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Lester Caswelman, aka L. E. Castle, the greatest author you've never heard of



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  1. Public Bookmark 26

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    “I beg your pardon, Ship,” he said. “I ought to have introduced myself first. My name is Goodsir—Harry Goodsir. I am honoured to make your acquaintance.”

    Silence, but for the clinking of gears and the turning of spindles. Then a small voice, tinny but clear, emerged at last from the speaking-trumpet housed at the far end of the console.

    Good afternoon, Harry Goodsir, said Erebus. I assure you, the honour is entirely mine.

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    23 Oct 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 1

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    It's a wonderful house - with more than one story. 320 Sycamore weaves a tale based on a few subtle threads that were left dangling in Frank Capra's classic film "It's a Wonderful Life", and reveals several Bedford Falls backstories that chronicle the life events of her citizens including a congressman named Kraft, a family named Granville and, just maybe, a hero named Potter.

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    21 Dec 2023

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    1965. Astronaut Craig Tucker considers himself something of a realist: in ten weeks, he will be risking his life to be the first American to walk among the stars. For fear of losing everything, he has resigned himself to nothing; until he meets Tweek Tweak, an engineer transferred to NASA to work on the new extravehicular space suit. As the two grow closer during the final months of the Gemini-4 project, Craig’s life transforms as he finds happiness on earth rather than among the stars.

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    23 Jun 2023

  4. Public Bookmark 9

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    Five times Fillmore hated Sarge, and one where he didn't.

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    16 Feb 2023

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    [DISCONTINUED] It took Pioneer 9 15, 750 years to wake up in the year 17,776.
    At the time it was approximately 1.6 trillion miles away from its home planet Earth.
    But what if it found its way back to Earth in half that time?
    Welcome to the year 25,651.

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    05 Dec 2022