{"id":976,"date":"2010-10-30T13:36:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2010-10-30T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T17:36:41","slug":"thrilling-tales-yet-another-mad-scientists-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/30\/thrilling-tales-yet-another-mad-scientists-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrilling Tales: Yet Another Mad Scientist’s Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Yet<\/a>

I’ve got a small backlog of neat things I haven’t yet linkblogged to because once again I’ve got my nose pressed to the wheel, which is sort of uncomfortable, and honestly, a little embarrassing, should anyone notice… but I digress. That sentence was meant to end with a description of what I am doing but you can see a little piece of that above: click on it to see a bigger version of the whole scene.<\/p>\n

This is a work in progress view of Lew Stone’s laboratory for his story in The Lair of the Clockwork Book<\/em>. I guess it’s my third mad scientist’s lab for Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual. <\/em>I’m enjoying the way they each have a different atmosphere because all three scientists are such different people. Cornelius Zappencackler’s lab (even more<\/em> fireproof!) has a cozy and cluttered character; Doctor Rognvald’s lab is shadowy and sinister; and Lew’s lab, shown here, is a bit lighter and more… well, rational, because Lew’s greatest problem as a student is that he isn’t really insane<\/em> enough for his vocation.<\/p>\n

I have a couple of devices to add, all part of Lew’s experiment in progress, and then some additional set dressing after that – and just to make things more interesting I’ll also need a demolished version of this room. Because, you know, that’s just what happens.<\/p>\n

In other news, I took a few hours off yesterday to explore. I was looking for a good used book store in my adopted area – after six years I’ve yet to find one that makes me want to take a deep breath of dustiness and mustiness, make myself at home, and trade in my excess books. I think this is the biggest thing I miss about living in California: near pretty much any of my old neighborhoods in Long Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Ventura, or Los Angeles I always had a fantastic assortment of used book stores to haunt. Here, on the other hand, I’ve found just one<\/em> that was sort of interesting. It’s a sad state of affairs, I can tell you.<\/p>\n

There’s just one more possibility I know of, out toward Cleveland, that sounds promising: but I’m not sure if I’ll get there before Winter sets in.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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