To all those who celebrate — MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope the day has found you with joy, peace, love and happiness!
Pictured: Cover to December 1913 issue of “Boy’s Life” Magazine, “Santa and Scouts in Snow,” by Norman Rockwell.
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Are there any lovers of dark, dystopian literature on your holiday gift list?
Then please consider surprising them with “The Pustoy,” an outstanding book of poetry by Philippe Blenkiron. It’s a science fiction and political epic in poetry format, describing future Britain’s rule by a genocidal dictator who scapegoats an underclass to facilitate his rise to power. It’s quite dark, and I quite loved it. Click the link below to read my review last year:
A frightening future, skillfully envisioned — God help “The Pustoy.”
“The Pustoy” is also easy to purchase in either paperback or Kindle format. You can find it at Amazon right here:
I suggest that this would make an excellent gift for lovers of books like George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-four” or Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.” And its format in verse would make it an even more interesting companion book.
“Santa With Elves,” by Norman Rockwell, December 1922
(Cover for the Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1922)
Christmas at Clifton Mill, Ohio (photo)
Photo credit: “Clifton Mill Christmas 2005” by No machine-readable author provided. Moofpocket assumed (based on copyright claims). – No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons.
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