jim nelson
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<p>Novelist and pedestrian. Author of Chandler & West: A Story of Los Angeles, A Man Named Baskerville (MX Publishing), and According to Cain. </p><p>I divide my time between San Francisco and Tokyo.</p><p>Professional Mastodon: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jim" class="u-url mention">@<span>jim</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://j-nelson.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">j-nelson.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://viewauthor.at/JimNelson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">viewauthor.at/JimNelson</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="ht
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Post #2792014
It’s unofficially “Hawaiian Pizza Day” at a Hokkaido baseball game. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202604040009 #Japan #Baseball #Pizza
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Post #2792013
Review from Literary Los Angeles for &quot;Chandler &amp; West: A Story of Los Angeles&quot; &quot;By bringing together two writers whose own work helped define the mythic and cynical visions of the city, Nelson constructs a fictional origin story for L.A. noir itself—one where boundaries between art, crime and Hollywood spectacle blur into a single narrative about the city’s enduring allure and moral ambiguity.” https://j-nelson.net/chandler-and-west-a-story-of-los-angeles/ #...
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Post #2792012
Wallpaper of Bay Area legends, including Dennis Richmond, Alice Waters, BART, and more, all drawn with blue ballpoint pen. I saw it last night at Fiorella&#39;s in the Outer Sunset. It&#39;s good, folks. https://www.flavorpaper.com/products/bay-area-toile-ballpoint-blue #SanFrancisco #Oakland #BayArea
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Post #2792011
Amazing MUNI karma today. Every ride we needed showed up within a minute or less. More days like this, please. #SanFrancisco #MUNI
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Post #2792010
Am doing one of those Goodreads giveaways of my latest, &quot;Chandler &amp; West: A Story of Los Angeles.&quot; Fifty copies of this book featuring Raymond Chandler &amp; Nathanael West are up for grabs: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/439074-chandler-west-a-story-of-los-angeles #Goodreads #Books #Mystery #LosAngeles #Hollywood
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Post #2792009
RE: https://mastodon.social/@newsletterTF/116552268231978571 #AI news article asserts multiple times that SF police arrested 40 people five months from now (in October 2026).
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Post #2792008
RE: https://mastodon.social/@_jimnelson_/116525008455924021 Giveaway closes in 7 days! #Books #LosAngeles #Hollywood
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Post #2792007
Is Anchor Brewery going to make a comeback or not? At least there&#39;s a stirring of progress, even if it&#39;s at a glacial pace. https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/anchor-brewing-reopening-chobani-22224714.php #SanFrancisco #Beer
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Post #1903482
My somewhat subjective list of San Francisco streets with confusingly similar names: https://j-nelson.net/san-francisco-streets-with-similar-names/ #SanFrancisco #Map #Maps #History