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Friday, May 28, 2010
"Miracles Come By Here Regular": A Visit to Callahan's Bar
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If you've made it past ten or more turns around the sun, you've probably figured out by now that a terrifying majority of your fello...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
When China Ruled the Seas
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Forget Columbus or that Leif fellow. How about an explorer who was a eunuch? A Chinese eunuch commanding a regal fleet to cross the oceans. ...
Monday, May 24, 2010
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Nailer's world is bleak. He lives on the Gulf Coast, working on a light crew that salvages metal from wrecked ships. It's difficult,...
Friday, May 21, 2010
Fever Crumb
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Philip Reeve's Fever Crumb is a book to sink into. For some of you, all I really need to say is "Prequel to the Mortal Engines Qua...
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Don't Be a Schmuck
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Here’s the skinny on all you really need to know: The Goats is a great book. There, now go read it. But maybe you want to know what it’s ab...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Great Works of Lynda Barry
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It's always amazing to think that at one time Matt Groening and Lynda Barry could meet as equals. Just two people with massive talent an...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Men don't read. A self-fulfilling prophecy?
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I planned to review E. O. Wilson's excellent Anthill today, but instead, I want to point out an article Jason Pinter wrote for the Huff...
I, Zombie #1
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It's just a single, introductory-priced issue as a I write this, and not a collected GN yet (larger question: Are there really such thin...
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Stuck on Earth by David Klass
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People often surmise how earthlings would be perceived by an alien race that has little context into our strange world. David Klass experi...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Leaping Iambic Pentameter In a Single Bound
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Any guess where the idea of the heroic adventure story had its foundations laid in recognizable form for the first time? Probably poetry wo...
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