Showing posts with label James Ellroy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Ellroy. Show all posts

Thursday, November 11, 2010

November 11 Mark the Calendar

November 11 Mark the Calendar:

1913 - John Smith reverts his humanity back to the Doctor. Paul Cornell: Human Nature.

1920. Bond. James Bond born. Ian Fleming: On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

1953. Annual fitness report of Detective Sergeant Edmund J Exley. James Ellory: LA Confidential

1997. Career week at Sunnydale. Joss Whedon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Friday, November 5, 2010

My Dark Places by James Ellroy

Opening lines:

A cheap Saturday night took you down. You died stupidly and harshly and without the means to hold your own life dear.