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Who do you blame when all your dreams come true?

Fortunately not in person,

ap_aelfwine just introduced me to Jack Parsons. I cannot imagine how I never heard of him before, but between the rocket science, the moonchild, and the fulminate of mercury, there's a beautiful secret history here. Has someone alerted Tim Powers?

I am so looking forward to PJ Harvey's new album, and not just because its songs are titled things like "Cracks in the Canvas" and "The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go."

This is merely lovely: death (and vampirism) in Venice.

"To kill the vampire you had to remove the shroud from its mouth, which was its food like the milk of a child, and put something uneatable in there," Mr Borrini said. "It's possible that other corpses have been found with bricks in their mouths, but this is the first time the ritual has been recognised."

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Sex and Rockets is worth the read about Jack Parsons.

Sex and Rockets is worth the read about Jack Parsons.

Thanks. I mean—L. Ron Hubbard? Aleister Crowley? Rosicrucians? JPL? All of a sudden C.S. Lewis' angelic science fiction looks normal.

gives new meaning to Rocket Science.. grin..

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Welcome to the club!

SEX AND ROCKETS is fabb-o. Also, Check out:

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/rscarbonneau/parsons/toc.php

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/rscarbonneau/JACKSDOCS.php
(includes the BOOK OF BABALON and the BOOK OF ANTICHRIST)

http://liberbabalon.gydja.com/about.html

http://liberbabalon.gydja.com/birth.html

"What is the beauty that flames so bright
athwart the awful dawn?
She has taken flesh, she is come to judge
the thrones ye rule upon."

Love is the Law, Love under Will.

The Marvel: A Biography of Jack Parsons

That is awesome. Is it collected in print anywhere?

(And I thought PJ Harvey was just in this post by proximity.)

I've lain with the Devil
Cursed God above
Forsaken Heaven
To bring you my love . . .

"That is awesome. Is it collected in print anywhere?"

To my knowledge, that is in the works.

(This is why I keep trying to get you and Caitlin out to Vancouver Island. I figure between the 3 of us, we could get the Babalon Working right ... :->)

I'm working on it! Actually you can expect to see "The Marvel" in print by the end of the year. Robin is just finishing up the artwork now. His genius takes time!
Thanks for the kind words, also.

That is very good news. "The Marvel" is a fitting tribute in memory of a man I love and admire greatly. Is there any way to sign up for a pre-sale copy? If so, let me know where and how. And thanks.

Actually you can expect to see "The Marvel" in print by the end of the year.

Thank you! For the information and the novel both; I am enjoying it very much online, but print and ink is my favorite.

I'll post the ordering details to my website and lj as soon as I have them. The print version will have a lot more story to it, and some surprises that I didn't post online.

I would very much like to hear a song called "The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go."

I would very much like to hear a song called "The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go."

As soon as I get it, it shall be yours.

Thank you!

Ah, yes, Jack. Some point I have to lend you the book that introduced him to me. Rumor has it that he put together a ritual designed to bring about the end of the world (and now it looks like it may just happen! ...erm... Sorry that part was Egon Spengler). I should haul out the book (Book of Lies from Misinformation Press) that introduced me to him and lend it to you.

I could swear I replied to this comment. Yet there appears to be no reply. So—

Some point I have to lend you the book that introduced him to me.

I would like that very much.

Sorry that part was Egon Spengler

Dude, I don't think adding Ghostbusters to the life of Jack Parsons could weird it out any further. If anything, it might normalize it.

NEW PJ HARVEY!

NEW PJ HARVEY!

Excuse me while I put "Hardly Wait" on repeat . . .

(I need a PJ Harvey icon. I need a Mission of Burma icon. I still need icons for A Tale of Two Cities. Damn it, I need software with which I can actually make icons.)

Something like this?

If you have a particular picture of her you like--say from the White Chalk album or something, let me know and I'll make you one.

If you have a particular picture of her you like--say from the White Chalk album or something, let me know and I'll make you one.

Thank you! I may take advantage of that . . .

Speaking of good music news . . .

I love the new icon!

Ooh. Finch album. I want to meet the people in Murder by Death.

I love the new icon!

Thank you.

asakiyume reduced it for me: when crows take on human form, they look like PJ Harvey.

when crows take on human form, they look like PJ Harvey.

Indeed.

All of this. I kept hearing that Jack Parsons would eventually work into the extended back-story of the Dionaea House, but it never did happen; too bad. And yeaaaah, more PJ!

BTW, you know when I talk about mainly sticking to people I know in RL, that certainly doesn't exclude you, right?

I kept hearing that Jack Parsons would eventually work into the extended back-story of the Dionaea House, but it never did happen; too bad.

So where does he exist in your universe?

BTW, you know when I talk about mainly sticking to people I know in RL, that certainly doesn't exclude you, right?

It is both appreciated and reciprocated. Thank you.

Hmmm, good question...I think he'd probably be over on the mad scientist/magician side of the equation, for sure, which sort of allies him with the chicks from "Imaginary Beauties"--but they're all about the chemistry and biology, not so much the engineering.

which sort of allies him with the chicks from "Imaginary Beauties"--but they're all about the chemistry and biology, not so much the engineering.

So a little variety never hurt anyone!

What I find hilarious generally about Crowleyan Magick-with-a-"k" is how close it comes to basic self-help philosophy, except with orgies and mythology attached: You know--"just close your eyes and picture your perfect life, imagine it hard enough (while drinking some goat's blood, fucking your GF and calling on Pan) and it will come true". All that. I realize I'm being reductionist, but it makes complete sense to me that this is something L. Ron Hubbard would have gotten involved with, before figuring out a better/more lucrative way to spin it, and bailing.

You know--"just close your eyes and picture your perfect life, imagine it hard enough (while drinking some goat's blood, fucking your GF and calling on Pan) and it will come true".

*ksnerk*

Everything's better with orgies and mythology . . .

All that. I realize I'm being reductionist, but it makes complete sense to me that this is something L. Ron Hubbard would have gotten involved with, before figuring out a better/more lucrative way to spin it, and bailing.

Yeah. Although I'd still take Crowley over Hubbard any day of the week. For starters, Aleister Crowley's prose style has never caused me to wish that the two hemispheres of my brain would simply stop talking to one another and put me out of my pain.

I'm also glad it wasn't in person, much as I'd have to say it would be interesting. ;-)

Glad to've introduced you to the historical character of him, in any event.

Has someone alerted Tim Powers?

I'd be surprised if he's not heard of Parsons. Perhaps you could write the secret history, yourself?

The vampire burial article is interesting--I've seen the story before, but that's a bit more detail than the previous ones I've read. I wish Borrino had cited his source for the brick-in-mouth thing--is that a commonplace of Italian vampire lore?--even though I understand that he might well have done and the journalist could have left it out.

Perhaps you could write the secret history, yourself?

I have enough trouble with historical fiction as it is. Maybe when I'm more comfortable.

I wish Borrino had cited his source for the brick-in-mouth thing--is that a commonplace of Italian vampire lore?--even though I understand that he might well have done and the journalist could have left it out.

Yes; I'd never heard of it before. (Poppyseeds, yes. Lemons, yes. Bricks, no.) But I think it's fascinating.

I have enough trouble with historical fiction as it is.

I can relate to that. I've not dared try to write historical fiction since I was twelve years old.

Maybe when I'm more comfortable.

That would be cool.

Yes; I'd never heard of it before. (Poppyseeds, yes. Lemons, yes. Bricks, no.) But I think it's fascinating.

I think so as well.

I'm half tempted to go feed a string along the lines of [brick & mouth & vampire] into JSTOR and see if anything comes up.

It would be cool, someday, if you wrote such a thing, but I certainly don't mean to press you. I understand about needing to be comfortable with writing something.

Yay, PJ Harvey! I loved Uh-Huh Her, and of course her earlier stuff, too.
There's a Hal Hartley movie called "Book of Life" in which she plays Mary Magdalene. I highly recommend it.

I loved Uh-Huh Her, and of course her earlier stuff, too.

Yes. My favorite album is probably either To Bring You My Love (1994) or White Chalk (2007), but Rid of Me and 4-Track Demos (1993) are right up there. I haven't heard her earlier collaboration with John Parish, but I probably should.

There's a Hal Hartley movie called "Book of Life" in which she plays Mary Magdalene.

I will have to see that.

Thanks!

I've seen it. I actually have a copy of it, albeit on videotape. The guy from Henry Fool (ie, Henry Fool himself) plays the Devil.

The guy from Henry Fool (ie, Henry Fool himself) plays the Devil.

The one who isn't James Urbaniak? Cool.

That's him. And Martin Donovan plays the risen Christ.

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