Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 29, 2018

an anonymous commanding officer of a fictional French undersea vessel would like THAT book Alice has

Echoes of Alice’s purple flower on the table.

90% of fantasy novels are watered-down Tolkien.

That’s just a Watcher in the Water pop-up. So everything’s a Tolkien derivative.

What next? A Jack-in-the-box?

I seem to encounter a lot of Ernestos – if I declare a liking for something, anything, they’ll glibly give it a dismissive review.

Ernesto said “lol” instead of just laughing. The end of civilization is nigh.

I’d bet that Petey has never kippled before, either…

One Tolk over the line Sweet Jesus, one Tolk over the line…

Heaven knows why Petey is listening to a dork wearing a sweater and buttoned up collar in the middle of summer.

I remember a young chap on a blog dismissing “The Lord of the Rings” ’cause he thought it was a rip off of “Star Wars”….

How about Kipling? Do you like Kipling?

Maybe we could all treasure some Robert Louis Stevedore? He ate a lot of octopi.

This was one of my favorites. Poor Petey!

Hey! Better watch out, possibly-imaginary Ernesto, or Dirk Dragonslapper will be chasing your buttoned-down butt!

Alice’s book makes the trip to the library worthwhile, even if Petey is momentarily traumatized….