Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Thomas Hardy: The Darkling Thrush

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The Darkling Thrush I leant upon a coppice gate ….. When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate ….. The weakening ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Drew Magary: The Postmortal

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Drew Magary The Postmortal   Drew Magary's  The Postmortal is probably the best SF novel that explores the theme of an extended li...
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Monday, December 23, 2013

Edward Thomas: The Unknown Bird

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I must admit I know little about Edward Thomas, except that he was a friend of Robert Frost, which definitely is a plus for him.  I was only...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Last Quatrain

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I've stalled around a bit in posting on this quatrain: it's the last one for all editions.  I started this project on September 26, ...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

12 Angry Men: three versions of this film

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12 Angry Men, US Film  (1957) This film appeared in the theaters in 1957 and, while a critical success, did not attract an audience and di...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Europa Report: An SF film

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Europa Report   ( ER)    is one of the best SF films I've viewed in some time.  I actually hadn't heard much about it before I cam...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

More Autumn Haiku

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The storm has moved on and the sun is now shining on Tucson.         Pebbles shining clear, And clear six silent fish .  .  .         D...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Some autumn haiku

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The first winter storm has settled down over Tucson for the past two days--temperatures in the low 50s--grey, gloomy overcast skies--rain, r...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain LXXIV

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This  is the next-to-the-last quatrain in all three editions.  The poet/narrator waxes philosophical as he contemplates his own end as he ne...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Han Shan or Cold Mountain: life is short

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Two poems by Han Shan on the transience of youth for Spring and Summer swiftly lead to Fall and Winter: 7. A moth-browed girl in town ho...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Theodore Sturgeon: "The Other Celia"

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This is one of those quiet little stories that Ted Sturgeon does so well.  The horror is understated and relates not to Celia, be she an ali...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Nikos Kazantzakis: The Greek Passion

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Nikos Kazantzakis:  The Greek Passion Simon and Schuster Trans.  by Jonathan Griffen   Lycovrissi is a small Greek village that is und...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Joseph Wood Krutch on specialists and amateurs, Pt. 2

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More from Joseph Wood Krutch on specialists and amateurs.  He's found a kindred soul among the specialists. "The late William Mor...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Joseph Wood Krutch: on specialists and amateurs, Pt 1

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"Many specialists are very contemptuous of such activities as mine--but not all of them are.  Some steal time from their exacting purs...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Carl Sandburg: Happiness

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                               Happiness I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me      what is happiness. And I went ...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain LXXIII

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This is the LXXIII quatrain, with only two more left in the first edition.  It's a bit different from the others in that it expresses v...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Henry Beston: The Outermost House

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I had only in the past year heard of Henry Beston and his classic work The Outermost House.   This is actually my second reading of the boo...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

Harlan Ellison: Some comments about A Boy and His Dog

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The following quotations come from HE's introduction to Vic and Blood , a recently published collection of the three Vic and Blood shor...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

A Boy and His Dog: an SF film

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I must admit that when I first saw the title many years ago, my immediate reaction was another "Lassie Come Home" film, so I igno...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Not the Messiah. (He's a naughty boy)

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Not The Messiah is an oratorio based on The Life of Brian, and it celebrates the 40 years of Monty Python .   It was a magnificent performa...
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