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Let's start with: this is the sort of book that breaks your brain a little bit.
Sure, that's hyperbolic. I write that, in part, because this book is so full of awesomeness that I have trouble describing it with my less-awesome skills of articulation. Also, I am crazy envious. Like insane jealousy. Like, were I somehow a sentient book and I were in a relationship with All the Birds in the Sky, only to find that AtBitS was shacking up with another book, I would stab my rival in the spine with a goddamn icepick... OF LITERATURE.
Suffice it to say, I've become a big fan of Charlie Jane Anders overnight.
Why? you ask. Allow me to dispell your ignorance forthwith.
This is witches vs mad scientists.
Even typing that sentence makes me happy on a psuedo-religious level. How long have I waited to put those very letters together into those very words? It's the reader's equivalent of being approached by a man in a fedora who hands you a jet pack and says, "All yours, kid," before lighting a Marlboro and walking straight into the sunset. Okay, maybe not quite that improbably epic, but pretty damn close.
Witches vs mad scientists. With talking animals and global A.I. and superstorms and weaponized gravity and magic schools and amaztastic shit. And yet, rather than being a dripping ball of geek-goop, it remains grounded enough in its protagonists that it doesn't collapse into a singularity of Pynchon-style lunacy. The leads, Patricia (witch-person) and Laurence (science-person) meet, fight, love, and are predicted by their communities to lead the Earth into destruction. Really, I should mention that these two and the supporting characters are the ones who make this book work. They're well-written people, they are amusingly flawed, they are the conduit through which the kick-assitude flows like liquid magma from the veins of methamphetamine-addled elder god.
But I'm not going to tell you about them, because that would ruin the story. Except maybe Theodolphus. I want to be Theodolphus when I grow up, if only for the ice cream.
Does this book have its own flaws? Yeah, sure. The first third takes some patience because we're dealing with the lives of children. Children who might also be the downfall of humanity. Also, parents suck. I say that as a father of two, and when I read the part about the parents of these exceptional kids, I thought, "I'm not that bad... I think." If my kids do, in fact, shatter the planet, this book suggests that's my fault and it's probably right. There is also a huge amount of characters who are identified more by name than by description, which makes their introductions a bit tricky, but that passes soon enough. And yeah, the last 1/6th rushes a bit and there are moments of supreme confusion (at least for me) when it comes to magic schools, but I don't care. At all. Ever.
All of that said, there is the possibility of a sequel here. I hope that never happens. I feel that this story does everything it must, nothing more or less. In fact, like Gregory's We Are All Completely Fine , it is a pretty perfect example of how how great editing and compact storytelling stomps the living shit out of doorstoppers. It does what a book must do, it tells a fine story without excess or author filibusters, and it doesn't leave off at a point where you're absolutely going to shell out the dough for a companion volume simply because marketing gurus are crack dealers.
And it's got witches vs mad scientists.
If that isn't enough for you to open the cover, we can't be friends.
I'm back. And I've got stuff.
For anyone who has missed my news on Goodreads and Facebook, I have a new novel about to drop on the 19th of April. The Anachronist Girls is a far cry from Movers, part of a different genre entirely. It's a time-travel tale, a road trip story, a romance, a family drama. It's got financial fraud, extra-dimensional locations, giant robots, sexy times, fire elementals in the Indian jungle, and death by ball-peen hammer. All the things I find amusing.
Right now, it's available for pre-order on Amazon (the Kindle version only-- the trade paper won't appear in person until the 19th,) but I'm not just here to shill the damn thing. For the next few days, I'll be giving it away in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF format, totally free. No catch, no commitment, just words on electronic canvas for no money.
Interested in a copy? You can get one by emailing me at firstname.lastname@example.com along with your preferred format. Again, this only goes until the 18th, so the window is relatively short, but I will send out copies for any requests received by then.
If you want to take a peek at the real thing, it's right here: http://www.amazon.com/Anachronist-Girls-Evan-James-Clark-ebook/dp/B01CWB8TJI?ie=UTF8&keywords=anachronist%20girls&qid=1460479536&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
Once this is officially on sale, I'll go back to posting actual reviews. Promise.
So here we have the origin story of Harrison Harrison, the paragon of paranoid badassitude introduced in WAACF. There are several things you'll have noticed if you, I don't know, read the cover blurb. The first is that, unlike the horror-lite fantasy of WAACF, this is firmly YA fare. That by itself is no bad thing. In fact, it's fitting, given Harrison's broken memory as an adult and the fact that his story had been (in-universe) recorded as a children's book. While this is not that book, I imagine a great deal of the adult Harrison's memory had been influenced by reading his own fictionalized tale, resulting in this account. The details (save for one) which differ between the stories don't really bother me because of that.
The second major thing is that unlike the ensemble cast of WAACF, the myth-cycle here rests solely on Harrison's shoulders. I would say that ought to make it more focused, but instead, it makes the narrative nebulous. That is the first problem I encountered. In WAACF, Harrison was the Lovecraft-expy, a Shadow Over Innsmouth survivor who battled fish people and a half-human monster called the Scrimshander, while the other characters represented separate horror sub-genres. While H2 makes no bones about its influences (particularly in its setting Dunnsmouth,) it pulls in other occult phenomenon, including the nature of ghosts, warring cults, and parasite-gods from across the Lovecraftian spectrum. In doing so, it attempts to jam every Cthulhid aspect into Harrison's story, rather than allow multiple narratives to meet in the ensemble-style. Suffice it to say, shit gets real messy.
That said, the book has strengths. Gregory can pull off YA, and when blending school-days narratives with Hardy Boys hunts, the plot flows as if from a fresh wound. The figures within the local high school as sick, twisted, beautiful riffs on Roald Dahl (also, Nurse Mandi?! What the fuck?!) and the first half of the book centers on them, so for that long I was content. The teachers are psychos, the students are Addams Family rejects, the lunch is alive, PE takes place in a subterranean lagoon, and you absolutely will stay the fuck out of the library. The problem is that so much of the book takes place outside of the school that these episodes seem brief and inconsequential.
Another strength is Gregory's talent with monsters. There is seriously some gnarly shit going on here, from colossal squid deities, to half-human freaks, to things that Lovecraft himself would have called "squamous as bugfuck." Again, this does serve as something of a double-edged sword, as some of these things get humanized to the point of, well, not being scary (the Dwellers are of particular note here.) Which brings me to my three biggest trouble spots with this book:
1) The ending. Yes, I know this is a YA book, and the sort of chaotic, throw-in-every-character battle is expected. I was really hoping, however, that it might be averted to make something unique. Now, I'm not talking about the cliff-hanger/teaser epilogue, which redeemed a few matters by suggesting, if not promising, future closure in some volume that completes the cycle. But the big throw-down, in which everyone showed up but very few actually did anything, just fell flat for me. Sorry.
2) Lub. Or as I thought of him, Lub Ex Machina. Seriously, this guy might have been interesting, but mostly he showed up when Harrison needed something magically done elsewhere. Further, his info dump pretty much ensured there was little tension for the last half of the book, since we already knew most of what was going down. Again, sorry (but not really.)
3) The Scrimshander. Oh, that bastard. You see, for those of you who haven't read WAACF (and if so, why the hell are you reading this? I said there were spoilers, goddamnit,) the Scrimshander was one of the most terrifying things in the book and he never even showed up! He was all backstory, and yet he was more effective than anything else in the book. Even after Harrison said he'd been killed (rather gruesomely, too, in a way that doesn't appear in this novel, probably because you can't put that shit in a kid's book,) the Scrimshander was the stone-cold nemesis of all that is good and natural. This versions was... meh. He was certainly someone to be reckoned with, but he wasn't frightening. Even his scrimshaw work, which was brick-shittingly terrifying in previous mentions, was downgraded to the standard villain hobby of victim-collecting. The fact that he didn't even show up until halfway thought, with an introduction so flat it felt like a Scooby-Doo baddie had just slipped on his mask, made him less than a credible threat.
I realize it appears I'm only complaining about a book I'm giving 4 stars. That's because I am complaining. I wanted 5 stars again, a lean, mean, frightening book, and what I got was an occasionally concise but often fuzzy, fluffy read that wore its influences a little too plainly. If the Harrison Harrison of WAACF is to be believed, the book about his childhood wasn't that good, so maybe this is that book. The trouble is that, for what it is, Harrison Squared is pretty decent. It's just not the out-of-the-park brain crusher of We Are All Completely Fine, and it suffers from the (necessary) comparison. I know one thing for certain: it's going to need a sequel to redeem it.
(Note: also, the fact that Lub not only turned out to be 100% benevolvent, but absolutely not the fishy alter-ego of Lydia, is complete bullshit. Fuck obviousness, Harrison needed a Dweller girlfriend, yo.)]]>
So I didn't make it to the end of this one, or the 3/4 mark. And no, I'm not sorry. Here's why:
Scott Hawkins is a decent writer, to be sure. He's got a knack for dialogue that I envy, and certainly enough imagination to power through genre work, leaving competent material in his wake. Just the sort of thing I find intriguing enough to pick up and potentially be entranced by. And it's clever.
And Mr. Hawkins knows it's clever. That is a problem.
As I read this, I kept recalling Christopher Buehlman's The Necromancer's House. Both books have wonderful concepts and similarly dark and twisted tones. They do start off with cold openings and leave the reader to figure things out, slowly. Sometimes infuriatingly so. And the author knows this, because the author is clever and wants to tease out every iota of plot, one nerve-ending at a time.
Well, suffice it to say, sometimes I don't take teasing very well. On occasion, after reading a hundred pages or so, I feel like grabbing the text by the metaphorical hair and saying, "Look, are we gonna do this plot thing or not?" This is made worse by the narrative style of 3rd person limited, where the details of the plot might be clarified if the characters chose to reflect on them. But, of course, the characters don't. Because they're secretive assholes.
Okay, so that's a little harsh, but therein lies my issue with this title. At the outset, the protagonist Carolyn knows everything we need to know to make sense of things. She knows what is going on, even if she hasn't solved the great mystery of the plot. The problem is that, as a reader, I've had to spend countless pages figuring out what Carolyn already knows, and this does not endear her to me in the slightest. In fact, it makes me hope something drastic and immediate will happen to her, such as a bus accident, and another, more competent central character (such as Steve, who is cool enough,) can take over. I can identify with Steve because, as someone outside of the great mystery, he learns just as I do what the hell is going on. Carolyn, on the other hand, won't tell me jack because the author is hiding that information. The whole affair reeks of artistic interference.
That said, I may be acting a bit unfair, or antagonistic, or childish, or what-the-fuck-ever, but I did just come off of the excellently paced and relatively transparent We Are All Completely Fine. Which, coincidentally, featured characters concealing information from each other, then had the reader follow each one in their discoveries. And it isn't as if Hawkins isn't wildly creative and often funny, because he is both of those things. The problem was simply that this book spent too much time being a puzzle, and that puzzle was not particularly well constructed. It was obviously meant to confound and its mechanisms were not subtle, less smoke and mirrors so much as locked doors with DO NOT ENTER signs, simply because telling the audience what the story was about would have made it clear, perhaps, that there was little story to begin with.
Or maybe there was more story. I don't know, because I walked out when the show was half over. Maybe someday I'll pick this one back up, but it won't be high on my second chances list unless Hawkins's next work provides a little more reason to suspend my disbelief.
First things first, this is a less-than-24-hour read. Second things second, it melted my damn face. I am unable, in good conscience, to give it less than the coveted 5 stars.
Trust me, I wanted to give it less. I looked for reasons. I accused it of failing to pick up after itself and being a blatant tease after an expensive first date. I called its mother names, screaming that it was the bastard offspring of bastard offspring. But the truth is that this book did everything I need a book to do. So it's not going to win the Pulitzer, which only makes me think less of literary prizes.
I'm not going to get into the plot, because READ IT. Perhaps the book's greatest strength is its brevity. Gregory never describes a character with more than three sentences, never a location with more than four. Trust me, I went back and counted. The conservation of language resulted in something so horrifically concise that I feel like the writing is part of the puzzle. Unlike other imitators (and I'm looking straight at you, Danielewski,) this truly is bigger on the inside. It's unsettling.
The second strength is the ensemble cast. Some say you can have either characters or plot, but these characters are their own plots. Each one is a story, and the maze goes deeper with each one. They're funny, they're terrifying, they break like real people and they achieve awesomeness each in their own way. There are storylines hidden here that I'm sure I missed.
Suffice it to say, I have not been so impressed by fiction in years. And I didn't want to be, which makes it twice as effective. And yes, I believe I'm going to go on to read Harrison Squared in the next day or so, although I am a little concerned that level of knowing might undo some of the effectiveness of We Are All Completely Fine. I am going to trust that I want to know, and that might get me in trouble, but I will trust all the same.
Daryl Gregory has convinced me to go on into darker water.
And then... well, it got slow. Real slow. Like the first several chapters of Lord of the Rings slow, without the epic quest to speed things up. People complain that such fantasy has too much walking, but Minnow, which should have been immune given its short length and concise subject matter, caught that like the plague.
Which is not to say there aren't many redeeming aspects. This is absolutely a pretty novel, with prose that never goes full purple but manages to evoke a kind of fairy-tale mystique. And the folklore, when it does appear, is excellent, particularly when it's personified by the antagonistic Dr. Crow. In fact, despite my disappointment, if there is a sequel piece called Crow (or better yet, one entitled Shrike,) I'll pick that up in an instant, because those parts of this novel shined.
The problem really was Minnow himself, who seemed content to follow orders and wander into half-hearted adventures. For the first half of the book, Minnow did nothing that convinced me he was a real person instead of an automaton driven by other people's demands. I didn't even buy his quest to fetch medicine for a sick father because I couldn't sense a connection between any of these characters. Even when Minnow is menaced by dangers on the road, I felt like "maybe this time something interesting will happen," and then was unsurprised when nothing did. Alas.
I do feel that the language alone in this novel merits the attention it has received and the awards it has won. McTeer undoubtedly knows how to tell a story, but perhaps it's that he had no real story to tell, simply a set of images and ideas stitched together with a singular flat character. The lushness of the setting and McTeer's connection to this culture gives me hope that the next one will really be the big southern gothic fantasy I've been waiting for. Until then, however, I've got to put this into the simply average category, which is all the more disappointing for what might have been.
Here's why:
Now I'm gonna throw this fucker in a trunk to marinate and have myself a drink. Or two drinks. Or other stuff, but with drinks. In fact, I am drinking right now and I'm not sorry. Hello, Thursday, we are gonna get down today.]]>
Those times when you have spent 7 months working on a manuscript and are maddeningly close to completion when your wise and beautiful significant other says, "Look, I'm not reading this giant freaking novel for you to just kill everyone at the end. Not happening."
And you freeze and think, "Well, shit."
Well played, dearest heart. Well played.]]>
There comes a time for each of us when we need to hear certain words from a certain someone. And for some of us, that person is Paul Frees, and those words are, "When hinges creak in doorless chambers..."
Christmas might sneak by in July, but Halloween starts in May.]]>
Whoa, wait a minute, the kind skeptic would say. What about reading? What about writing? Aren't those things that authors love? Well, yeah, but let's face it, writing is work, and sometimes a day has been hideous to the point where even a good book isn't going to fix it and spending time staring at a page I can't get into doesn't help. But for some reason, those 1 stars call me back like sweet narcotic haze.
And not just for any book. It has to be for those books I actively hate, which isn't a long list but it's solidly built from bricks of loathing. For one, to make the list, a work has to be a published book, and not self-published. It must have made its way through a professional editorial and print process with its odiousness intact. A self-published book may be shit sandwich, but I have faith that with an intensive editorial working-over, most would move into the 'mediocre crap' category, and those will not suffice. As a librarian, I come across plenty of awful books churned out by major publishers, yet there are more qualification for a really delicious 1 star review.
The writing has to be lazy. This is possibly the worst part because it means I'll have to have read a not inconsiderable portion of the text to ascertain whether it has this quality. Original thoughts are a no-go, cliches and predictable plotting are the coin of the realm. It helps if the book cover indicates this by including hackneyed blurbs containing the words "epic," "mythic," "saga," or "rip-roaring." These, to me, are words that really indicate "overused," "borrowed (and not acknowledged) from a pre-existing system," "the publishers aren't really sure what these words mean," and "bugfuck boring." The Epic Saga of Rip-Roaring Myth, should it ever be published, will immediately fall under scrutiny (also, can anyone tell me the origins of "rip-roaring," because every time I read those words, I think, "What does a rip-roar actually sound like?") For obvious reasons, this removes media tie-ins, such as Star Wars novels or Doctor Who spin-offs, because those writers are paid to be unoriginal and I can't fault them for doing what will make them the cash to support their cocaine habits. I assume. Sequels, bad as they might be, are also exempt for the same reason.
So we've got professional publishing and lazy writing. Anything else? Absolutely, and for this third factor, I have to go outside of the medium and listen to author interviews. What I'm looking for is the crippling certainty of the writer that their work is the bee's fucking knees. That turn of phrase that indicates the writer believes what they've written is God's gift to literature, making them God in this scenario. That arrogance is really what seals the deal on a fantastic 1 star read. So when I read that a snot nosed twerp has stated, "In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf,"* I know I've struck gold, a book I can pull up the reviews for and cackled over while sipping bourbon in my smoking jacket before a roaring fire (but not "rip-roaring" I imagine.)
How can I take such pleasure in reading the derision of another author's work? Because it's fun, and because reviewers who go out of their way to show their displeasure with a scathing 1 star are often amusing on their own. It's good writing. It entertains, far more than the book ever could. More than that, it gives me perspective. Just because someone has written a book that is professionally published does not automatically make that book good. It cautions me to not become arrogant in my own writing (I am a pulp writer, a hack, and damn proud of it,) and reminds me that this trade is one that comes with criticism, good or bad. And it also reminds me that regardless of how awesome or accurate a 1 star review might be, there will still be a fistful of entitled jerkasses who must comment and tell the reviewer how wrong they are, completely ignorant of the fact that they are using the same critical method (often with terrible spelling and infantile logic) which they are condemning the use of in regard to their favorite author. Who sucks.
My real point is this: criticism exists for all art forms. It should, it's important. Not everyone will ever love your work, and that's cool. It doesn't mean you shouldn't try. But if your work is crap because you are lazy, incompetent, impatient for publication, and can scam a press into releasing your deformed word-afterbirth upon the masses, then you deserve what you get. Even horrible books can be the source of entertainment, and I am a sucker for the unmitigated lashing of an author who thinks they are better than the reader. I'll even bring popcorn.
*Actual statement by an insufferable hack, a particularly pernicious breed of otherwise honorable hack noted for believing that they are, in fact, above hackery. Found here: http://impishidea.com/criticism/an-hour-with-paolini among other places.
I say this because it seems, more and more, like there is some kind of divide between modern authors and the readership, all based on the idea of quality and opinion. Now, I know this doesn't apply to all authors, and that the minority of badly-behaving writers only seem to have such power because they are so vocal (and on occasion they use their supporters to squash dissent, much like our favorite authoritarian leaders have always done,) but it occurs to me that if the author isn't writing for a reader, then what they hell are they doing? Making word sculptures?
If the book in my hand was only meant for me if I liked it, then please someone explain the reason for its existence. After all, if I liked it, the author gets to pat him or herself on the back and do twenty cartwheels to the deafening sound of brass bands and fireworks. But if I didn't, how did it get here in front of me? Was there some kind of mechanism that made it magically appear, just to confound my sensibilities, or perhaps, just maybe, did the author make a drastic mistake and actually publish their work? Because if they did that, then it kind of exists for its own sake now, no longer attached to the author's emotional and mental whims, and in fact, no longer belongs to only them but to the entire public, right?
If I'm wrong about that, please let me know. Until then, I defend my right and the right of every reader (or if you'd rather, customer if you want to get technical, thereby giving the right of critique to the person or institution that paid for the damn thing) to look at any book and ask what the fuck is this shit?
I came across an interesting piece on this earlier this morning, containing a wonderful solution. It said, and I'm paraphrasing, that if some authors demand that only professional reviewers post about their work, then by extension, readers should demand that only professional authors publish their writing at all. This is the crux of it, and the way things really are, if you think about it. Amateurs may write all they wish, hundreds of thousands of pages, and no one shall say an ego-harmful thing to them about it. But if an author allows those pages to be made public (aka publishing), then all bets are off. Professionals are subject to criticism of their work, amateurs are not. Period.
So if you write, keep writing. If you read, keep reading. But if you want others to read your writing, you'll need grace, patience, and an ability to shut the fuck up when someone has the gall to not actually enjoy your work. This is also known as being a grown-up.
Now it's time for my coffee.]]>
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Holidays with children, here's how to organize a family trip without letting anybody out. Who told her that to go on vacation, do you have to wait for your children to grow Simply choose the right destination and arrange some child-friendly excursions.
There are so many Italians who leave vacation and travel every year, waiting for their children to grow big enough and manageable when they are away from home. But who said that holidays with children can not be done Here's a few tips to design a trip that likes adults, but it's also child-friendly.
Holidays for the whole family
We start from the assumption that vacation is for the whole family, so if you are planning holidays only and exclusively for the needs of the youngest, you risk coming back home more tired and stressed than when you left. The holiday is a stimulating moment to be shared in the family, but it must also make everyone happy, so if you are planning a visit to an amusement park, do not feel guilty whether the next day you will drag your children around the museums . Before departure, make a list of the places you will see and the activities you will do on holiday and try to find the right compromise between the needs of adults and those of the youngest.
Choose the right destination
Of course not all places are suitable for children and family vacations are very different from those in which they were paired. Not that there are banned places for the young, but for sure if your ideal vacation is in a luxury spa it is clear that you need to find a suitable accommodation that will also make the kids go out. Neo-parents during their first family travel to make sure they usually opt for a holiday in a village or residence, but nothing prevents you from going around the most beautiful art cities or enjoying a couple of days of pure relax in a spa, the important thing is that the choice choice offers fun and entertainment tips for other family members as well. A perfect seaside destination for the whole family The island of Elba offers many opportunities for leisure and relaxation for adults and children, thanks to activities and winds designed to satisfy all tastes.
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Who has to do with children knows that things do not always go as planned, and in the middle there are often whims, games and stress. So do not expect a relaxing or stress-free vacation because more children are smaller than they are independent. In any case you just have to organize and accept the idea that the programs already made can take a different turn and you too will have your perfect, or almost perfect holidays.


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Identifier: MSA 352
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The Virginia Kelly Karnes Papers (circa 1910-2006; 4.5 Cubic ft.) document the life of Virginia Karnes. Types of materials include correspondence, notes, awards and certificates, printed material, electronic media, photographs, and artifacts.
- 1910-2006
- Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2006
- Karnes, Virginia Kelly, 1909-2006 (Person)
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Collection is open for research.
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The Papers are organized into 5 series: 1. Correspondence, 2001 and undated (9 items) The series includes letters and notes written by or to Virginia Kelly Karnes. 2. Awards and Certificates, circa 1980-2006 (9 items) The series documents the achievements of Virginia Kelly Karnes. Types of materials include certificates and plaques. Materials in the series are oversized and arranged according to size. 3. Publications and Printed Material, 1935-2006 (4 items) The series includes a memoir, books, pamphlets, and a DVD. William Karnes wrote about his wife, Virginia, in his memoir My Life and Times. 4. Photographs, circa 1910-2006 (18 items) The series includes photographs of Virginia Kelly Karnes and her husband, William Karnes. Also included are two group photographs, Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers, both circa 1935 5. Artifacts, 1935 (1 item) The series includes one three-dimensional object, an academic hood.
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Collection is located on-site.
Source of Acquisition
Susan Nelson and Charles C. Snyder
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Materials were in the custody of Virginia Kelly Karnes upon her death in 2006 when they were donated to the archives by her niece, Susan Nelson, and her attorney and the executor of her estate, Charles C. Snyder
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Persistently patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), affecting approximately one-third of all very low birth weight infants, can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Recently, ibuprofen has been recommended over indomethacin to close PDAs because of a reduction in risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. Pulmonary hypertension is a rare but potentially fatal complication of ibuprofen administration in preterm infants. We report 2 infants who developed this complication after receiving therapeutic l-lysine ibuprofen preparation for the PDA closure. The first infant, 1 of twins weighing 640 g, was born at 24 weeks' gestation. The second infant, born at 26 weeks' gestation, was small for gestational age, weighing 439 g. In both cases, ibuprofen was initiated after echocardiographic confirmation of a moderate-sized to large PDA and an otherwise normal intracardiac anatomy. Both infants had echocardiographic evidence of increased pulmonary vascular resistance but shunting across the PDA was left to right. The infants deteriorated within 48 to 72 hours, and repeat echocardiograms revealed evidence of severe pulmonary hypertension. Both infants died of refractory hypotension and hypoxemia. When considering the use of ibuprofen therapy for PDA closure, clinicians should keep in mind the potential serious complication of pulmonary hypertension, even if a shunt across the PDA is left to right.
- Fio2 —
- fraction of inspired oxygen
- high-frequency oscillatory ventilation
- iNO —
- inhaled nitric oxide
- necrotizing enterocolitis
- patent ductus arteriosis, PFO, patent foramen ovale
- pulmonary hypertension
- right ventricular systolic pressure
Patent ductus arterious (PDA) is common in premature neonates. The consequences of a PDA include pulmonary congestion, heart failure, pulmonary hemorrhage, and chronic lung disease due to increased pulmonary flow and renal failure and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and periventricular leucomalacia due to ductal steal of blood from systemic flow.1,2 Treatment of persistent PDA varies among neonatal intensive care units. Indomethacin and ibuprofen have been used prophylactically as well as for the treatment of a PDA in preterm infants. Prophylactic indomethacin may reduce the incidence of severe intraventicular hemorrhage but does not improve survival or reduce disability in the longer term. Recently, ibuprofen preparations have been administered as an alternative to indomethacin. Ibuprofen has been found to be equally effective as indomethacin for closure of the PDA and to have less adverse effects.1–3 The use of ibuprofen for the treatment of PDA also reduces the risk of NEC.2 Several cases of severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) after prophylactic and therapeutic use of ibuprofen are reported in the literature.4,5 We report 2 additional fatal cases of severe PH after administration of l-lysine preparation of ibuprofen.
Case Report
The first infant was a twin gestation (twin A), born at 24 4/7 weeks' gestation via cesarean delivery for breech presentation, weighing 690 g. The mother was 33 years old and had no prenatal care. Pregnancy was complicated by gestational diabetes. Urine drug screening was positive for cocaine. She was admitted with preterm labor and received 1 dose of betamethasone before delivery. Apgar scores were 2, 6, and 7. The initial course involved mechanical ventilation and surfactant therapy on day 1 followed by moderate ventilatory support. An echocardiogram performed on day 4 revealed normal intracardiac anatomy, mild septal flattening, patent foramen ovale (PFO), no tricuspid regurgitation, moderate-sized PDA, and increased pulmonary venous return consistent with significant left-to-right ductal flow. The infant was stable at that time on conventional ventilation and fraction of inspired oxygen (Fio2) of 0.4. The infant's PDA was treated with 3 doses of Ibuprofen given 24 hours apart. After the third dose of the medication, the infant's condition deteriorated as evidenced by frequent hypoxemic events and hypotension requiring multiple boluses, dopamine and dobutamine infusions, and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). He remained hypoxemic with saturations in the 60s to 70s on high ventilatory settings (Fio2 1.0, mean arterial pressure 18–20, amplitude in 40s). Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) was started without improvement in oxygenation. A blood culture was drawn at that time and empirical antibiotics were started. The blood culture remained negative. Echocardiogram repeated on day 9 revealed evidence of severe PH and suprasystemic right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), with dilation of the right atrium and right ventricle, right-to-left shunting across the PFO, moderate tricuspid regurgitation predictive of RVSP greater than systemic blood pressure by umbilical arterial catheter, severe septal flattening at times concave into the left ventricular cavity, pulmonary artery flow pattern of pulmonary artery hypertension, and small right-to-left ductal shunt. The infant remained on HFOV, iNO, dopamine, dobutamine, and dexamethasone. Sildenafil was also started on day 13 without improvement in oxygenation. The infant died on day 14.
The second infant was born to a 20-year-old mother, at 26 3/7 weeks' gestation, small for gestational age, and weighing 439 g. The pregnancy was complicated by maternal preeclampsia, HELLP (High blood pressure, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelets) syndrome, and placenta previa. The infant was delivered via cesarean section for a footling breech presentation. He was intubated in the delivery room. Apgar scores were 2, 6, and 8. He was placed on HFOV and received 3 doses of surfactant. He remained stable on moderate settings on HFOV until day 5. On day 5 an echocardiogram showed a large PDA, with a low-velocity left-to-right shunt predicting near-systemic pulmonary artery pressure, PFO with left-to-right shunt, mild tricuspid regurgitation with a gradient predictive of near-systemic RVSP compared with systemic pressure by umbilical arterial catheter, and mild septal flattening. The infant was treated with ibuprofen (l-lysine) for 3 doses. After the second dose, the infant became hypotensive and hypoxemic, requiring multiple fluid boluses, pressors, and increasing ventilatory support. The infant remained hypoxemic and hypotensive and developed persistent metabolic acidosis and anuria despite being on high ventilatory setting (Fio2 1.0, mean arterial pressure 14–15, amplitude in 50s), pressors, and hydrocortisone. iNO was started with transient improvement in oxygenation. Repeat echocardiogram on day 8 revealed evidence of severe PH and suprasystemic RVSP with right-to-left shunting across the PFO and decreased pulmonary artery flow pattern. There was trace to mild tricuspid regurgitation that could not be quantified. The right ventricle was severely dilated with flat and at times concave contour into the left ventricular cavity with moderate-to-severe hypokinesia. No ductal flow was seen. A prostaglandin infusion was started, resulting in an improvement in blood pressure, metabolic acidosis, and urine output. Over the next 2 days, the infant remained stable. However, on day 11 there was a sudden drop in blood pressure, which was not responsive to fluid boluses and pressors, and the infant died.
Ibuprofen has been used instead of indomethacin in the treatment of PDA due to its fewer side effects. Clinical trials have shown it to be equally effective as indomethacin for ductal closure.2 However, we observed 2 premature neonates with severe PH after ibuprofen who were unresponsive to medical therapy.
The only risk factor for PH in the first infant was in utero exposure to cocaine. Fetal exposure to cocaine is associated with PH in neonates.6 There was evidence of increased pulmonary vascular resistance on the initial echocardiogram. The ductal shunt, however, was entirely left to right, associated with increased pulmonary venous return to the left atrium. The second infant also had evidence of increased pulmonary vascular resistance on the echocardiogram before ibuprofen was started. This was likely due to in utero chronic hypoxemia as a result of maternal preeclampsia. The decision to treat the PDA despite high pulmonary vascular resistance was related to the large size of the duct, continuous left-to-right shunting, and risk of left-sided heart volume overload. In the 3 cases of PH associated with prophylactic ibuprofen reported by Gournay et al,4 PH was partially attributed to high pulmonary vascular resistance. Delaying the treatment might have prevented the development of severe PH in our patient. However, the success rate of pharmacologic closure of the PDA is reduced after 7 days and the surgical closure is associated with other morbidities and complications.1,7
We observed severe PH in both the infants after ibuprofen therapy. However, the closure of the ductus may also have contributed to worsening of the clinical status. In the context of severe PH, right-to-left ductal shunting allows for maintenance of right ventricular cardiac output and decompression of the systemic right ventricle (fetal circulation). After ibuprofen treatment and ductal closure, both patients exhibited reversal of the normal ventricular septal contour, interpreted as indicative of suprasystemic right ventricular pressure. Septal contour was used as an indirect qualitative indicator of RVSP when tricuspid regurgitation was absent or a reliable envelop was not present to allow accurate measurement by standard Doppler techniques. *While this assessment is not quantitative and may be limited by off-axis imaging, the presence of significant posterior septal bowing compromising the left ventricular cavity, as seen in both patients, was interpreted as consistent with suprasystemic RVSP. In addition to the effects of hypoxemia on myocardial performance, this altered geometry further compromises cardiac output from the left ventricle, related to abnormal diastolic filling, potential for outflow obstruction, and impaired systolic wall motion. The clinical manifestations of diminished pulmonary blood flow and ventricular failure lead to intractable hypoxemia and hypotension. In the second infant, we attempted to open the ductus with a prostaglandin infusion. We did observe transient improvement in blood pressure, oxygenation, and metabolic acidosis, possibly due to improved systemic blood flow as a result of opening of the duct or as a direct vasodilatory effect of prostaglandins.
In reviewing the literature, we found several cases of PH that occurred after ibuprofen therapy. Three cases of PH were reported by Gournay et al while using ibuprofen prophylaxis for prevention of PDA in a randomized clinical trial in premature infants.4,8 The trial was stopped after 3 episodes of refractory hypoxemia with PH occurred after the first prophylactic dose of ibuprofen. After unblinding, it was found that all 3 infants had received ibuprofen. Although these researchers concluded that there was a probable relation between the adverse event and the ibuprofen administration, other possible explanations have been posed. Earlier administration of ibuprofen might have prevented the normal decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance. tris-Hydroxymethyl-aminomethane (tromethamine) was used as a buffering solution for their preparation of ibuprofen, which might have caused precipitation and microembolization in the lungs. Mosca et al reported a case series of 227 preterm infants with PDA who were treated therapeutically with ibuprofen lysine.9 None of their infants developed acute hypoxemia or severe PH after l-lysine administration. However, 3 infants in the series developed moderate PH, which resolved with iNO. Another case was reported by Bellini et al in a 32-week-gestation infant who developed PH after receiving therapeutic l-lysine preparation. Within 1 hour of administration of the second dose, severe hypoxemia was observed. Echocardiogram revealed closure of the ductus arteriosus and severe PH that responded to initiation of iNO.5 In their clinical trial comparing the efficacy of ibuprofen and indomethacin in the treatment of PDA, Adamska et al reported a case of PH after the therapeutic use of ibuprofen.10 One of the 16 infants in the ibuprofen group developed PH requiring termination of treatment. More recently, in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial using ibuprofen lysine for the early treatment (within 72 hours) of PDA, Aranda et al reported 2 cases of PH in the l-lysine group and 1 case in the placebo group.11 Several other clinical trials compared ibuprofen and indomethacin for the treatment of PDA but did not include PH as an outcome.12,13 More recently, a study by Katakam et al reported a trend toward increase mortality rate in the ibuprofen group that was twice the rate of the indomethacin group (17.2% vs 9.2%, P = .19).3 This was a retrospective study with a limited sample size and the causes of death were not reported. Large, prospective, randomized trials are needed to investigate the relationship between ibuprofen therapy, PH, and mortality.
Although indomethacin and ibuprofen have both been found to be effective in the treatment of PDA, each drug has potentially serious side effects. PH must be considered as a rare but serious side effect in treatment with either l-lysine or tromethamine preparation of ibuprofen if an infant becomes hypoxemic or hypotensive after ibuprofen administration. Due to reduction in the risk of NEC with ibuprofen, Ohlsson et al in a recent Cochrane review recommended ibuprofen over indomethacin to close PDA.2 Moreover, ibuprofen may be preferred over indomethacin in preterm infants with abnormal renal function.2 However, the clinician should counterbalance this benefit of ibuprofen with the possible fatal side effect of PH. Practitioners should also use caution when using ibuprofen in the presence of increased pulmonary vascular resistance even if a shunt across the PDA is left to right or in presence of other risks such as maternal cocaine abuse or chronic placental insufficiency. If severe PH develops after ibuprofen therapy and the ductus is closed, use of prostaglandin infusion should be considered in an attempt to reopen the ductus in the presence of refractory hypotension and hypoxemia.
More recently, the treatment of PDA in preterm infants has become increasingly controversial. Due to the lack of benefit of treatment, significant side effects of medications, and higher rates of spontaneous closure, a more conservative approach is advocated by some experts for the treatment of PDA in preterm infants.1
- Accepted November 17, 2011.
- Address correspondence to Barbara Amendolia, DrNP, Cooper University Hospital, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103. E-mail: amendolia-barbara{at}cooperhealth.edu
Dr Aghai's current affiliation is Division of Neonatology, Nemours at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
FUNDING: No external funding.
↵* RVSP estimate in mm Hg ∼ 4[tricuspid regurgitation velocity, m/s]2, according to the modified Bernoulli equation.
- Copyright © 2012 by the American Academy of Pediatrics


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My History with the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Growing up in Ft. Bend County in the early 80's, FFA or Future a Farmers of America was a pretty common after school activity for many of my friends and family. Two of my three nephews raised swine livestock to show at the Fort Bend County Fair. They learned the responsibility of taking care of another living creature and the benefit of receiving money for it at auction.
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Luckily for both, my dad was the high bidder so their swine's lives were spared.
In the late nineties, I even served on the HLSR Lamb Auction Committee. As a rookie member, we traveled out to the sift at the Ft. Bend County Fair Grounds. This is where they separate the men from the boys per say.
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Last years 2015 Champion Lamb sold for a world record $260,000.
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YouTube Red's new series is part of the 'Jumper' family, but it's driven by a very strong lead performance from Maddie Hasson that makes it more of a character drama about sexual assault than a YA thriller. Directed by Doug Liman, the pilot for YouTube Red's Impulse begins with a bang. Two men, one played by Keegan-Michael Key, are engaged in a full-on teleportation brawl, exchanging punches as they shift between a remote iceberg and a busy subway train full of confused passengers. It's a thrilling spectacle. Over the rest of the 10-episode first season of the show, there is no scene of comparable action or scope, and Key's role in the series is negligible.And if you're curious why, as I initially was, despite the presence of Liman and source material from Steven Gould, YouTube Red isn't selling Impulse on its ties to the Jumper book and movie brand, know that the series' quantity of teleporting fun is minimal and its fidelity to Gould's novel is close to nonexistent. Having dispatched and dismissed the major selling points for Impulse, it's possible to really respect the show for what it actually is, namely a surprisingly effective exploration of a young woman dealing with the aftermath of sexual assault, while at the same time learning very little about her newfound ability to travel through space in moments of extreme emotion. It's often quite solid and Maddie Hasson effectively leads a fine ensemble, but Impulse really isn't the show you might be expecting.Hasson plays Henrietta "Henry" Coles, a vagabond teen who struggles to make friends and connections because her mother (Missi Pyle) keeps moving from one boyfriend and town to the next. Henry's latest home is somewhere in upstate New York and comes with a popular, dismissive new pseudo stepsister (Sarah Desjardins) and the challenges of being unable to drive due to several recent and unexplained seizures. A conflict with a teacher in class leads to Henry's latest seizure and to attention from Townes (Daniel Maslany), who's on the autism spectrum and a bit of an outcast himself, when he notices that Henry's condition also causes objects around her to move. That's nothing, though, compared to what happens when basketball star Clay (Tanner Stine) ignores Henry's boundaries and vocal protestations after some initially benign making-out. Before she knows what happened, Henry is back in the safety of her bedroom and Clay's life is changed forever.Using the sexual assault of a young protagonist as a character catalyst can be effective and fertile instigation for drama — see Veronica Mars or Jessica Jones — but it can also be exploitive when ramifications and emotional scarring are ignored to push the narrative forward. Impulse showrunner Lauren LeFranc is admirably determined not to let the series fall into that second category. What the show does best is deal with consent and the lingering trauma a sexual assault can cause a victim. It's a multi-episode process that's almost always in the foreground as Henry faces the constant presence of her attacker; suffers self-doubt as her story is questioned; and shies away from other intimacies in her life, already a problem for the new girl in school and for one of those sci-fi characters whose burgeoning adolescence and nascent powers are intermingled.Hasson's balance of tough-girl exterior and inner fragility is exceptional. There's a volatile minutelong uncut shot of the young actress in the second episode that sold me completely on the performance and her ability to carry the series. Episodes are preceded by sexual violence content warnings and end with hotline callouts to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. LeFranc and the writers, plus a team of post-Liman directors dominated by women, including Helen Shaver, Alex Kalymnios and Cherien Dabis, do right by this sensitive, difficult side of the story. The performances by Desjardin; Maslany (Tatiana's brother); and David James Elliott, as the father of Henry's attacker and a local automotive kingpin, are all totally overhauled as characterizations go from one-dimensional to much more nuanced. The series badly needs the comic touches Desjardin and Maslany provide in their finer moments.Henry's understanding of her power is being laid as an interesting foundation for future seasons, but I accused Freeform's new drama Cloak & Dagger of slow progress in its superhero narrative and that show is positively steaming along compared to Impulse. 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Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who denied gay couples their legal marriage licenses in 2015 because Jesus told her not to do her job, has lost her election.
TOTALS from the Kim Davis race in Rowan County:
Davis (R): 3566
Caudill (D): 4210@heraldleader @BGPolitics
— Will Wright (@HLWright) November 7, 2018
It was her first re-election campaign after turning her county into a national embarrassment and costing taxpayers nearly $225,000 in legal fees.
This year, one of her potential opponents was David Ermold, a gay man who couldn't get a marriage license from her and ultimately sued in response. (If only karma were real.) Ermold lost that primary to Elwood Caudill, the man who just beat her tonight.
Ironically, he's also the same person who lost the Democratic primary to Davis in 2014 by those 23 votes.
In other words, this race was essentially a referendum on whether Rowan County residents wanted someone who ignored the law if it conflicted with her religious beliefs (no matter the harm to residents) or someone who would actually do the job.
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Udupi, Jan 6, 2015 : Thousands of devotees witnessed the grand inauguration and blessing of the newly built Mount Rosary church at Santhekatte (Kallianpur) here on Tuesday January 6.
Jerry Vincent Dias,vice president of parish pastoral council and president of builders association with and Molly Dias inaugurated the stage programme symbolically by releasing balloons.
Dr Gerald Issac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi diocese blessed the gathering. He said that the church does not belong only to christian community but also to all the people of other religions.
Dr Aloysius P D'Souza, bishop of Mangaluru, offered the first Eucharistic service in the new church in the presence of hundreds of priests, nuns and thousands of christians as well as non-christians.
After the service he said "We have to keep our soul clean first, external beauty is not important. While entering the church the designs look attractive, but our prayers to seek the blessings of God are much more important."
Oscar Fernandes speaking on the occasion said "This is my birth place and I always used to go to church for prayer here. It reminds me of my childhood days. We have to indulge in welfare programmes and think on development, only then can we achieve our goals."
Udupi MLA, Pramod Madhwaraj said that it is a matter of pleasure to him, because this is the first church inaugurated after he became MLA. He was also happy with many churches being constructed in the nearby areas.
He said that he has fulfilled his promise by completing the road construction from Santhekatte junction to church. He conveyed his best wishes on the occasion.
The programme began with invocation by students of the church School. Many cultural programmes glittered the occasion.
Before the inaguaration of the church, the inter-religious get-together was held on January 5, headed by the Bishop of Udupi.
Fr Denis D'Sa, PRO, Udupi diocese, the faithful of Mount Rosary parish and Kallianpur deanery (Varado), non-Christians, Dr Leo Cornelio, Archbishop of Bhopal Archdiocese, Dr Gerald John Mathias Bishop of Lucknow diocese, district-in-charge minister Vinay Kumar Sorake, MLC Ivan D'Souza , Rev Oswald Lewis, Bishop Jaipur district, Fr Stany Lobo, Dean Kallianpur Deanery, Loura Rodrigues, Superior, Goretti convent, Kallianpur, Satish Nayak, president, Kallianpur panchayat, former MP Jayaprakash Hegde, former MLA Raghupathi Bhat, Janardhan Thonse and others were present... read full story ...


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The outside of the lid has a volvelle for conversion of planetary hours, engraved from 12 to 6 to 12, into common hours, engraved from VI to XII to (VI), divided to the half hour, subdivided to the quarter hour. On a concentric ring, next to the centre, is the inscription '[three dots] HORAE PLANETARVM DIES ET NOCTIS ? ?'. An eccentric ring has a calendar scale, divided to 10, subdivided to 2, numbered by 10 from 10 to 30 or 31 or 28 as appropriate. The rest of the space is decorated with strapwork and foliage. The instrument rests on three bun feet, and a catch on both lids keeps them closed when not in use. The limb of the compendium is decorated with strapwork and foliate motive as the rest of the instrument. On the top is a ring for suspension.
The instrument was purchased in 1855 and was formerly in the Bernal Collection. It is described in F. A. B. Ward, A Catalogue of European Scientific Instruments in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities of the British Museum (London, 1981), p.122, no. 353.
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Steve Davis says young players will miss out on going out into the non-league
Steve Davis admits that the formation of the new Elite Player Performance Plan Under-21 leagues has created a more competitive edge at youth level, but he has explained to the club's official web-site that it has prevented some of younger players going out on loan to non-league clubs.
Davis is a champion of non-league football, having gained invaluable experience as a player and manager of Nantwich Town and a past player/coach with Northwich Victoria.
The Alex boss told crewealex.net: "I was talking to a couple of lads from Vauxall at the North West awards the other night and we were discussing the fact that with the formation of the Under-21 league, clubs cannot really allow their younger players to go on loan to the non-league.
"That is certainly the case with us, because they are usually playing most weeks and we just don't have the numbers. The Under-21 games a lot more competitive now than the old reserve games but I think some of the younger lads will miss going into the non-league and play against men.
"They miss out on those competitive games against older pros, where it matters. It is invaluable to them and I think young players do benefit from it. The likes of Harry, Westy, AJ, Kelvin have all been out at some point and it did them good. It's a shame."


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{This book was gratefully accepted for the low close-out price of writing an honest review of it. Which follows.}
Why did I want to read and review this book?
It seemed like a good idea at the time. . .
And on to the explanation. . .
Harry Harrison might be well-known in science-fiction circles, but in general is an unsung hero of literature. Perhaps it's his wicked sense of humor and startling imagination that led him to not be taken as seriously, but he was certainly deserving of much more praise than he ever received.
And now, to round out his career of more than half a century–he passed away in 2012–here's his posthumous autobiography, written in the same style as some of his bigger hits like The Stainless Steel Rat, that is with plenty of self-deprecating humor with underlying social commentary; there are as many small humorous toss-off moments here as in any of his fiction.
As one would expect from an autobio, it's told chronologically, with a little bit on his growing up; we find that it was most likely his grandmother who bequeathed him his wicked sense of humor, while at the same time being the kid in history class who "humiliated the young teacher by correcting her."
From there it's on to the military at the tail end of WW2. He writes about his induction, and it's basically exactly as he wrote it in Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, although it's missing the part about his first sexual experience being with 17 other boys and giant rubber bands. The most memorable scene, both here and in the fiction, is when the elevator doors open on the wrong floor to let the female typists get a good gander at all the naked recruits. . .
But basically he spent the war years waiting to be sent to other places while refining the fine art of goldbricking, "now referred to as fucking off. That is, avoiding work and not getting caught doing it." Or not doing it, I guess. As one might expect he spent all his free time in the library, until being shipped off to Mississippi in July before air conditioners were invented. There's stories about the GI Cooking School, what happens when you tell your commanding officer what do to himself, and even what to do on a pass into town.
Next comes his time as an artist in Noo Yawk, doing just about anything for money, including drawings of big-boobed babes being eaten by monsters, as well as a fascinating and of course hilarious story about a photo shoot with a dumb model and a lion.
"Someone once bemoaned the end of the pulp magazines, because with their demise there was no place left to be bad in."
Obviously he didn't expect the internet. . .
Next comes the biggest segment of his life, living in many places around the world with his wife and eventually two children while writing anything he could be paid to write {except porn, apparently; he namechecks some famous writers who did}. Though I did meet him once, I never got to meet his wife, and I wish I had, for reasons like these: To this end she prepared one of our staple–and most filling–meals: hot dogs stuffed with cheese and wrapped with bacon. A single one of these cholesterol nightmares was a meal; two stretched the stomach's capacity. I think Jim ate 12 before raising the white flag.
To my disbelief, something I certainly would have wanted to talk to him about, he lived in Cuautla; I knew he'd lived in Mexico, but I had no idea it would be in the same tiny town I spent 3 months in during college at an archaeological field school. There's a hilarious description of a house with a combination garage/living room, as well as instructions on how to keep meat from spoiling. He even meets a popular local actor who insists on posing for the mural he's drawing.
From there the family moved to the famous island of Capri, in the Bay of Naples; he even namechecks The Story of San Michele, which makes me glad we had that much in common. Another example of his wit: "During the winter months in the south of Italy you put on a lot of clothes and looked forward to spring." And of course with cold comes heaters; to think a faulty piece of machinery almost ended such a magnificent literary career before it really started. And having blonde kids sure opened a lot of doors in child-mad blonde-mad Italy.
He makes an interesting comment about how he was only the second full-time science fiction writer (the first being Heinlein); every other one was either an editor, taught school, worked some other job. . . or lived off his wife. Makes me wonder whom that jab was meant for. So many little moments, like the way the ski instructor picked up the little kids, are more than just funny; often they're adorable, but they always catch you by surprise because it's the last thing you'd expect, like a humorous Twilight Zone-ending twist. There's even a story about how his plot for Plague From Space was stolen by some hack to make The Andromeda Strain; he passed on suing, but surely wished his book had been made into that movie. As if to prove how human he really is, he mentions that his first meeting with Arthur C. Clarke, whom he greatly admired, was a disappointment because Clarke didn't drink alcohol.
I did meet his son, though I find it hard to reconcile that man with the adorable little kid in the book. And his daughter was even more adorable: there's a cute story about her mimicking an ambulance as she's taken to a man pretending to be sick; a prescription of candy is given and all is okay. Back in the US the same little girl got into trouble with her new classmates for speaking with an British accent. . .
He wrote an article about Ireland and Anne McCaffrey moves there on the basis of it; now that's influence. Not only that, both Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams stated that they were inspired by him. Fine advice for all writers: "I've learned one thing writing humor: don't cut it–if you laughed in the first place, leave it in."
There's a bit on how MGM shafted him out his rights for Soylent Green, literally fucked him over with dirty tricks, leading him to sigh, "They say the first fifty years are the hardest."
"I insert here a small word of advice to those who are thinking of undertaking a transcontinental drive: Don't."
He can be a kid himself, like the time he bought the famous horseshit cigarettes in Tijuana. "Real horseshit no donkey shit; delightful." Even better, he sent some to his friends in Oxford without telling them what they're about. He can also make the mundane hilarious, like when he's living in San Diego, in a place where cars drove too fast and deposited their hubcaps in the front yard, "much to the delight of the children, who amassed a fine collection over time."
Even better is his meeting with Gene Roddenberry. . .
And Heinlein: I did quietly ask if he'd read Bill, The Galactic Hero. He said, "No, I never read other authors' novels." But after that he never talked to me again, so maybe someone read it to him.
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Science fiction is not about rocket ships and robots and aliens–they may be present, but they are not essential. Science fiction is an attitude toward change, and explores the impact of change upon people.
For those who have read The Technicolor Time Machine, there's a note about all the little details he made up for the time machine, only to get so bored of it himself he merely inserted the line, "You're too stupid to understand." He also explains how he came up with the plot for Stars and Stripes Forever, which sent me on one of my patented research crawls. Even better, he pontificates, "I like writing the 'big idea' alternate history because it allows you to exercise your imagination, and it is hard to do, which means lazy writers don't do it, so there's less competition."
Quintessential Harrison:
Kingsley Amis told him over drinks that the aforementioned Rat was the first picaresque science fiction novel, to which Harry nodded sagely and said "Perhaps, perhaps. . ."
And then I rushed home to see what "picaresque" meant.
So yeah, that was a lot, but when I finished all the notes I'd intended to write about this, it came out to about a dozen pages, so there, you got the pruned version.
I imagine someone who's never read Harry Harrison would find this tome as informative and funny. As a huge fan of his–probably my second-favorite author of all time, in all genres–this told me so much about the man and the writer that I was frankly left in awe. 6/5
{BTW: He says "It seemed like a good idea at the time" a LOT!}


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