Slices of thought, with links.

Cutting through the mall by work to get home today, and discovered that the Friends of Library and Archives Canada were having their annual book sale.

I got off lightly...

• the Dark Forces anthology hardcover;
  
• du Maurier's Don't Look Back collection;
  
• In Darkness Waiting (I haven't read much John Shirley that's just John Shirley);
  
• James Herbert's Others;
  
• Matthew Lewis's The Monk[1];
  
• Stephen King's The Colorado Kid (am interested to see how it ties into the Haven TV show);
  
• John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar, my very own copy in lovely condition--I may have squeaked in an undignified fashion when I found it;
  
• Rough Trade by Dominique Manotti, translation of a French crime novel;
  
• King Solomon's Mines (from original copyright edition);
  
• an ARC of Graham Masterton's Master of Lies;
  
• the Short Sharp Shocks collection; and
  
• the Bloom County collection Classics of Western Literature.

Most books there seem to be going for a dollar each, and the sale is on all weekend, so if you're local it might be worth visiting.

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Back from dinner and walking the dog, and browsing the movie theatre site.

The Straw Dogs remake is out. Interested, but it'll be a bit of a downer--either because it's meant to be or because it was a bad adaptation.

Fright Night remake still playing. Only in 3D and only at the nearby theatre, though. I may go see it anyway; 3D non-matinee showings are stupidly expensive, but I liked that movie. It was a weirdly comforting thing that is pleasant for emotional associations that are not fully defined (because I do not feel like dissecting them, although I may get to it later). Like a fluffy chai latte.

And Rise of the Planet of the Apes is still on, and can still be seen as a matinee. So that is also a possibility.
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[1] *waves tiny flag for gothic novels, here. And on that note, Candle in the Attic Window is on presale and there's a contest for free copies here*