The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History

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Some interesting lessons not related to disaster preparedness

heroic and heartbreaking narrative

Life in Crescent City would never be the same

Fascinating and carefully documented

A Powerful Read

The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History
Dennis Powers
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Some interesting lessons not related to disaster preparedness.......2006-10-15

Detailed account of a tsunami hitting a small West Coast town. To me the most interesting part was the descriptions of tsunamis - how easily they can occur, how far around the world they can spread. All the damage, the human interest stories etc., was kind of predictable - apologies to any Crescent City readers, and I understand that there were some heart-wrenching losses, but from the point of view of a disaster book, the reader does know what to expect. Incidentally, the writing is basically workmanlike but marred by rather a lot of odd errors of vocabulary or usage.

One thing that emerged was the problems you can have when a forceful but somewhat insensitive person takes power to clean up, ramrodding through what he believes to be the town's rebuilding needs. Many felt that the rebuilding destroyed its character, and that this didn't have to happen. Jim Hooper was proud of all the new facilities and businesses he helped create, but had apparently never appreciated the unique, quirky character of the town, its old-fashioned charm that had drawn tourists to it. They might have done well to restore that, since the timber industry killed itself off by over-extraction. He is quoted as saying "It was then a rural lumber town with many old buildings. I don't believe for a moment that it had "rustic charm" as some say." (Almost sounds as if "old" = "bad.") But another resident lamented that "they plowed under all of those smaller shops and replaced it with what you see now. The city lost part of its identity and could never recover from that loss..." I can't help thinking that from the description as it is now, why would anyone particularly want to live there - or even visit - rather than anywhere else? But then, how many of us have to spend our lives in charmless surroundings anyway?

At least they got their rebuilding done and became a viable community, if not the one that was there before. Pretty interesting comparison to New Orleans, though of course that is a hundred times bigger problem.

heroic and heartbreaking narrative.......2006-06-25

Dennis Powers' account of the 1964 tsunami's destruction of Crescent City, CA is a mostly straightforward chronicle of events and narratives. The author focuses on the surprise element of this disaster, both in its arrival and in the scope of the devastation. He touches on many heroic and heartbreaking stories of the residents who experienced it. The transformation of the nature of Crescent City and its inhabitants, however, emerges as the central theme of this work. Some of the problems unique to this disaster remind me of similar occurrences, thus making this material more applicable or relatable. Those include problems with false alarms, as well as the problem of residents reentering potentially hazardous areas. These occurrences can be compared and contrasted with those of the World Trade Centers on 9-11 and the collapse of the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
This is a very readable narrative, full of engrossing stories of the death and destruction wrought by the tsunami. Powers' description of the events of Good Friday, 1964 is compelling viewed as history, human interest, or heroic drama. With interest in tsunamis and other calamities high, this book is a relevant addition to the literature of the genre.

Life in Crescent City would never be the same.......2005-05-03

Being from the East Coast I cannot fathom the sheer terror of being caught up in a tsunami. Sure, we have powerful hurricanes to deal with nearly every year but in most cases people have plenty of advance notice and time to evacuate or make adequate preparations. This was certainly not the case in Crescent City, California on the evening of March 27, 1964.
In "The Raging Sea" author Dennis Powers has done a workmanlike job of recreating the events of that horrible and heartbreaking night. You will come to understand just what forces in nature bring about these killer waves. Knowing little or nothing about tsunamis, I was stunned to learn that an earthquake in Alaska could set in motion natural forces that would ultimately wreak death and destruction all along the West Coast on that fateful night. The residents of Crescent City and numerous other coastal towns had virtually no time to prepare. And they were really quite unaware of the dangers they were facing. Dennis Powers tells this remarkable story through the words of many of those who lived through it. It is compelling reading.
Once the seas finally began to recede and sunrise approached residents would come to realize the magnitude of the destruction. In downtown Crescent City there was practically nothing left. Eleven people had lost their lives and dozens more were injured. Virtually every building had been destroyed, roads were impassable and phone and electric service were non-existent. The smell of rotting fish was everywhere. Crescent City had endured the brunt of the tsunami and the community would face the monumental task of cleaning up and rebuilding after this disaster. Survivors could not help but wonder if their lives would ever be the same again. I found "The Raging Sea" to be an engaging and well written book that held my attention throughout. Recommended.

Fascinating and carefully documented.......2005-03-30

As a small child in California in the early 60's I remember people talking about the huge waves that destroyed a town. I never really understood what they talked about. With Power's fascinating account ot the 1964 Crescent City tragedy, the inmensity of nature's force, the individual and collective perspective, and the strength of human courage contribute to an extraordinary account. Very recommendable reading.

A Powerful Read.......2005-03-26

The background, the detail, the big picture, the personal stories, the intricate descriptions, its all here set against the backdrop of the worst tsunami to ever devastate the West coast of the United States. Take the powerful event of a devastating tsunami and combine it with the author's compelling writing style and you have a book that is hard to put down. I am writing this review on Good Friday 41 years after the Good Friday tsunami caused by the 1964 Alaska earthquake so thoroughly described in Powers' book. As I write, the wind is pulsing through the barren trees and the sky has clouded over. I quiver just a little as I think back to those events of 41 years ago brought so graphically to life by Dennis Powers. This book will get your blood flowing and give you a new appreciation for the power of the ocean and Mother Nature.

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Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) is best known as the creator of the popular heroic-fantasy duo, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, but his accomplishments, far more diverse than this suggests, have been strongly influenced not only by fantasy but also by science fiction and horror. His fiction has won the Hugo, Nebula, Derleth, Gandalf, Lovecraft, and World Fantasy Awards, and he has been honored with the Life Achievement Lovecraft Award and the Grand Master Nebula Award. Two of his best novels are the classic dark fantasies Conjure Wife (in 1943 filmed as Weird Woman and Burn Witch Burn) and Our Lady of Darkness (1978 winner of the World Fantasy Award), available in a single volume as Dark Ladies.

In Conjure Wife, Professor Norman Saylor, ethnologist and rationalist, is enjoying rapid career advancement and a happy marriage until the day he discovers that his wife, Tansy, is a witch. When Norm reminds her that magic is baseless superstition, she destroys her charms and protections--and Norm finds his career disintegrating and himself and his wife in dangers he'd once thought impossible.

Our Lady of Darkness introduces San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen. While studying his beloved city by binoculars from his apartment window, he is astonished to see a mysterious figure waving at him from a hilltop two miles away. He walks to Corona Heights and looks back at his building, to discover the figure waving at him from his apartment window--and to find himself caught in a century-spanning curse that may have destroyed Clark Ashton Smith and Jack London. --Cynthia Ward

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Filmed twice, as Weird Woman (1944) and Burn Witch Burn (1961), this tale of secret witchcraft on a modern college campus has endured. Our Lady of Darkness, Fritz Leibers dark love song to San Francisco, is one of the greatest works of modern urban fantasy.

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CONJURE WIFE REVIEW ONLY.......2007-06-16

I finally got around to reading this horror classic. Conjure Wife is a very literate horror story. It is not needlessly lurid - there is no gore or sex. Like all great horror, most of the nasty things are implied rather than directly described. The premise is that witchcraft is all around us. Over the eons, men - repressed louts that we are - have completely lost touch with magic, leaving it the exclusive domain of women... all women. Professor Saylor is especially slow to believe, considering that he's a sociologist who has written extensively on the "truth" behind myths and superstitions. When he finds conjuring materials among his wife's possessions, it is the cause of a heavy family discussion.

This is a book that has endured over the years and deserves its place in the horror pantheon. Lieber was clearly a gifted writer who could make the outlandish seem believable. If I had a bone to pick, it would be that the action stops occasionally for some kind of explanation of the abnormal goings-on. That, however, is a flaw common to most horror literature (even the movie Psycho did it!). Conjure Wife still holds up and is a good read for any aspiring horror-writer to show how the job should be done.

Two seminal horror classics for the price of one.......2007-03-30

Fritz Leiber's Dark Ladies collects his two best novels: Conjure Wife (1943) and Our Lady of Darkness (1978).

In Conjure wife, Professor Norman Saylor's career is going well and things just seem to be getting better. When he discovers that his wife, Tansy, is in fact a witch (not a mean one, but a witch nonetheless), his career and life will plummet in a downward spiral. Upon confronting her with the situation, she tells him that she was doing it for him, to protect him from the other professors' wives that also happened to be conjurors. After destroying all the charms she had to protect him, Norman soon wishes he'd listened to his wife.

Conjure Wife is a great tale of witchcraft with very interesting and weird characters. Leiber's writing here isn't dated a bit (keep in mind that this novel was written over 60 years ago!). Norman's wife, Tansy, is a good witch and as the story progresses, it becomes obvious that she only did what she did with the best intentions. Everybody's a suspect in this one; and when the bewildering climax comes, you'll be left in awe at Leiber's skills for pulling a one-two punch at you.

Our Lady of Darkness has a very eerie premise: A horror writer, Franz Westen, happens to peer outside his apartment window with his binoculars and sees a lanky figure dancing atop a hill, waving at him a few miles from where he lives. Curious, Franz decides to walk over to the hill and find out more about this strange character. Once there, by looking through his binoculars in the distance, he sees the same figure--this time waving at him from his apartment window! Franz will embark on a search for answers to find out who--or what--this bizarre figure is.

What a uniquely creepy idea; I was hooked with the four-line synopsis alone! Leiber's writing has matured considerably since Conjure Wife, 35 years earlier, and it shows. His skill at reeling you in and leaving you hanging on his every word is astonishing. At first, you're wondering why he's going off in the direction he chose to go, thinking he's losing his momentum, but as the story unfolds, you'll see that he's planned every detail with the meticulousness of a master storyteller. With references to Aleister Crowley and a multitude of mentions of the great H.P. Lovecraft, this tale of Dark Fantasy is a true classic.

Overall, you can't miss with this book. These two short novels are a fast and suspenseful read. The book is worth its price for Our Lady of Darkness alone. If you like enthralling stories, tales of witchcraft or clever Dark Fantasy; then you've come to the right place.

Two Horror Classics.......2006-09-01

Both of these novels are horror classics by the great Fritz Leiber.

In fact, OUR LADY OF DARKNESS is my favorite horror novel of all time (and I've been studying the genre for over 30 years). This work represents the supreme distillation of ideas that Leiber had been exploring for decades. The author's genius lies in portraying San Francisco as a living, breathing entity, haunted by "paramental" beings and distorted by "megapolisomancy". Both of these ideas seem much more plausible - and modern - than do more traditional, supernatural bogeys.

Besides a great cast of characters, there are some finely tuned creep-out moments, such as when the dancing thing on Corona Heights realizes it's being observed. Or when the "scholar's mistress" becomes much, much more than it seems.

This is one of the few horror novels that I relish re-reading over and over.

Both stories lost me in the latter parts.......2005-05-25

I don't know, I was really excited to read both Conjure Wife and Our Lady of Darkness, but after finishing both stories I felt that there was something missing from them. Mr. Leiber definitely knows how to create scenes of "atmosphere" and "dread." And I really enjoyed his descriptions of witchcraft and the paramentals. Maybe it was the slighly abrupt endings, the quick way of wrapping things up that put me off...All I can say is that i've read scarier books.

Eerie and unsettling---"Conjure Wife" is a horror gem........2003-06-25

Let's cut to the chase: if you like tautly paced little terror tales loaded with atmosphere, then you should buy "Dark Ladies."

Fritz Leiber was a Grand Master of Fantasy and Terror fiction, and I pretty much grew up on the sly and cynical exploits of his Sword & Sworcery adventurers Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser. Leiber's stories seemed to my adolescent mind to be more worldly, more sophisticated, than the Conan or Tarl Cabot sagas I devoured when I was 12; Fafhrd and the Mouser were themselves street-smart and cunning, dispatching mortal and demonic foes with a style and alacrity usually lacking in other Sword & Sorcery epics.

Leiber brought that same sense of style and airiness of prose to his terror tales as well, and "Dark Ladies" is a fine example of his literary wizardry over the span of three decades: the book contains two superlative tales of sorcery and the malevolently supernatural intruding into modern life, "Conjure Wife" (written in 1943) and "Our Lady of Darkness" (1978). Both tales are linked by the thread of sorcery, to be sure, but are also reflective of Leiber's tremendous debt to both H.P. Lovecraft and M.R. James: they are heavily atmospheric, pulse with ghostly malevolence, and have at their center unassuming, mild-mannered scholarly protagonists who are unwittingly and reluctantly drawn into dark adventures.

I must confess that I read "Conjure Wife" last, anticipating that it wouldn't be very interesting. It deals with Norman Saylor, a senior professor of Sociology at a small university in rural New Jersey who discovers his wife is a witch. As a rational thinker, Saylor is appalled, and orders his wife to give up her sorcery immediately; she does so, and the fun begins. From the premise, I wasn't very excited; the story seemed a little too "Bewitched" to be scary.

I'm happy to report that I was wrong, and "Conjure Wife" is one of the nastiest, most riveting, and frightening little gems of pure horror ever written. The kind of tale that has you glancing nervously at dark corners, "Conjure Wife" was a pleasure to read, though the ending came far too quickly and left me wanting more.

"Our Lady of Darkness", surprisingly, is the weaker tale of the two, though it was equally atmospheric. San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen, looking at the ragged hilltop of Corona Heights through binoculars, spies a pale, lean, brownish figure cavorting on the hill, which appears to wave at him. The next day he hikes up to the hill; finding no one there, he turns the binoculars on his apartment, two miles away; to his horror the figure appears in his own window, waving back at him!

This tale is erudite and exciting, and plunges Westen into the occult theories of Thibaut de Castries, who lived in San Francisco at the turn of the century and was at the center of a secret society of famous writers, including Jack London and Clark Ashton Smith. More interesting, the story delves into de Castries' notions of megapolisomancy, the theory that cities conjure up unhealthy and malignant energies of their own. Poor Westen has drawn the attention of such a creature, and the tale becomes a kind of scholarly cat and mouse.

Like "Conjure Wife", "Our Lady of Darkness" ends far too swiftly, and leaves the reader wanting more. I would imagine that's a fairly insignificant criticism, and it's certainly better to leave a reader wanting more than the reverse. "Our Lady of Darkness" is also a studied homage to the works of both M.R. James and H.P. Lovecraft, though his tale fails to achieve the soul-curdling terror of either of those masters.

That said, if you're looking for the perfect spooky book to curl up with beside a roaring fire (preferably with a sleeping cat on the other sofa, and lightning flashing outside), then "Dark Ladies" is for you.

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Metabarons: The Next Generation.......2005-12-27

It's a family saga, really, of the most brutal line of warriors in the history of this imagined universe. Jodorowsky's story and Gimenez's art continue this exceptional story into its second and third generations.

In what becomes a family tradition, Aghnar inherits title from his father, inducing the inheritance by killing him. First, though, the father lays on Aghnar the duty of avenging his mother's death. You'll have to read the rest for yourself, though, the story of Aghnar's generation followed by the start of Steelhead's. It's narrated to us, some time far in the future of the events we see, when one robot of the Metabaron household tells the tale to another.

This is a worthy successor to the first book in this series, "Othon and Honorata." The artwork is strong and painterly, some combination of watercolor, pen, and other media. The story is fairly exciting, even if narrative flow is sometimes dictated by the length of one of the five original comic books collected into this volume. Those vampires, for example, seemed to have appeared and been defeated with little regard for the story as a whole. And, as in the first volume, stilted language, especially between the robots, impairs smooth flow in the dialog.

The strengths of the series outweigh its weaknesses, though, so I came back for volume 2 in this collection. I'll be back for volume 3 as well. Maybe "The Metabarons" won't change the face of comic art or storytelling, but it's a good read anyway.

//wiredweird

New DC Version Available.......2005-01-20

This seems to be the first Humanoids volume of the series. DC has taken over English distribution for Humanoids, [...]

The DC version is slightly different. This one collects the first five issues. The DC one goes back to the French original volumes and collects the first two, serialized by Humanoids as the first four issues. In other words, this Humanoids volume has half a book more in it, but that material opens the second DC volume. The DC versions are on cheaper paper but in a wider format that doesn't leave the white space at the top and bottom of the page, which the Humanoids versions (on high-grade paper) have. Also, the Humanoids versions were censored: clothes are added in some scenes.

In response to Avik Kumar Maitra, that 10-page story telling the origin of the clan was reprinted by Humanoids in a slim volume along with other miscellany, including pages cut from Incal showing the Metabaron and a preview of a new Metabarons series. The same 10-page story is included in the back of the first DC volume, the same one linked to above.

-- Julian Darius, Sequart.com (for the sophisticated study of comic books and graphic novels)

The French Frank Herbert.......2003-05-31

You know it's true. Your inner teenage brat is crying out for something in which the forces of light can clearly trump the forces of darkness, even if they have to be as evil as the the bad guys. Jodorowsky is your man. Because his artists have lots of time to do their art, the art is always stunning. One of the reviewers here complained of cliches in the story. And there are times when the resolution to problems seems too pat. But the plot twists are so durned hilarious that you can completely overlook it.

My sole complaint with this series of books is directed at Humanoids Publishing. I would really prefer to see this whole series collected in a giant edition, like Marvel is doing with Grant Morrison's X-Men (usually also quite amusing) and Bendis's Spider-Man. That way we get the art at the size it was intended to be seen at AND we get the entire story arc.

Epic, But Flawed.......2003-05-11

I have bought this book, and I have mixed feelings about it. The story, as the other reviewers have already mentioned, is complex - but not too deep, and is full of cliches. The artwork is also ambiguously good - Gimenez is a master of both colour and line, but not of continuity. Check out the children - it's his Achilles heel. He even draws Othon's first wife Edna in an irregular sort of way, and I sometimes got confused between her and Bari, Othon's son. Also, when I read the first book on Metabarons in the "Heavy Metal" magazine (July 1995), there were ten pages in the earlier portion concerning the current Metabaron. Those pages are missing from this book. Can anyone out there tell me why?

it's typical.......2002-12-26

This is typical jodorosky. I've read a number of his works and they're all the same: excellant imaging centered around violence, and a story line which only serves to support that violence. If you're into it, fine; but I've read this book and the next ("blood and steel") and I don't see myself getting the third.
And, I agree totally with the other reviewer. The two robots (one telling the story to the other) are tedious in the extreme.
Buy it for the art; but don't expect much else.

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perfect for beginners.......2007-09-03

I received a pressure cooker as a gift and was totally intimidated by the all the noise and rattles. The Dummies series is perfect to get over the hurdles of a new cooking technique. I've worked through the basics and now use my pressure cooker to make wonderful stews and soups. The risotto recipe works great and I've finally used up the 2 year old aborio rice in my pantry left over from a paella fest. I'm now moving onto some other pressure cooker books to expand my selections but I'll still come back to the dummies book to cover the basics.

Not enough recipes simple enough for me.......2007-03-26

I am aware I am a Dummy, so give me lots of dummy recipes!
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For smart dummies.......2007-02-26

The book didn't answer a lot of basic questions for me, having never used a pressure cooker. It's O.K. as a supplement to other pressure cooker cookbooks, but I was hoping it would provide more step by step instructions.

Very disappointing.

I'm the dummy for using this book!.......2006-08-23

I was so totally disappointed with the recipes included in the book. I have to admit that I tried only 3 but each did not go over with me or the rest of my family. I decided to quit while I was ahead. Other information included in the book is excellent but do not get this book for the recipes alone!

good info.......2006-03-18

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