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Epic, Fiction, Poetry, Surrealism  0 Comments

November 11, 2022October 12, 2021

Gunslinger – Edward Dorn

People always talk about the great American Novel. But what about the Great American Epic Poem?

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Fiction, Novel, Reviews that are really about something else, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

October 28, 2022October 12, 2021

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe – Charles Yu

What even is sci-fi?

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Classics, Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

October 14, 2022September 25, 2021

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 – James Fenimore Cooper

Said to be the first great American novel, one find themselves asking why.

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Classics, Fiction, Novel  2 Comments

September 30, 2022August 27, 2021

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

There are some things I don’t want to discuss with my students. Here’s one.

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Fiction, Novel, Schlock, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

September 16, 2022August 29, 2021

The Infinite and the Divine – Robert Rath

This Warhammer book handles a a common sci-fi trope really poorly. But who cares?

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Classics, English, Fiction, Novel, War  0 Comments

September 2, 2022August 27, 2021

A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway still feels like a burden, but I didn’t this one so much.

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Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

August 19, 2022August 24, 2021

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse – K. Eason

A futuristic fairy tale.

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Comedy, English, Fiction, Humour, Novel  2 Comments

August 5, 2022August 22, 2021

Right ho, Jeeves – P. G. Wodehouse

Jumping into a novel in the middle of a series is never a great idea.

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Crime, Fiction, Novel, Thrillers, Whodunit  0 Comments

July 22, 2022August 20, 2021

Km. 123 – Andrea Camilleri

For all of Andrea Camilleri’s laurels, this was just plain bad.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  8 Comments

June 24, 2022July 28, 2021

Ringworld – Larry Niven

If ever you want to see the power of Worldbuilding, this is the book that will show it to you.

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