{"id":2709,"date":"2015-12-11T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2015-12-31T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T20:11:23","slug":"the-miskatonic-manuscript-reviews-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/?p=2709","title":{"rendered":"The Miskatonic Manuscript, reviews part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thomas Knapp of Kn@ppster — publisher of the Rational Review news digest — reviews The Miskatonic Manuscript here: http:\/\/knappster.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/review-miskatonic-manuscript-by-vin.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“Every time Vin writes and I read, whether the material is fiction or non-fiction, I come away an edified and improved individual … and I also come away hungry for more. Oh, and angry, and occasionally moved to tears … nobody tears the state a new asshole, or sympathetically portrays its victims, quite the way Vin does. . . .<\/p>\n

“One key question posed in The Miskatonic Manuscript is: ‘What if you fought a War on Drugs, and someone fought back?’<\/em> The Knappster notes. “The answer is laid out in a style tactically reminiscent both of Suprynowicz’s own The Black Arrow<\/strong> and Bill Branon’s Let Us Prey.<\/strong> Those segments, and the careful explanation of the rationale, are worth the price of this book all by themselves. At some point in the probably not-too-distant future, I expect — and hope — they’ll be cited as prescient.”<\/p>\n

“But there’s more! This is not just a polemic disguised as a story. I don’t want to do a bunch of spoiling here, but there are otherworldly creatures, and other worlds, and a storyline that stands up well next to the best of a broad genre that I’d classify as beginning with H Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines and running through the adventures of Doc Savage by Lester Dent, aka Kenneth Robeson. “Adventure tales,” more or less, with a strong flavor of the supernatural as super-science. Great stuff!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more at http:\/\/knappster.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/review-miskatonic-manuscript-by-vin.html<\/a><\/p>\n

— Thanks, Thomas!<\/p>\n

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And popular Loompanics author and “Backwoods Home” blogger Claire Wolfe’s review is here: http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/12\/11\/book-review-the-miskatonic-manuscript\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

“This isn\u2019t just a story of fighting drug warriors (though that, too),”<\/em> Claire writes. “When something goes awry between dimensions and a rescue operation is needed, The Miskatonic Manuscript rapidly expands to encompass even more inter-dimensional travel, dinosaurs, nekkid women, .50 BMGs and RPGs, entheogenic drugs, and \u2026 well, you should really read to find out.<\/p>\n

“The characters are well-drawn and likeable. The world of used book dealers is depicted in charming detail. Matthew and Chantal have fantastic chemistry (if you can say that about characters on a page, rather than onscreen). Their knowledge (and Vin\u2019s) of entheogens is impressive. And all this is presented within a story that\u2019ll keep you up late at night, turning pages long after you thought you\u2019d turn in. . . .<\/p>\n

“The Miskatonic Manuscript is a novel of science fiction and fantasy and mystery and passion and drugs and big guns and scary creatures. It\u2019s a story with great characters, beautiful writing, and plenty of action that moves most entertainingly along from start to finish.”<\/em> <\/p>\n

— Yay, Claire! BTW, we’d be pleased to see anyone making purchases of Vin’s ebooks (or anything else) via Amazon do it through Claire’s blog — just click through the Amazon links in her review to help out a fellow freedom fighter.<\/p>\n

It’s been a very hectic couple of days here … we’ve had a heartening flurry of orders, a few minor glitches, but it’s been gratifying to see such a warm response and positive reviews! I’ve got a couple more links to post in part 2, and then hope to curl up in a warm spot with a good book. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thomas Knapp of Kn@ppster — publisher of the Rational Review news digest — reviews The Miskatonic Manuscript here: http:\/\/knappster.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/review-miskatonic-manuscript-by-vin.html “Every time Vin writes and I read, whether the material is fiction or non-fiction, I come away an edified and improved individual … and I also come away hungry for more. Oh, and angry, and occasionally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65,53,13,54,55,66,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bibliomystery","category-books","category-drug-war","category-entheogens","category-fiction","category-psychedelic-fiction","category-science-fiction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pWqFl-HH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2841,"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinsuprynowicz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}