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Brad Johnson
@ahablives.bsky.social
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A part of the Twitter Diaspora. Also run East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA - @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
Bookstore friend in Cincinnati suggests my customer service philosophies may not fly in Cincinnati. Just looked at his store’s 4.9-star Google rating, and he’s probably right.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
I do love (comparatively) progressive city in the middle of deep MAGA red.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
Committed to truth in advertising.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
We’ve sold hundreds of copies of his books, but yeah, you remain blissfully unaware.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
ABAB?
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
Billionaires are, by definition, bad.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 1d
Like I said. Not gonna tell you what to do. But we have the power to make this a bestseller again.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
The nesting of mysteries within mysteries was classic Pynchon, but with a deeper tenderness for the lugs like us sorting through them — which I also see as emerging most starkly from Against the Day onward. In short: I enjoyed it a great deal.”
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
Preferred it certainly to Bleeding Edge. I loved the different locations. A bit of a carry over from Against the Day in that respect.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
A longer assessment: “I devoured it on a long plane trip. Took a little bit to get into it, and then it was clear sailing. I thought it was pointedly silly — in the sense of saying “something” while having a good time doing so.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
Not naming the store, because I don’t want people to get the probably wrong impression. Definitely an old fashioned estate fair heavy old-style used selection. Great SF and mystery pulp selection.

But yeah … that was definitely and an “Oh, my …” moment.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
Ehhh. That’s a lot of Hitler.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
Cincinnati downtown library, I barely recognize you … but damn, the facelift looks nice.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
This latest isn’t the worst place to start, honestly.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
One of my favorite things that he does so incredibly well still is blend, abruptly and without apology, present tense and narration of past.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 2d
Read most of the new Pynchon on the plane to Ohio today. My very technical review: it is a hoot!
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 3d
Somebody, for the love of all that’s good and holy, bring Liz a coffee! I mean … she could just run next door, but it’d sure be friendly.

Also… figures Laszlo K would win the Nobel on the day I’m not in the store to geek out properly.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 3d
Seiobo marks a pretty definitive turning point for me when my professional academic aspirations receded & whatever replaced it took stage. For me, it remains a special book in a stellar oeuvre.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe this will finally get us a reprint of Seiobo There Below.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 3d
Canned cocktails are a not-great-but-good-enough convenience.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 3d
I want to believe this is just airlines being fucking incompetent. And yet … fucking hell.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 3d
They were playing this channel the dentist today, and I think I’m hooked.

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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 4d
Book-shaped object
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 4d
Did Steph Curry even try to promote his $50 book? ‘Cause mine are gathering dust.
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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 4d
I don't think Bill Burr understands that his angry guy schtick works only to the extent that the audience can identify with it.
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