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Post by ropardoe on Nov 3, 2016 18:29:02 GMT
I had never heard of that either. Spooky! Here's the definition from Know Your Meme: "The Mandela Effect is a theory of parallel universes, based in the idea that because large groups of people have similar alternative memories about past events. Advocates of the theory claim that for these collective experiences to be true, the fabric of reality must have shifted at some point in the past, and that therefore not only do parallel, inhabitable universes exist, but that we are constantly switching between them." So in your universe Birkin didn't exist. Simple!
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 4, 2016 4:34:07 GMT
Special event, special company. The fact that several stragglers had to be booted out at 3pm suggests this was very much the success organisers Neil & Kim deserved - at most previous fairs virtually everyone has trooped off homeward/ pubward/ graveward by midday. Sounds like a good time was had by all. I thought the number of expensive paperbacks could be counted on one hand, Junkie, Dying Earth and a few others - must be all those pulps and digests that cost so much.
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Post by cromagnonman on Nov 4, 2016 11:55:04 GMT
Special event, special company. The fact that several stragglers had to be booted out at 3pm suggests this was very much the success organisers Neil & Kim deserved - at most previous fairs virtually everyone has trooped off homeward/ pubward/ graveward by midday. Many thanks to Anna Taborska, Justin, Severance, H. P. Saucecraft and Martin 'Rumble' Heaphy for the pleasure of their company. Sadly, no Fanatic stall - evidently I read too much into an email - and disappointed we never got to meet Cromagnum Man or Nigel Taylor who, I believe, were in attendance? LOADS of stalls, prices beginning at £2 and rising though the ceiling (even billionaires would troop away skint) but great fun browsing for bargains, and I doubt anyone came away empty handed. Special thanks to the young Polish street-cleaner who kindly looked up the address for me when I got hopelessly lost in Bloomsbury (memo to self: it helps when you're distributing flyers to keep one for yourself, you sad bastard). Wound up in old haunt The Princess Louise with Mr. Saucecraft for a few pints - maybe we should use that one as our fair local? Thought the hall-size was ideal - hope the Royal National becomes the regular venue. More when vicious attack of man-flu/ chronic hangover have eased some. Just wanted to say THANK YOU to all concerned for a wonderful afternoon. The disappointment is all mine Dem, I'm sure. As it happens I was there, but thanks to Network Rail and the habitual hell of their weekend engineering works, and a replacement bus service that seemed to be working to a schedule reserved for measuring the onset of Ice Ages, I only succeeded in scraping in just before everyone was given the order to disperse. Must have missed you and Mr Saucecraft in my mad scramble along the trestle tables. Sorry about that. I barely had time to laugh at the chancer trying to shift a December 1932 Weird Tales for £2000. Good fair from what I saw though. Hope they are encouraged to stage it more often. I did manage to quickly sift through the shabby stacks of Sexton Blakes though, something I always do more in hope than genuine expectation. But lo and behold, finally, there was a copy of # 501 CARIBBEAN CRISIS and priced at three quid same as the others. Being Mike Moorcock's very first published book this rarely escapes the scrutiny of the dealer's eye. But it did this time. Result!
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Post by severance on Nov 6, 2016 17:40:53 GMT
I spent a small fortune last Sunday, but it's only once a year - hopefully - so who's counting! Purchased fifteen books: George Bagby - Blood Will Tell - Bantam (1954) Robert Bloch - Shooting Star/Terror in the Night - Ace Double (1958) Charles Boswell & Lewis Thompson - The Girl with the Scarlet Brand - Frederick Muller (19??) - orig. Gold Medal 1954 Charles Boswell & Lewis Thompson - The Girls in Nightmare House - Frederick Muller (1959) - orig. Gold Medal 1955 Paul Daniels - Playboy - Monarch (1962) Bruno Fischer - The Fast Buck - Red Seal (19??) - orig. Gold Medal 1952 William Campbell Gault - Blood on the Boards - Star (Australian Digest 1956) Hank Janson - This Woman is Death - S.D.Frances (circa 1948/51) Hank Janson - Devil's Highway - Alexander Moring (1956) Ed Lacy - Shakedown for Murder - Avon (1958) Ed Lacy - Bugged for Murder - Avon (1961) Lawrence Lariar - Win, Place and Die! - Signet (1955) Robert Martin - She, Me and Murder - Curtis (1971) Wade Miller - The Big Guy - Red Seal (19??) - orig. Gold Medal 1953 James Montague - Worms - Futura (1980) Only the one real horror novel amongst that little lot, but it's one I've been meaning to reacquire for years. Of course, as Dem as already pointed out, the real pleasure of events like this is meeting fellow board members and anyone else who happens to be there - so I was delighted to catch up again with Dem and Justin, and meet for the first time H.P.Saucecraft (fellow big black hat wearer), Anna Taborska and Nigel Taylor (who Dem seems to have missed which means he probably never got a free copy of this.) Many thanks for that Nigel and I hope it runs to many more issues. Lastly, special thanks to Anna for the copy of the exquisite "Ultimate Dracula" book that Dem has already made a thread for. It really is an exquisite, fascinating, quite unique book - and it's bloody big as well. Apologies to those still there when I slunk away early - working a full night shift beforehand wasn't something I wanted to do but had little choice. If there's another event next year, I'll make damn sure I'm not working the night before! I certainly slept well when I got home. Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 7, 2016 15:46:24 GMT
I barely had time to laugh at the chancer trying to shift a December 1932 Weird Tales for £2000. Good fair from what I saw though. Hope they are encouraged to stage it more often. I missed that one - or, more likely, had gone price-blind by then. The grapevine has it that things are looking good for the fair but will wait until we hear something official. Hope to meet you at the next - will try and be more organised. Hi Sev. Well played for putting in such an effort to get there - I'll bet you were well done in on the journey home, but that's one impressive haul. Nigel kindly sent on a copy of World Of Strangeness #1, details/ 'review' to follow. Have so much stuff to read/ write about but just haven't been in the best shape since that afternoon. Saturday felt sufficiently recovered to embark on stage II of autumn World Tour, so it was off to Wembley FC for their Spartan South Midland Premier League top of the table clash with London Colney. Attendance, 67, but they still sold out of programmes before I could get my claws into one! Cracking entertainment, full-blooded end to end stuff, particularly second half, the visitors eventually shading it 3-2 after Wembley fought back twice. Best part was meeting up with a very dear friend and colleague from seriously misspent youth - thank you for your kind company, Ryszard. Social club is lovely, prices very reasonable, fans a devoted and likeable bunch. One very minor blemish, the behaviour of a certain hamster-headed away player outside the bar. Fortunately his more mature team-mates ushered him away before he could make an even bigger dick of himself. Anyway, turns out this was some kind of omen because, walking back to station, I got taken out by a tree - literally. Bastard thick branch sneaked up on me. By time I regained consciousness, dawn was approaching and I was numb to the bones. Must have been out for over six hours. Man-flu now officially upgraded, so those who are waiting on 'reviews' please be patient! Totally brill day out, mind. Next stop - Poole V Wealdstone FC on Dec. 17th.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 7, 2016 20:29:01 GMT
walking back to station, I got taken out by a tree - literally. Bastard thick branch sneaked up on me. By time I regained consciousness, dawn was approaching and I was numb to the bones. Sounds like one for the 'Plants Hate You: Vegetation 2' thread.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 8, 2016 10:03:41 GMT
walking back to station, I got taken out by a tree - literally. Bastard thick branch sneaked up on me. By time I regained consciousness, dawn was approaching and I was numb to the bones. Sounds like one for the 'Plants Hate You: Vegetation 2' thread. Too right, mate! It was something out of The Day Of The Triffids meets The Evil Dead. Paperback & Pulp Fair report on Existential Ennui. No photos of the fair, but here's a screen-grab of the Vale Farm massive in action at Wembley FC on Saturday.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 13, 2016 14:13:27 GMT
Found it. Another friendly dealer we met at the fair. Pity this gent doesn't appear to have a website as he has some lovely stuff. Bought Carter from him, and was v. tempted to take a copy of Web Detective Stories off his hands, too. He's not the cheapest, but you could do a lot worse than send your wants lists to davidhyman ATbtinternet.com
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jan 11, 2017 12:07:17 GMT
Yumping yiminy! Is there to be one of these on April 30th (Walpurgis Nacht? )
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Post by dem bones on Jan 14, 2017 13:37:36 GMT
Yumping yiminy! Is there to be one of these on April 30th (Walpurgis Nacht? ) Just heard back from Neil Pettigrew, and April 30th it is! Neil is currently working on the flyer, so will post that on a new thread when available.
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