This curious item paddles furiously over some vast seas of metaphysical thought–unfortunately over-ballasted with atrophied characters and glutinous prose: “”. . .fear now enveloped him unmercifully.”
Way to devise the most inefficient marionette configuration ever, Dad. Two strings for each shoulder, one for each elbow (attached to your weakest fingers), and two for the back of her head? Pretty much the only thing you’re going to be able to make Anna do is dance the Funky Chicken.
Was this included in that book about vintage horror paperbacks someone here (THX?) got for Christmas? If not, it needs to be in the second edition.
This kinda fails at failing. The dumbass marionette strings, the goofy facial expressions on both, the bad attempt at jazz hands. However, big ups for the art director who zazzed it up with the swoopy groovy font.
@fred: “Glutinous prose” is swell (particularly at the end of that over-egged sentence), but why does the review keep calling the evil child “Amy”?
The author’s name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m guessing it didn’t often roll off the printing press, either. The only other credit I can find for him is this, upon which the author even comments. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195543/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1
Apparently Terrel is way into chimps in courtrooms. They make him cry.
February 7th, 2018 at 11:00 am
That’s pretty much the definition of tough love, isn’t it Anna? Dad was never the same after going to see Topo Gigio.
February 7th, 2018 at 12:19 pm
Is that you, Billy Crystal?
February 7th, 2018 at 2:06 pm
Kirkus review
This curious item paddles furiously over some vast seas of metaphysical thought–unfortunately over-ballasted with atrophied characters and glutinous prose: “”. . .fear now enveloped him unmercifully.”
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/terrel-miedaner/the-soul-of-anna-klane/
February 7th, 2018 at 2:32 pm
It’s a jump to the left…
February 7th, 2018 at 4:27 pm
Way to devise the most inefficient marionette configuration ever, Dad. Two strings for each shoulder, one for each elbow (attached to your weakest fingers), and two for the back of her head? Pretty much the only thing you’re going to be able to make Anna do is dance the Funky Chicken.
February 7th, 2018 at 4:39 pm
What the art director wanted was an expression of terror. What he got was a hissyfit.
February 7th, 2018 at 5:43 pm
Alternate titles:
How To Train Your Klane
The Father of Marion Ett.
February 7th, 2018 at 6:28 pm
Creepy Puppetmaster Father: The Novel.
Also: Hey, it’s my name!
February 7th, 2018 at 8:04 pm
Sequel?: The Soul of Anna T.
February 7th, 2018 at 9:44 pm
@ Rauol: followed by Anna T in the UK? The Anna T ville Horror? Bonfire of the Anna Ts?
February 7th, 2018 at 9:50 pm
The Anna T of a Murder?
February 7th, 2018 at 9:55 pm
Was this included in that book about vintage horror paperbacks someone here (THX?) got for Christmas? If not, it needs to be in the second edition.
This kinda fails at failing. The dumbass marionette strings, the goofy facial expressions on both, the bad attempt at jazz hands. However, big ups for the art director who zazzed it up with the swoopy groovy font.
@fred: “Glutinous prose” is swell (particularly at the end of that over-egged sentence), but why does the review keep calling the evil child “Amy”?
The author’s name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m guessing it didn’t often roll off the printing press, either. The only other credit I can find for him is this, upon which the author even comments.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195543/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1
Apparently Terrel is way into chimps in courtrooms. They make him cry.
More philosophical blatherations from Terrel here:
http://forum.philosophynow.org/viewtopic.php?t=12524
In which the author is revealed as a pushy egotistical asshole.
This has all caused me to need an Annacin.
February 7th, 2018 at 10:02 pm
“Oh, the hume Anna T” !
February 7th, 2018 at 10:29 pm
Um, someone please delete my repost. And tell me to stop hitting myself, stop hitting myself, stop hitting myself.
February 8th, 2018 at 12:38 am
@Tor – Your comment has been stricken from the record!
February 8th, 2018 at 4:37 am
@GSSXN “The author’s name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m guessing it didn’t often roll off the printing press, either.” – I’m dying 🙂
February 8th, 2018 at 4:51 am
What we need here is some S. Anna T.
February 8th, 2018 at 5:30 pm
I seem to have accidentally started a thing.
I don’t even know if it’s supposed to be pronounced the same way, not that I care.
February 8th, 2018 at 8:49 pm
“Anna Clearday, You Can See Forever.”
February 9th, 2018 at 1:48 am
Good Show, All!
February 9th, 2018 at 6:55 am
Why you should never, ever share chewing gum.
February 9th, 2018 at 6:25 pm
Ok one more, with apologies:
Anna kleine Nachtmusik (K. 525)