The problem with Ruined Earth Novels
In the New York Times Book Review’s holiday edition I review Robert Harris’s latest novel. It fails—as most ruined-earth novels do. Why? Entropy is a thing, baby.
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Arthur, Hild, and the challenge of the historical novel sequence
Wikimedia Commons Yesterday I started rereading Gillian Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy. I’ve always loved Hawk of May. And I like Kingdom of Summer…
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Perhaps I’ll just let this one go by without comment. Oh, oh, but wait. Here’s another, only this time me and the…
Read moreBlue Cheer–first speed metal hair band?
Another hot day coming up. I’m not going to tax your poor tired brains with anything difficult. Instead, we’re going to go…
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Oooh. Cool. (Via Per Omnia Saecula.) Swords! Ponies! Magic! I am such a sucker for these things…
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