Friday, August 28, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XIV

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This quatrain is fairly straightforward, and Edward FitzGerald seems to be quite satisfied with it since I can find only minimal changes ...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Another thought on authorial musings on detectives

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This is, of course, the last paragraphs of Chandler's essay, "The Simple Art of Murder." I had hoped that getting stuff dow...
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Some Authors' Musings on Detectives and Detecting

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This post is Raymond Chandler's fault. It's not really a coherent commentary, but closer to an exorcism I would guess. I was rea...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Ray Bradbury: August 22, 1920--

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Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the great writers of our time--Ray Bradbury. He has done it all, and, fortunately for us, he k...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XIII

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As usual, I'm using the first edition as the base and then turning to the 2nd and 5th editions to see what changes FitzGerald made. Firs...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Combination Plate 7

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Tom Robb Smith Child 44, a novel Mystery: police procedural Setting: Soviet Union, under Stalin I guess the novel is best described, as far ...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

THE NIGHT LAND: A Fantasy by William Hope Hodgson

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Millions of years in Earth's future, Night has finally defeated Day, and in the darkness are monsters--physical, psychological, and spir...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Walter Van Tilburg Clark: August 3, 1909--Nov. 10, 1971

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Today is the birth date of an exceptional writer, but unfortunately one who will probably never be listed in the first rank of great Amer...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Greg Benford: Tides of Light-- Galactic Center Book 4

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Greg Benford's Tides of Light picks up the story about two years after the conclusion of Book 3 in the series, Great Sky River . In t...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Sorcerer: a film commentary

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Warning: I reveal significant events and the ending for the following work. Sorcerer is the classic example of what happens when Hollywoo...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

China Mieville's _The City & The City_

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China Mieville is probably best known for his science fiction novels; I've read his Perdido Street Station and have a copy of his The ...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XII

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First Edition: Quatrain XII "How Sweet is mortal Sovranty!"--think some; Others--"How blest the Paradise to come!" Ah, ...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

The Wages of Fear: a film

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I had heard about The Wages of Fear some time ago, so I decided to take a look at it myself. I can't believe that film lasted 2 1/2 h...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Combination Plate 6

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Warning: I will discuss significant plot elements, including the endings of some of the works. Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey . Jane Aus...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Paul Lawrence Dunbar--"We Wear the Mask"

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The following information is from the Wikipedia entry about Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) ...
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