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The Long View 2007-12-19: Tradition; Kenosis; CBC on Neuhaus; Laws of Nature; Hobbits

John makes an off-hand comment here that helps to illustrate why it was so hard to figure what my taste in fiction was: In principle, The Lord of the Rings is the sequel to The Hobbit. Tolkien's publishers thought they had commissioned another nice little children's

The Long View 2007-12-13: The Bali Conference and Its Hecklers; Plus: Spinning Immanuel Kant

Unlike the Metropolis post, this blog of John J. Reilly’s is mostly just commentary on current events. The Kant election-style attack ad is pretty funny though. The Bali Conference and Its Hecklers; Plus: Spinning Immanuel Kant If you want the Party Line on the Climate Change Conference now underway

The Long View 2007-12-11: Metropolis Reloaded; Jones's Skull; Steyn's Glory; The Conservative Mutant

The original Metropolis is one of those movies I haven’t quite got around to watching. However, I do enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s version [Amazon affiliate link] immensely. I never saw the need to remake the original silent film, as Tezuka did a masterful job creating a comic book using

The Long View 2007-12-06: Progress after Modernity; Islam & Atheism; Secular Latin; Latin Mass Poster

Things have been quiet around the blog recently. Hopefully, things will pick up soon, and we can cruise into John J. Reilly’s 2008. Progress after Modernity; Islam & Atheism; Secular Latin; Latin Mass Poster Persons interested in the end of modernity should note this remark by G. K. Chesterton

Overlooked Again: The Phoenix Ring Book 2 by Jon Mollison Book Review

Joe Smith, the forgotten man, returns in Jon Mollison’s Overlooked Again [Silver Empire affiliate link]. Joe finally faces a true nemesis, a Prime with preternaturally keen hearing and sight, not to mention Gallic unflappability. This is also the first book two in the Heroes Unleashed universe, so we get

The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance Book Review

Cugel the Clever stumbles from one adventure to another in a dismal world, ancient beyond memory, in Jack Vance’s The Eyes of the Overworld [Amazon link]. Written in 1966, Cugel’s world spanning tale of thwarted ambition and stillborn revenge is darkly epic. Reading through my omnibus edition of

The Pulp Mindset: A NewPub Survival Guide by JD Cowan Book Review

For the most part, here at With Both Hands I review fiction, but since this book is about the current state of adventure fiction, it makes sense to discuss it. Major changes are underway in fiction publishing, especially in fantastical adventures marketed mostly to men, and JD Cowan is here