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BOOKS: Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, by Jane Gallop
This provocative and well-written volume promises to liven up your book club
CORRECTIONS: The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, by Raymond Smullyan
A quick list of the few errors (along with corrections) in this otherwise excellent book.
BOOKS: The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, by Raymond Smullyan
This is the most delightful collection of chess-themed logic problems one could hope to find
BOOKS: weird earth, by Donald R Prothero
The Author does a great job of convincing the reader that they are better of reading the reference material instead of the book itself.
Losing the Message in the Metaphor
While remaining relevant and prophetic for decades after its first publication, “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman falls victim to some of the very indulgences it warns against.
BOOKS: Immunity, by William E Paul
Textbook, Autobiography, and a History of immunological research
BOOKS AND MOVIES: POLLYANNA
It’s one of those books that will make you want to hug everybody you know. And the movie is quite pleasant, too
BOOKHUNT: Better Book Design
I’m on the 3rd book of Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen Series. The first two books, Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates were rich reading experiences. But the books are long, and a lot happens in them. They are the kind of books where you can figure out what else happened or…
BOOKS: If on a winter’s night a traveler, by Italo Calvino
Tedious, pretentious, and unejoyable, I still somehow found this novel satisfying
BOOKS: Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury
I’d been holding onto this book for quite some time. I’m fond of Bradbury — I enjoyed the Illustrated Man, the Martian Chronicles, and Fahrenheit 451. But it was a 2012 Fringe show (Bookworm, by Corin Raymond) that got me to give him a more careful look, and which prompted me to read Something Wicked…
BOOKHUNT: Special Sections, Finding Treasure, and Things that Aren’t from Space
Growing up, I was notorious for having bad luck on my brother’s birthday. I usually sustained some kind of damage to my face, which was the result of various things, including cement at high velocity and a golf club to the eye. It seems to be something that I more or less grew out of…