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The literary mainstream
This snippet of an interview of Gene Wolfe by Larry McCaffery was interesting enough for me to go read the whole thing. I whole-heartedly support what Wolfe says in this paragraph:
Gene Wolfe: It's not so much a matter of "advantages" as SF appealing to my
The Returning King
Left is King of Sorrows by William Burton. Right is Jesus Christ the Returning King by Janusz Antosz
The Long View 2008-12-21: Solstice Alternatives
The fictional book acknowledgment that John J. Reilly writes here is perfect.
Solstice Alternatives
The only merit of today is its brevity. The sun disappeared at some forgotten point last week. In the time since, the clinically depressive skies have produced every known water-based form of precipitation, all of which
Happy Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Terror of Demons
Solemnities are feast days that are a little something special. The greatest saints are celebrated on solemnities, and the importance of these days is reflected in the law of the Church. When a solemnity falls on a Friday, the Lenten abstinence from meat is overridden.
It is a pious practice,
Perseus wrapped Andromeda in his Cloak
The Long View: Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War
John J. Reilly covers a lot of ground here. I’ll post this comment as inducement to read the rest:
The book delivers less than its subtitle promises. A study that used the world wars to explain the evaporation of colonialism between the celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee