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The goal of this blog is to preserve a few ideas and quotes from books I read. In the old days when books were not so readily available, people kept "commonplace books" where they copied choice passages they wanted to be able to remember and perhaps reuse. The idea got picked up by V.F.D. and it's common knowledge that most of that organization's volunteers have kept commonplace books, and so have Laura and I.

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20 June 2010

Slaves of Spiegel (Daniel Pinkwater)


Mixing the story lines of The Magic Moscow and Fat Men From Space (both of which are masterpieces on their own), this is great Pinkwater craziness. Space pirates, fast food, and a contest where first place may not be what you want.

Of course, the three greatest junk food cooks in the universe all look alike. Of course, all of the space pirates from Spiegel look just like Daniel Pinkwater.

I don't believe there is a better writer than Daniel Pinkwater out there. I wish at least some of his stuff were available on the Kindle, especially the excellent Hoboken Fish and Chicago Whistle.

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