Screwtop Thompson and Other Tales
8 journalers for this copy...
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2 by
cestmoi at
Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Saturday, April 5, 2014
Sent on it's way for the International RABCK Sweepstakes. I have enjoyed Magnus Mills' short stories for years.
Enjoy!
From amazon.com
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'He has no literary precedent, and he also appears to have no imitators. He mines a seam that no one else touches on, every sentence in every book having a Magnus Mills ring to it that no other writer could produce' - "Independent". In "Hark the Herald", a guest stays at an eerie guesthouse over Christmas without encountering any other residents, despite constant reassurance from the landlord that he would see them if only he arrived for breakfast slightly earlier; in "Only When the Sun Shines Brightly", Aesop's fable about a competition between the Sun and the Wind to get a man to take his coat off, gets a new look involving a railway arch, a builder and a piece of plastic sheeting; and, in "Once in a Blue Moon", a man arrives home to find the family house under siege, with his mother armed, dangerous and firing at the police with a shotgun, and attempts to appease her with an invitation to seasonal hospitality. In the title story, rivalry between three cousins over a faulty toy gets out of hand as the cousins unwittingly imitate the toy they're fighting over. Magnus Mills has published two collections of stories - "Only When the Sun Shines Brightly" and "Once in a Blue Moon" - which are collected here together with four new stories for the first time to make a set of twelve.
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3 by
kirjakko at
Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Never heard of Magnus Mills, but looking forward to meeting him. Thanks!
I'm writing this on my tea-break at work and having the delicious Stash liquirice & spice tea you sent. And I've never seen that teapot BC-card before, so cool.
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4 by
kirjakko at
Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Friday, April 25, 2014
Tried the first two chapters, but I don't seem to be getting into "the utterly surreal world of Magnus Mills" as it is described on the back cover.
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5 by
kirjakko at
Kaapelitehdas / Cable Factory in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, May 3, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (4/26/2014 UTC) at Kaapelitehdas / Cable Factory in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
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Released a week ago on Cable Factory's BC-table.
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6 by
oofiri at
Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, December 21, 2014
This book spent 7 months stored with other books left on the table at Kaapelitehdas. I read it, too. Mostly. Quite a few of the stories are set in Christmastime, or close to it, so this will make a nice season release.
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7 by
oofiri at
OBCZ Pilkku in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, December 21, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (12/21/2014 UTC) at OBCZ Pilkku in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
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Merry Christmas!
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8 by
kirjakko at
Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Thursday, April 2, 2015
It's already Easter and Magnus was still at Pilkku. It's high time he sees the Big Wide World - he will travel to the Oxford Convention with me 📚.
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9 by
kirjakko at
Bookcrossing Convention 2015 in Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Thursday, April 2, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (4/10/2015 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention 2015 in Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom
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Oops, I released Magnus in Oxford on the wrong date first 😰. This is correct. Travel fever...👜.
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10 by
han_cat at
Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Friday, April 10, 2015
Picked up from the book buffet. Thanks for bringing. Piqued my curiosity, plus it's short!
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11 by
han_cat at
Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 21, 2015
I enjoyed these stories! Would definitely pick up another Magnus Mills in future.
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12 by
han_cat at
Brigantes Bar & Brasserie OBCZ / Meetup Venue in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 21, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (12/22/2015 UTC) at Brigantes Bar & Brasserie OBCZ / Meetup Venue in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Releasing at the December bookcrossing meetup, if not taken will be available on the shelf in Brigantes.
Merry Christmas to the new reader & may you have an excellent 2016!
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13 by
robertcday at
York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, December 27, 2015
Passing by the Brigantes pub and saw this on the shelf. Maybe the writer writes like me? Check my blog at www.levishedated.wordpress.com to find out.
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14 by
robertcday at
Brigantes Bar & Brasserie OBCZ / Meetup Venue in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (2/23/2016 UTC) at Brigantes Bar & Brasserie OBCZ / Meetup Venue in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Nice read.
Released at Bookcrossing Meetup at Brigantes tonight.
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15 by
sherdnerdess at
York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 25, 2016
More short stories. Hoorah!
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16 by
sherdnerdess at
Brigantes Bar & Brasserie OBCZ / Meetup Venue in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (11/22/2016 UTC) at Brigantes Bar & Brasserie OBCZ / Meetup Venue in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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A quick and enjoyable short story collection of varying topics. I imagined one of the figures with a mo - so bringing along for the themed meetup.
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17 by
Deltic at
York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Picked this up today, thinking it was just the thing to mail to a certain Kirjakko. I get home and prepare to journal it and find it's already been through her hands! Of all the books, in all the world, I had to pick this one!
At least I might get chance to read it myself now, when Mrs D has finished with it!
P.S. Hello Kirjakko. Hello Han_cat.
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18 by
Deltic at
Ossett, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, February 4, 2017
That was fun. A nice collection of off-beat stories. It was just the antedote I needed after the tortuous biography I abandoned in January. And halfway through I realised that I had already read one of Magnus Mills books, The Maintenance of Headway, a fascinating book for a transport buff and great fun for normal people too!
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19 by
Deltic at
Ossett, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 31, 2017
Screwtop Thompson is going wild today.
Release notes to follow later, when he decides where he's going.
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20 by
Deltic at
Those lovely field gates on Jenkyn Lane in Shepley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 31, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (5/31/2017 UTC) at Those lovely field gates on Jenkyn Lane in Shepley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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21 by
Delatierra at
Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 17, 2017
I found this book in a phone box in the tiny village of Horton in Ribblesdale where I was on a walking holiday.
It travelled with me by train back to Manchester, UK when I read 3 chapters.....