pickTotally get why serial radio shows were a thing back in the day. For all the book-related and non-fiction podcasts I listen to, a scripted, performed fictional one wasn't anything I've tried before, but I really loved this.
So happy this book, randomly keyword picked in honour of my 37th birthday in January, ended up inspiring me to try out a world that heretofore was simply cryptic fan references I saw on Tumblr. 1/?
Cryptid librarian, it's my new favourite thing. 😁
Today's scratched-my-brain-just-sentence:
"I do enjoy wrapping sculpted phrases around my tongue and their writing has good mouthfeel."
AGREED.
"confused and delighted by a bizarre turn of phrase...I'm a sucker for the language..."
YES. Night Vale is just the best kind of wittily weird.
Never seen a car crash described in such eerily poetic terms before.
For all of its goofy moments, Night Vale can deliver good ghost stories.
Very much here for the 'librarian as cryptid' riff. 🤓😈
pickNight Vale is always a fun read.
Now i get to wait for UPS to deliver my copy of The Once and Future Witches...
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The Buying of Lot 37 | 
I enjoyed the behind the scenes introductions to episodes in the book, (especially episode 54 & 64) not so much the incredibly, fittingly creepy illustrations accompanying the transcripts of each episode, but I gotta say, having this book introduce me to the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, I would ask, why would you ever read it when you could listen to it?! Most episodes include a segment called 'weather' that is a different musician performing a song each time, plus various background effects and music and professionals acting out their lines, so much more immersive. We'll call this one 2/3rds - 3/4s audio book with some behind the scenes print add ons. 3/? 1y
General vibes are: surreal random cozy sci fi horror social commentary satire all at once. 4/4
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