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A fancomic where Calvin appeals to his classmates and principal by singing “Bohemian Rhapsody”…abetted by his dad!

I’m familiar with Bill Watterson and Queen, of course; this has been making the rounds of Facebook, Imgur, and Tumblr since autumn 2023, but I’ve been unable to find a version that credits the fanartist who so cleverly fused the two—the lettering alone, including “Bismillah” in the original Arabic and the sudden gigantic red scare text of “BEELZEBUB”, is worthy of Joe Sabino. And the time frame is right: children in Calvin’s generational bracket would know this song as a favorite of their parents.)

(And, should Calvin’s dad actually happen to agree with his son’s grievance about school, you know he’d absolutely pull something like this.)

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full_metal_ox

(Warning for self-harm and attempted suicide mention.)

I’m recalling an account (nonfiction; I can’t recall whether it was a memoir , a magazine article, or a cookbook) in which the author recounts visiting a genteel (Southern U.S., I seem to recall) older lady who used to fix them carrots and onions braised in orange juice; she ate only fruits and vegetables, believing such foods to be cleaner than grains and animal products. Her dietary choices also had to do with a paranoid-schizophrenic idea that people were trying to poison her; she’d never had children, owing to abdominal damage sustained during a suicide attempt.

This would’ve been in the 70’s or 80’s. Since similar recipes are commonplace, the recipe per se isn’t what I’m looking for; it’s the context that’s creating a nagging itch in the brain.

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michaela1806

Good Morning, I am so happy I found this site, and I hope you guys can help me.

Back in the mid 1980's I went to our local library religiously every Monday, checked out my 10 books and 3 comic books, and sometimes a book on tape.

I read what would now be considered young adult, but I didn't pay attention to genres back then. I was only 15. I also read books for older audiences, but I am pretty sure what I am looking for was in that YA section of our little library.

Among the hundreds of books I read over about three years was a series by what I assume was an American author. The books (at least three, potentially more) were situated on and around a reservation, and dealt with the discrimination and outright criminal activities against the Native Americans who lived there. The story was set in modern times, probably in the 1970's.

The protagonist was a native man, with the last name of King. His wife's name was Queenie King. They had a couple of children (I think), and were raising horses on the reservation.

The antagonists included the local sheriff and a number of other people (white males) from the surrounding towns and villages.

Mr. King was singled out by the protagonist group due to him standing up against injustice. He had returned to the reservation after a prolonged absence, but I don't remember what the cause was.

The most vivid scene I remember is from when he went to "talk" to the Sheriff (I think) and others at a local bar/saloon. He suspected that they would attempt to get him drunk, so that they could provoke him to do something wrong, and then arrest him. Prior to joining them at the table, he went to the bathroom and ate literally a side of bacon, to help him to stay sober.

While I know that the main location was on a reservation, I am not sure of the state this all took place. From what I remember of the location description it could have been in the Dakota's

I read those books several times within a few years, but I don't remember the title (which wouldn't make much of a difference since it was in German).

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jiltanith

I remember reading this probably in the late '60s or early-to-mid '70s in the US, though it might have been published in the '50s. A man I'm fairly sure is referred to as "the professor" is fixing up a school bus to go out for a summer-long research trip. The mothers in the neighborhood all decide that this would be a great thing for their children to participate in, and the professor agrees to take the kids and fixes the school bus to accommodate the kids also. I think one of the boys may have been named Oliver -- called Ollie? -- and there was definitely a chapter where the Professor is surprised to come across one of the boys practicing a musical instrument (some kind of wind instrument, I think) because there has been no sign of this previously in the summer; the boy doesn't like practicing because he isn't very good at it; he knows what the instrument should sound like when played well and he can't seem to do it. And the book ends at the end of the summer with the bus going home and the families welcoming the kids back.

It is not part of the Magic School Bus series in fact I don't think it's in a series at all, but I associate it in my mind with Mr. Popper's Penguins.

Can anyone please help?

calzephyr

My husband told me about a book he read when he was a child in the 80s (Canada, English).

It was one of those ratty paperbacks...so well read or well loved in the library. It was probably written in the late 70s.

It was about a genie that was trapped in a tape recorder back in the 60s. A young boy buys or finds the tape recorder and releases the genie. The boy helps the genie discover how life has changed in the last ten or fifteen years.

Despite this very specific description, the best Google can come up with is Kazaam, the Shaq movie where there's a genie trapped in a boombox.

Is hubs misremebering? Mashing up a few different sources? Any guesses?

dabbler101

My brothers and I have fond memories of book our parents read us to us in the early 80's (that's why I'm guessing it may have been published in the 70's, but I'm not sure - it may have even been earlier). I don't think it was much longer than 20-30 pages. I believe it was a hard cover, and if my memory serves me there was an illustration of red barn on the cover, with a rolling farm landscape surrounding it. I believe the book introduced the reader to a number of animals that lived on the farm, maybe even shared some simple information about what they did / what they ate, etc. Maybe in the middle some place it became clear that a big thunder storm was approaching, I remember the dark ominous thunder clouds more than anything else really. The story then was about all of the animals heading to their respective safe places to take cover for the storm and I recall it being fairly tense: I remember wondering would all the animals be safe? Like many children's stories, in the end the storm passed, the sun had come back out, and the animals began to come out of their safe places... I've tried many internet searches for this book, using key words and such, but have not had any luck. My brother Ben is turning 40 soon, and I'd love to be able to find this book and give it to him so that he could read it with his two children. If it sounds familiar, or you think you have a lead for me to chase, please share!
Thank you!

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iodama

I think I read this short story before 1989 in Asimov's SF Magazine (which started publication in 1971 and I was reading back through old ones in a collection, so it could be any time in the 70s or 80s). It concerned a young adult male protagonist (on Earth, who thinks he's human) who meets an "uncle" who looks a lot like him, from whom he learns that he is not human, but an alien passing among humans, who goes through a maturational process whereby two genetically related individuals fuse into one, and his "uncle" who is looking younger by the day and he are fated to merge into one person.

( Key scene description )

Anybody recognize this story?

mrskoz

Hi there!

What a FANTASTIC community! I've read through a good number of posts here and at the previous domain. I actually recognized a long lost book there, too recently. I am hoping someone will recognize one of these two books I read once upon a time.

The first one I read as a teen in the 80s, so probably from 80s or maybe very late 70s. The story involved a teenage girl who was accepted and went away to a sort of super elite boarding school for artistic prodigy types: art/painting, music, also writing I believe? I think she had been selected over her friend who was perhaps even more gifted and that caused some kind of rift. I seem to remember a student at the school with a violin, possibly also someone who painted? The main girl discovered while she was there that she and her fellow students were being used by spirits who were channeling their own talents through so they could make their own creations live again, so to speak. I believe she saw a fellow student in a trance or unconscious and being "used" by the spirit/ghost to create. I think there was a main adult character in charge of the school - I can't remember, but possibly a headmistress. I've explored the usual titles/authors I could find, but even that search was incomplete...

And, unbelievably, in typing this I have suddenly remembered the strange dystopian second book's title that I've tried to remember for 25 years: House of Stairs.

Thank you for considering!

klwill1192

I'm trying to track down a book I read as a kid. It was a 1970s era YA mystery. Here are the few details I remember:
The main character had a friend who was a genius inventor. One of his inventions was a retractable staircase.
The main character had a newspaper route and was in a contest to sell subscriptions.
One of the mysteries involved what turned out to be a (friendly) family of circus performers.
At the end, the circus family purchased a number of newspaper subscriptions that resulted in the main character winning (I think) the subscription contest.

I really don't remember much more about the book, but I'm hoping these details will ring a bell with somebody.

Thank you.

Kevin

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full_metal_ox

( Cut for profanity. )

ETA 5 December 2024: it’s “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers go to COLLEGE!”, from The Collected Adventures of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1 (1971; Rip Off Press), by Gilbert Shelton.

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Entries tagged with 1970s

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