Mike recommends that people "borrow John's Copy" of Mysterious
California. If he means ME, then please be informed that I no longer
have one.
I bought the book back in 1988 and read it. Loved it! Then in 1989 we
used it as a prop in "Sealed and Delivered". Strangely enough, DC and
I neglected to tell Mike that we used it as a prop, so he did not
find out until the very first screening! ;-)
The next year, I mailed a bunch of books to my friend Sasha who was
living in the USSR. This book was included in the mail.
John
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "Mikal" <mikalm_at_i...> wrote:
> Being the author, publisher, and general Prime Mover behind
MYSTERIOUS
> CALIFORNIA, I guess it's my turn to step in...
>
> Joy's description of the book was fairly accurate, even if she was
way off
> in describing my own level of celebrity, reasons for moving North,
and
> post-LA lifestyle (if anything, my life has gotten LESS QUIET since
I
> relocated to Oaktown nine years ago.) MYSTERIOUS CALIFORNIA really
> anticipated the X-FILES and the whole paranormal-paranoiac Nineties
> alt-culture, although it confined its concerns to Golden State
weirdness. A
> sort of *Fodor's Guide from Another Dimension*, it described places
of
> bizarre phenomena and circumstance across our fair state: haunted
houses,
> Bigfoot lairs, UFO "windows," cult centers, monster-inhabited lakes,
> scientific anomalies, and the like.
>
> MYSTERIOUS CALIFORNIA was great fun to research and write, and I
got a very
> thorough education in entrepreneurship and self-promotion by
publishing it
> under my own imprint. The book went through three printings and
sold nearly
> 10,000 copies. It's technically out of print now, but don't pay no
> half-yard to some Half.com greedhead; if you REALLY want to read
it, I have
> a few leftovers lying around here, and can send you a PERSONALLY
SIGNED copy
> of this rarity for a mere ten bucks. Or if you're a cheapskate,
ask to
> borrow John's copy.
>
> These days, I've found that it's a lot easier and more profitable
to sell
> other people's creative output than produce my own, so I don't
anticipate
> any prose more substantial than ad copy emerging from my bent
little brain
> any time soon.
>
> Mike
>
>
> > Bigfoot? I don't remember any Bigfoot.
> >
> >
> > --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "toughslush" <meurtre_at_e...>
> > wrote:
> > > > what is this book about guys? i'm intrigued....
> > > > Sharose
> > >
> > > It isn't a book about guys at all ;)
> > >
> > > It's a book about ghosts (and Bigfoot, and a few other X-
filesish
> > > things).
> > >
> > > It was written by a famous scholar of the paranormal, who--tired
> > > of getting mobbed everywhere he went by his fans--retired to
live
> > > the quiet life of a bibliophile trader in Northern (yet
Mysterious)
> > > California.
> > >
> > > --Q.M.
> > > am I in trouble again?
> >
> >
> >
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Received on 2002-08-15 12:40:58