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Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Favorite Fiction--2016

Some favorite works of fiction I read during 2016, FIRST READS Sarah Orne Jewett: The Country of Pointed Firs ...

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Herman Melville: "Bartleby" aka "Bartleby the Scrivener"

Herman Melville "Bartleby" Since there already is so much written on "Bartleby," this will be a brief comment. B...

Thursday, June 4, 2015

China Mieville: Railsea

China Mieville Railsea. Railsea is certainly one of his most straightforward and least complex novels, and has that YA feel to it. ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Some novels, stories, and poems that I revisit regularly, Pt. 2

These are stories and authors who popped up after I began the first post on works I regularly reread. And, as I think about what I'm go...

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Herman Melville: August 1, 1819--September 28, 1891

Today is Herman Melville's birthday, and I thought I would celebrate it with a quotation from one of his writings. I decided that I wo...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Galapagos: The Enchanted Islands

BBC has another interesting documentary to add to its already superb list. This one is a three part film on the Galapagos Islands, once kn...

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