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    Grumpy book review: Lapvona
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    Grumpy book review: Lapvona

    Tom Hudson December 7, 2023

    I don't fit into the intended audience of most contemporary fiction reviewers so I try to avoid them. But a recent YouTube reviewer had one of my favorites, Blood Meridian, on his top fiction list…

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    Good art books: David to Delacroix, The Rise of Romantic Mythology
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    Good art books: David to Delacroix, The Rise of Romantic Mythology

    Tom Hudson May 7, 2023

    Dorothy Johnson has written several books related to David and the Neoclassicists. David to Delacroix: The Rise of Romantic Mythology is probably her best work. I think about this little book a lot. Even though…

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    Book review: Ink Black Heart
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    Book review: Ink Black Heart

    Tom Hudson September 27, 2022

    I recently listened to the audio version of the detective novel The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith. Galbraith is the pen name used by J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame. This novel is the…

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    Book review: Ill Will
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    Book review: Ill Will

    Tom Hudson September 22, 2022

    I recently read Dan Chaon's 2017 thriller, Ill Will. This is my first book by this author, which reinforces my resolve to ignore online reviews. Can it be that they're all fake? These days I've…

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    Book review: Lord Foul’s Bane
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    Book review: Lord Foul’s Bane

    Tom Hudson August 15, 2022

    I am in the midst of another fiction-consuming binge. When I tire of listening to podcasts I fire up an audio book. Between listening to books and reading them with my Kobo e-Reader, I go…

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    Review: The Remembrance of Earth’s Past series
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    Review: The Remembrance of Earth’s Past series

    Tom Hudson April 5, 2022

    I recently finished the science-fiction trilogy The Remembrance of Earth's Past, by Chinese author Cixin Liu. The first and most well know book in the series is The Three-Body Problem. The team that produced The…

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    Ketman
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    Ketman

    Tom Hudson August 15, 2021

    People who are out of step with the prevailing authority practice ketman to avoid trouble. Ketman is a way to dissemble. At a minimum people practicing ketman must self-censor their speech. When silence isn't enough,…

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    Thomas Crow
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    Thomas Crow

    Tom Hudson July 30, 2021

    Thomas Crow is an American art historian. For a short time, his interests overlapped with mine, which is how I became aware of him. Some readers might know that I am a fan of the…

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