Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/6)

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Here’s the 6th and final reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; […]

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Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/5)

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 5th reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

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Hilo Micro-Fiction Contest!

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CONTEST: HiLobrow.com readers are INVITED TO SUBMIT a short-short (250 words maximum) story about a troubled/troubling superman or -woman. JUDGES: The stories will be judged by HiLobrow.com editors Matthew Battles, author of several SF stories […]

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Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/4)

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 4th reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

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Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/3)

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 3rd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

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Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/2)

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 2nd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped this past weekend; it’s not […]

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Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/1)

By: HILOBROW

This weekend, we recorded the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. We’re still deciding how and when we’re going to make the […]

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The Book is a Weapon (13)

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Ellen (Gene Tierney) reads to Richard (Cornel Wilde) from his own (middlebrow) novel, Time Without End, shortly after meeting him on a train, in John M. Stahl’s Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Her homicidal jealousy […]

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Social Idiocy

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“One may be strong intellectually and socially idiotic, as distinctly represented by this head and face.” *** According to Louis Allen Vaught, the purpose of Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902) is to acquaint readers “with […]

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Danger!

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“Anyone with a head like the above is dangerous because Conscientiousness is weak and Amativeness very strong. In an immoral sense this man is positively dangerous.” *** According to Louis Allen Vaught, the purpose of […]

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The Book is a Weapon (12)

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Meta-commentary: Researching pulp cover illustrations in which books are featured is exceedingly difficult. Try googling the phrases “book on book” or “book cover featuring book cover” some time, and see for yourself. *** Twelfth in […]

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Genuine Husband

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“Young ladies, indelibly fix this shape of head in your memories. Any man who will make a natural, kind and true husband will have a head in outline from a side view like this.” *** […]

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Unreliable Husband

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“The reason this man is an unreliable husband is because he is very weak in Conjugality and Parental Love and exceedingly strong in Amativeness. Young ladies, beware such men as husbands.” *** According to Louis […]

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