tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post5819219654781320826..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Reaching for a bookMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-23519512952127471572016-12-20T13:26:58.650-06:002016-12-20T13:26:58.650-06:00Alexander Weinstein's Children of the New Worl...Alexander Weinstein's Children of the New World, David Lambuth's The Golden Book on Writing (thanks, Michael), and Rita Felski's Uses of Literature. Weinstein's short stories might be called fantasy or speculative fiction, but they read more like an extended effort to take the implications of our technology to logical extremes. And by logical, I mostly mean apocalyptic. Quite apt as we await our own dystopic future.Stefannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-78130650288202716552016-12-20T08:58:38.002-06:002016-12-20T08:58:38.002-06:00I'm reading Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview ...I'm reading Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. Oh, to have Vonnegut alive today. I would love to know his impressions of the Trump horror show. Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107273328729752475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-75018521794318961692016-12-20T08:02:43.882-06:002016-12-20T08:02:43.882-06:00The Quiverful name, while blblical in origin, is w...The Quiverful name, while blblical in origin, is worthy of Dickens.Slywyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424323662407341123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-47377576287910605982016-12-19T19:47:29.639-06:002016-12-19T19:47:29.639-06:00Barchester Towers. Looks like one of my used books...Barchester Towers. Looks like one of my used bookstore buys.Slywyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424323662407341123noreply@blogger.com