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Newsletter #162

November 13, 2017

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3 books featured in this issue

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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban

MADE-UP

My first introduction to Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas was through Jim Henson's underrated 1977 TV special (a Christmas tradition in our house when I was growing up). This charming movie was based... (Haley)

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Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

by Grady Hendrix

Last week: a scholar's loving appreciation of the glories of medieval book-making. This week: an equally loving tribute to the heyday of the pulpy horror paperback, from Rosemary's Baby to Silence of... (Tom)

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Rosemary's Baby

by Ira Levin

MADE-UP

Speaking of Rosemary's Baby! You've likely seen the Mia Farrow/John Cassavetes 1968 horror classic, but have you read Ira Levin's novel from the year before? It's fantastic: a tale of the occult that,... (Tom)

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