books

If you like to read, if you're a Hunter Thompson fan, check out the Book Mark bookstore on Thursday, Aug. 7. Writer William McKeen will be there with his new book 'Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson.'

And you may want to ask them when they will have local writer Bucky McMahon, author of the fine book of adventure essays, 'Night Diver'.

7 pm. Across the street from that silly looking panther on Atlantic Blvd near the ice cream shop..

Have you ever seen the movie ‘Queen of Outer Space’ starring Zsa Zsa Gabor? A camp classic no doubt. Somehow I missed it. Luckily, I did not miss the recent publishing of ‘Night Diver’ by Neptune Beach legend Bucky McMahon. Mr. McMahon lives near our state capital now, but once resided in our little corner of the world, Fletcher graduate 1973. Over the last two decades he’s written travel/adventure pieces for Outside magazine, Esquire, and several other top notch mags. This collection contains essays that (as described by novelist Janet Burroway) “take you deep underwater, slogging through the swamp, brachiating through the jungle, luffing past the lava flow, yawning in the classroom, yo-yoing on the open sea; and now and again just for good measure surfing the psychic cosmos.” I highly recommend this fine book. Try Amazon or go directly to the source at http://buckymcmahon.com/... Rumor has it Mr. McMahon may give a reading and signing at the Book Mark in Atlantic Beach this summer. McMahon sightings are more likely than wave sightings until September.