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Chris J. Karr

cjkarr@books.theunseen.city

Joined 2 years, 7 months ago

Someone who failed their 2023 Reading Challenge and looking forward to making up for that in 2025.

Hanging out at bsky.app/profile/cjkarr.bsky.social these days.

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2026 Reading Goal

5% complete! Chris J. Karr has read 5 of 100 books.

Charles Stross: A Conventional Boy (Hardcover, 2025, TorDorCom)

A conventionally solid entry into the Laundry Files.

A shorter Laundry tale, but a solid addition to the overall "mythos".

Thought I would miss Bob more than I have (he does show up in the shorter stories accompanying the title tale), but I also enjoy Stross exploring this fun world he's built patiently.

H.P. Lovecraft, Sonia H. Greene, Alfred Galpin, Jr., James F. Morton Jr., Samuel Loveman, B.C. Brightrall, W.C. Brightrall, Betty Jane Kendall, Edith Miniter, Lilian Middleton, Maurice W. Moe: The Rainbow, Vol. 2 (United Amateur Press Association)

The second issue of Sonia H. Greene's amateur journal for the United Amateur Press Association.

Solid second issue

A solid follow-up issue for "The Rainbow", including essays on amateur publishing, appreciating art and poetry, and introducing one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft tales, "Celephaïs".

Having finished this, I'm only more eager to finally get around to tackling Greene's autobiography "Two Hearts that Beat as One".

H.P. Lovecraft, Sonia H. Greene, Alfred Galpin, Jr., James F. Morton Jr., Rheinhart Kleiner, Samuel Loveman: The Rainbow, Vol. 1 (United Amateur Press Association)

The first issue of "The Rainbow", published by Sonia H. Greene. The issue includes several …

Interesting time capsule

This was an interesting issue to read, an interesting time capsule of amateur publishing in 1921.

The bulk of the content was provided by publisher Sonia H. Greene, which is not a bad thing, as she is quite quotable and interesting to read, especially her thought on the proper role of amateur journalism and the need for high standards to lift amateur writers up (including her future husband H.P. Lovecraft) into creating meaningful works.