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Jim Stokes
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#ConstantReader Science Fiction & Fantasy. Board trustee (Spring Lake Public Library, VNA of NJ). USNA alumni. IBM retiree. Nosce te ipsum.
The hot fires of radiation and mutation will do that.

Re-Birth by John Wyndham. 1960, cover art by Richard Powers. #booksky
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
spotting her from across the field
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
How about this for your #fashionfriday consideration? Because every military/exploratory service org has uniform standards.

Star Fleet Technical Manual TM : 379260

c1975 by Franz Joseph Designs, 1st edition
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by Jim Stokes
Good day for a TOGTART w/ a buddy to York, PA (6 hr drive round trip). York Emporium has closed, opened under new name in a different bldg few blocks away. Grabbed this lot for under $100 (b'day $ saved from July) ... worth every penny.
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Variations on a theme
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Another unintentional (and strangely compelling and delightful) book review.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. 1989, jacket design by Oksana Kushnir. #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Reposted by Jim Stokes
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We can only wonder.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Good day for a TOGTART w/ a buddy to York, PA (6 hr drive round trip). York Emporium has closed, opened under new name in a different bldg few blocks away. Grabbed this lot for under $100 (b'day $ saved from July) ... worth every penny.
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Is life imitating art, or vice versa?
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Look at these little beauties
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Say what?
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
sure to make one feel better!
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Unspoken in this book review - "finding your way back is the trick."

The Universe Between by Alan E. Nourse. 1965, cover art by Mel Hunter. #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I miss those halcyon days of jiggling the TV rabbit ears for my dad while he was cheering on Haystacks Calhoun.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Once upon a time, you could tell a lot about a man by the matches in his pocket
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Wait, you didn't really read the book, did you?!

The Book of the Dun Cow, by Walter Wangerin, Jr 1978 1st ed. #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Unanticipated book reviews make me smile, every time!

A Tale of Two Clocks by James H. Schmitz. 1962, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
happens every now and again
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Variation on a theme - too much water
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A lingering becomes THAT one day we’ll all remember.

Twenty Four Hours by Neil Charles. 1952, cover art by Gordon C Davies. #booksky
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
and so, it begins.

Spider World Book 1 - Spider World by Colin Wilson. 1988, cover art by Louis Rey. #booksky
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Another unintentional head-banger of a book review.

(In the World of Men Who are Machines that Weep) You Will Never be the Same by Cordwainer Smith. 1963, cover art by Ron Bradford. #booksky
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
An outstanding, albeit unintentional, book review that captures the essence of the entire Colossus trilogy by D.F.Jones.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM