. He did not just have "an" affair. He had several. He did have serious problems with his teeth, though.
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Post by andydecker on Feb 22, 2022 20:45:20 GMT
He did not just have "an" affair. He had several. He did have serious problems with his teeth, though. I really should get this biography. Several? Unbelievable.
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Post by PeterC on Feb 23, 2022 9:08:45 GMT
It's strange that a fastidious man like Aickman had poor oral hygiene. He may have been self-concious about it because he seemed to avoid showing his teeth when photographed. I believe that Kingsley Amis - another man of affairs - had a similar problem.
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Post by David A. Riley on Feb 23, 2022 11:38:55 GMT
It's strange that a fastidious man like Aickman had poor oral hygiene. He may have been self-concious about it because he seemed to avoid showing his teeth when photographed. I believe that Kingsley Amis - another man of affairs - had a similar problem. From the one time I met him I would say it went way beyond just "poor oral hygiene". As Ramsey Campbell so aptly put it "...he had the worst teeth I've ever seen in a living mouth." My impression was that his teeth were all either grey or black.
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Post by ramseycampbell on Feb 26, 2022 15:13:24 GMT
Ray Russell cites an instance where he scoffed at a friend for brushing her teeth.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 21, 2022 20:43:37 GMT
Does everyone else's copy also contain handwritten corrections?
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Post by David A. Riley on Mar 21, 2022 22:37:52 GMT
Does everyone else's copy also contain handwritten corrections? Mine has the correction too.
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Post by PeterC on Mar 22, 2022 9:13:16 GMT
Yes mine too. The book is an excellent piece of work though.
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Post by andydecker on Mar 22, 2022 11:03:49 GMT
Are these printed or did someone actually write something in the copies?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 22, 2022 11:26:48 GMT
Are these printed or did someone actually write something in the copies? Someone (presumably the author) has corrected my copy by hand. Highly irregular.
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Post by andydecker on Mar 22, 2022 14:06:16 GMT
Are these printed or did someone actually write something in the copies? Someone (presumably the author) has corrected my copy by hand. Highly irregular. Indeed. What an effort! I hope the corrections make at least some sense.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Mar 22, 2022 14:28:21 GMT
Someone (presumably the author) has corrected my copy by hand. Highly irregular. Indeed. What an effort! I hope the corrections make at least some sense. Who knows? You are of course making the assumption that the author (or whoever added the notes) wrote the same thing in each copy...
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Post by andydecker on Mar 22, 2022 14:46:16 GMT
Indeed. What an effort! I hope the corrections make at least some sense. Who knows? You are of course making the assumption that the author (or whoever added the notes) wrote the same thing in each copy... Of course I did.
Maybe they are different and give together a message. A treasure map? The GPS for R'lyeh? Who knows?
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