Book review: Heorot Series vol. 1 & 2
I listened to the two books in the Heorot series, The Legacy of Heorot, and Beowulf's Children on my Audible app. The books were written by the team of Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steve…
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The Stendhal Syndrome
I am familiar with the great French author Stendhal's novels--The Red and the Black, and The Charterhouse of Parma--having read them some years ago, but until I read an article in the online magazine The Point I'd…
Book review: the War of Art
Steven Pressfield's the War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles offers pop psychology advice to struggling writers and artists. Pressfield is most known for his novel and film The Legend…
What I am reading
I am reading two books just now: Darwin, Portrait of a Genius by Paul Johnson, and Guide to Aesthetics by Benedetto Croce. I've always enjoyed Johnson's work and this book is no exception. My only complaint is…
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez died last Thursday. The great writer was 87. [caption id="attachment_3558" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Marquez[/caption] The Colombian writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Marquez was a leading practitioner of magic realism,…
Book Review: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (audio version)
"You mock, dude!" Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a lively philosopher and prodigious writer known for his biting wit. Russell was deeply involved with the social issues of his day and spent time in prison for his…
Book Thief
In the summer before third grade, we moved to a small town far from Dayton. The ramshackle house we rented was across the street from the public library. With its pink-marble columns, the library seemed…
David Hickey’s Air Guitar
Do you like to read? Me, I've always been a voracious reader. Like other autodidacts, I let my interests take me where it will--I read what I damn well please. Lately, I've been reading a…