tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post2836933623816331861..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: I doubt if I'll read a more enjoyable book this year than Christopher Fowler's "The Book of Forgotten Authors"Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-75396736547442760142018-01-25T16:05:21.405+00:002018-01-25T16:05:21.405+00:00As someone who used to believe in all manner of Ke...As someone who used to believe in all manner of Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories, that the Bermuda Triangle might be a vortex of evil, that Graham Hancock ("The Fingerprints of the Gods") might be on to something, and that Carlos Castaneda might have some genuine wisdom to impart, I shall definitely not be casting the first stone. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-12345407621391129202018-01-25T16:01:43.160+00:002018-01-25T16:01:43.160+00:00I'd worry about anyone who hadn;t spent years ...I'd worry about anyone who hadn;t spent years poking around the literary highways and byways - I just suspect I should have spent a bit more time on the main road. As for Patrick Dennis's butlering fate, I suppose it depends what his employer was like. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-60728503549326161382018-01-20T08:47:58.828+00:002018-01-20T08:47:58.828+00:00My real source of embarrassment is that, as a keen...My real source of embarrassment is that, as a keen Yoga enthusiast, I believed every word of "Lobsang Rampa's" first book, wondering about my 3rd eye and even speculating on the eatability of tsampa. Realisation came slowly, on reading his subsequent books. They were still a good read, but I felt let down.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1158884594861099312018-01-17T19:02:35.048+00:002018-01-17T19:02:35.048+00:00Oh dear! I read most of the books you feature in ...Oh dear! I read most of the books you feature in my teens and early twenties. Has this ruined any credibility I might have possessed? Actually, I really enjoyed Patrick Dennis's books, and read several of them - sorry if he ended up as a butler, but there are worse ways to end up.Helennoreply@blogger.com