tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post8175559695441184668..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: Washington, D.C.Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-13643953728090819622017-02-26T17:23:25.061-05:002017-02-26T17:23:25.061-05:00Thanks, Eric! I'm glad to know more of the sto...Thanks, Eric! I'm glad to know more of the story behind the book found in a beach house.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-31506104536782601712017-02-26T16:45:04.625-05:002017-02-26T16:45:04.625-05:00This book was written by my father, Robert J. Hens...This book was written by my father, Robert J. Hensler, who, believe it or not was a brilliant man and student of nearly everything. From Jewish traditions to Sailing to Gypsy culture... Well, you get the idea. I am NOT going to try to defend this silliness. You see, under various names, he supported our little family in the sixties by writing full-on porn. He was later approached by his rather dubious publisher, Jay Garon Brook, to write "something political" and since my father knew nothing of politics, this is what he got. It actually did quite well, amazingly enough. I am currently working on editing his history of the radio business in the first half of the twentieth century. This subject he knew quite well. He left the Air Force (Honorably) right at the tail-end of the Korean conflict. He had escaped combat when a sergeant of some kind caught an eyeful of his letter-writing skills. He thus spent the duration of the conflict on Guam as a clerk to various officers, making them look smarter with his writing. In 1964, along with Jeffrey Kraus and Edward Dibutera, he founded WHCH, Hofstra University's ground-breaking radio station. It almost immediately became WVCH in case you know it better by those call-letters. From there he got his BA in Journalism from Hofstra and worked at countless radio stations up and down the Eastern Seaboard and from coast to coast. There were dozens of them (at a minimum) so I've got my work cut out for me. Anyway, the book, should I ever finish putting it together, will be available (probably) on Amazon Kindle for a few bucks. He suffers from Alzheimer's now (he is 82) but will still I'm sure receive much pleasure from knowing that people read something that he is actually proud to have written rather than this swill. He also devoted much of his time to publishing local poets in the Central Florida area throughout the eighties and nineties. I just wanted to post this to shed a little light on the "monkey" behind this execrable book. One never knows who they will find behind such things...Aussitôt dit, aussitôt oubliéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572367937230740133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-22430728778612946162010-02-06T11:39:27.652-05:002010-02-06T11:39:27.652-05:00Great review! I think I will avoid this like the ...Great review! I think I will avoid this like the swine flu!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453614642209126505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-37993314999197898822009-12-21T11:31:59.463-05:002009-12-21T11:31:59.463-05:00Ooch. Some books are better left undiscovered.Ooch. Some books are better left undiscovered.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287835957314437176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-15834796122685058032009-12-14T07:57:58.912-05:002009-12-14T07:57:58.912-05:00Jodie, exactly. Hoist by its own petard!Jodie, exactly. Hoist by its own petard!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-75936754176288538612009-12-14T05:35:31.567-05:002009-12-14T05:35:31.567-05:00Your review made me giggle, sometime the best way ...Your review made me giggle, sometime the best way to show how ridiculous a book is is just to quote parts of it. Who needs snark when you have the actual text to do your work for you?Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462660276240016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-70192337836119659722009-12-12T13:44:53.374-05:002009-12-12T13:44:53.374-05:00He he he...What a great choice for a Critical Monk...He he he...What a great choice for a Critical Monkey book! It sounds like it was truly awful.Lori Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575196285923366103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-21178685258782625072009-12-12T07:57:09.308-05:002009-12-12T07:57:09.308-05:00I agree that this was a hilarious review. Now I d...I agree that this was a hilarious review. Now I don't need to read the book to be able to make fun of it!Cschunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-74687990712128922282009-12-11T18:39:31.335-05:002009-12-11T18:39:31.335-05:00Already read my bad book for teh year, possibly ev...Already read my bad book for teh year, possibly even for the decade, no need for another right now - but thanks for the smile.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-64214338802119382992009-12-11T16:21:10.554-05:002009-12-11T16:21:10.554-05:00I'm glad someone claimed this one already. I d...I'm glad someone claimed this one already. I don't think I'd want to read it, but I appreciate that you did - and gave us this hilarious review :-).Florindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-54411191912008368382009-12-11T11:24:33.463-05:002009-12-11T11:24:33.463-05:00Awesome! I'm so glad D.C. will live on! Now, t...Awesome! I'm so glad D.C. will live on! Now, to look up "gigged"....<br /><br />Also, we're probably going to rent a different house next year which means a whole new slew of books! Stay tuned!FreshHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051170717740487431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-80487215161215117112009-12-11T11:23:52.545-05:002009-12-11T11:23:52.545-05:00I think I'll pass on this one...yeah.I think I'll pass on this one...yeah.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-89135957866451036522009-12-11T11:16:15.089-05:002009-12-11T11:16:15.089-05:00Okay, Lass, the book is in the mail. I wish you j...Okay, Lass, the book is in the mail. I wish you joy of it. Anyone else who wants it, leave a comment for The Lass (her link is on my sidebar under "Friends of Carlotta") so she can pass it on.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-82760066782202198642009-12-11T11:06:13.420-05:002009-12-11T11:06:13.420-05:00Oh, I have to read this. And I will happily pass ...Oh, I have to read this. And I will happily pass it on to anyone else who wants it.Lasshttp://thelass.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com