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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Newer posts →. Haruki Murakami, After Dark. March 24, 2014. Six or seven years ago a good friend, also a reader, gave me two Murakami. Books for my birthday:. I thanked God it was. The Sirens of Titan. Which I’d already read on my own by that time. I actually did skim it for class which was for me a pretty good showing. But here we have bits like the following. The full text is from the book, and the strikethrough is mine. A writer should approach...
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Jack Vance, the Dying Earth | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows. Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities →. Jack Vance, the Dying Earth. September 5, 2013. These words refer to Jack Vance’s original, 1964 anthology, consisting of six stories, and currently out of print. What remains in print is a larger anthology. I’d long known Vance’s name because of his influence on the magic system in Dungeons and Dragons. Reading Vance, though–and this leads right to characterization...
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J.R.R. Tolkein, The Return of the King | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Sheng Yen, Shattering the Great Doubt. Jack Vance, The Demon Princes, v. 1 →. JRR Tolkein, The Return of the King. August 13, 2014. I just finished Tolkein, for crying out loud. Enjoyed it, no doubt, but I got to a point after reading the first. That I ran out of steam for a while. Returning to Moorcock’s famous “ Epic Pooh. 8221; essay, this description of Tolkein’s prose bears quoting:. The Return of the King. All these, but I read the book, whi...
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J.R.R. Tolkein, The Two Towers | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Tom Piazza, Devil Sent the Rain. Haruki Murakami, After Dark →. JRR Tolkein, The Two Towers. February 25, 2014. As I write this I’m already a bit into. The Return of the King. Despite what seems to be its reputation as the relatively boring middle bit, I thoroughly enjoyed. These books pass the most important test I give to books at this point in my life: I enjoy reading them. Specifically, and also like the various Scandinavian sagas. The big pro...
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Jack Vance, The Demon Princes, v. 1 | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. JRR Tolkein, The Return of the King. Michael Moorcock, The Land Leviathan →. Jack Vance, The Demon Princes, v. 1. October 14, 2014. One of the things I’d bought, though, was an anthology of Jack Vance. 8216;s short stories,. The Jack Vance Treasury. I had originally approached Vance’s work. Because of his influence on Dungeons and Dragons. 8221; series is basically fantasy, with sci-fi elements, for example. Briefly put, these three books,. 8216;s...
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Michael Moorcock, The Jewel in the Skull | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Cheikh Anta Diop, The African Origin of Civilization. Victor Pelevin, Buddha’s Little Finger →. Michael Moorcock, The Jewel in the Skull. January 22, 2011. A smart cookie with good politics. I finished the Fritz Leiber book. But still had not had my fill of fantasy. Escapism, so, walking the stacks of the sci-fi section of the library (where fantasy books are kept, not without practical reason) I came to Michael Moorcock. So-called, as a rebuttal.
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Frank Herbert, Dune | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Ben Okri, Songs of Enchantment. Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah →. Frank Herbert, Dune. October 16, 2011. For a few years, now, I’ve been wanting to reread Frank Herbert’s. 8216;s preferred term, “ speculative fiction. 8220;–that people said rivaled. The Lord of the Rings. 8216; detail without, I hoped the Tory. I expected on the one hand to enjoy the book immensely, and I did. As a yarn, it’s top-notch, though I felt like the last quarter o...Youtube...
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Michael Moorcock, The Land Leviathan | One Book After Another.
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Jack Vance, The Demon Princes, v. 1. Michael Moorcock, The Land Leviathan. October 25, 2014. Of course I’ve read a moderate amount of Michael Moorcock. But I haven’t for some time and, as I finished the Jack Vance book. And went to the library for the next volume I looked for a change of pace to take along with the Vance. Moorcock had been on my mind for a while now, because he, as much as anyone I can think of–save Octavia Butler. I write this, b...
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One Book After Another. So I don't forget what I've read. Michael Moorcock, The Land Leviathan. October 25, 2014. Of course I’ve read a moderate amount of Michael Moorcock. But I haven’t for some time and, as I finished the Jack Vance book. And went to the library for the next volume I looked for a change of pace to take along with the Vance. Moorcock had been on my mind for a while now, because he, as much as anyone I can think of–save Octavia Butler. It does have political content. I write this, but I ...
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