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Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords

Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords

The 50th Anniversary Edition of Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords will release on Amazon on January 15th, 2025, and you, my loyal readers, simply must pick this up, because this is the book for anyone who wanted Dune to be a comedy instead of a tragedy. If you

The Long View: American Babylon

The Long View: American Babylon

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus liked to say the first thing about politics is that is not the first thing. Over the course of his life, Fr. Neuhaus was an active player in American politics, but he always tried to keep it in its proper place: In this understanding, it is

Northrop Frye's Phase Space

Northrop Frye's Phase Space

I got my start on Northrop Frye through John J. Reilly's review of his most famous work, Anatomy of Criticism. Since then, I have come to appreciate Frye more and more as I develop my book criticism. I am most interested in genre fiction, especially adventure fiction written

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation is a book that I haven't read until now. Given what I do at With Both Hands, it is good that I have read it, as I can now see that many other books I've read were responses to Foundation in the Great Conversation. If

Fall in Rome

Fall in Rome

WBH Weekly Digest 2023-04-21

WBH Weekly Digest 2023-04-21

Synoptic history of Europe, The Night Land, how epic fantasy has failed readers, the most horrifying anti-war satire I've read, and a cover reveal for Spengler's Future

Generation Y: The New Lost Generation

After last Monday’s re-visiting of the generational conflict in Great Teacher Onizuka, I wanted to turn to an illuminating collection of essays and short stories, Generation Y: The New Lost Generation 1979-1989 by JD Cowan, Brian Niemeier, and David V. Stewart. You can grab a free copy through JD’