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Tag Archives: books
Building a Library
When the prospect of finally moving from the old Casa Jaquandor into a new Casa Jaquandor started shaping into more of a realistic goal than a “here’s something we should do one day” dream, maybe a year-and-a-half ago, there were … Continue reading
Stuff in the time of the Bard
I recently read a delightful history book called Shakespeare’s Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects, by Neil MacGregor. This book takes a great approach to painting a picture of Elizabethan London: MacGregor finds twenty objects from … Continue reading
Snapshots from Ithaca
This weekend The Wife and I made our annual getaway to the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, and we had a great time as always…although the festival itself wasn’t quite like it usually is, owing to the fact that Ithaca is … Continue reading
The rules for reading
I discovered this article sitting in my ‘Blog Fodder’ bookmark folder, and I figured I should address the topic. It’s about reading, and the rules we adopt for how we go about reading. Here are the rules the author posts … Continue reading
Shouldn’t we elect him to something?
JK Rowling has been unmasked as the actual author of a crime novel. Which jogged my memory. Here is guy-who-knows-everything Ken Jennings, writing almost six years ago: Structurally, these aren’t fantasy novels at all. They’re fair-play mysteries in wizard’s clothing–novels … Continue reading
The Culture will mourn
SF author Iain M. Banks has announced that he has terminal cancer and is unlikely to live more than a year. This is insanely sad. I’ve only read two of his books, and loved both. Time to read more, I … Continue reading
Curse you, Productivity Gods!
COWORKER: So, what’re you gonna do tonight? ME: I think I’m gonna go home, do the normal stuff — relax, quick nap, shower, dinner — and then get some writing done. COWORKER: Cool! [CUT TO LATER — MY APARTMENT] ME: … Continue reading
So you’re going to be a spaceman!
When I was a kid, my dream was to be an astronaut. Not terribly unique, as kids dreams went, in my generation. The space program had lost a bit of its momentum in the mid-1970s, but the moon landings were … Continue reading
A few book notes
Just briefly: :: Cetaganda is the next book up (for me) in Lois McMaster Bujold’s ongoing saga of the adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, and as usual, a fine book indeed, full of politics and intrigue and adventure as our Miles … Continue reading