• We have updated the guidelines regarding posting political content: please see the stickied thread on Website Issues.

ian rankin

  1. P

    Thomas Pynchon: New Book On The Way

    As a callow youth, I used to think that there were two sorts of people in the World. People who were fans of the Illuminatus trilogy (my cousin), and people who read Thomas Pynchon (me). Perhaps, its something about being brought up Scots? Here is Ian Rankin raving, in a very ambivalent...
  2. G

    Arthur's Seat Coffins

    Every time I visit Chambers Steet Museum in Edinburgh , I make a point of having a look at these . They were 17 tiny coffins , each containing a small figure , and were found buried on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh back in the 1936 . If I recall correctly , thes coffins also formed part of the plot...
    • gerardwilkie
    • Thread
    • 1820s 1936 arthur's seat coffins burke & hare coffins corpse stealing crime & criminals edinburgh ian rankin scotland serial killers the museum of scotland william burke william hare
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: General Forteana
Back
Top