I naturally appreciate any book that quotes me. Karnicky's work looks at Olivia Jaimes' Nancy through a media studies lens, and picks it at the peak of its innovation. It's a short read but will worth it
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Brett finished reading Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber: Our Lady of Darkness (EBook, Gollancz)
Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
Our Lady of Darkness introduces San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen. While studying his beloved city through binoculars from his …
Brett started reading Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber: Our Lady of Darkness (EBook, Gollancz)
Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
Our Lady of Darkness introduces San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen. While studying his beloved city through binoculars from his …
Brett reviewed New Nancy by Jeff Karnicky
OJ's Nancy
5 stars
I naturally appreciate any book that quotes me. Karnicky's work looks at Olivia Jaimes' Nancy through a media studies lens, and picks it at the peak of its innovation. It's a short read but will worth it
Brett finished reading New Nancy by Jeff Karnicky
Brett reviewed Street Rebellion by Benjamin S. Case
In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a …
Rioting for fun and profit
3 stars
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict: riots are bad.
Street Rebellion: they're cool and good actually.
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict: riots are bad.
Street Rebellion: they're cool and good actually.
Brett started reading New Nancy by Jeff Karnicky
Brett finished reading Street Rebellion by Benjamin S. Case
In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a …
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict: riots are bad.
This book: riots are cool and good and achieve outcomes, actually.
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict: riots are bad.
This book: riots are cool and good and achieve outcomes, actually.
Brett commented on Street Rebellion by Benjamin S. Case
In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a …
Social power, in theory
Brett reviewed The Lost Legend of Arthur by Steve Blake
Arthur of the Britons ^h Wales
4 stars
This book puts forward a fairly convincing case that Arthur was actually a Welsh warlord. I'm not in a position to judge the merits of the argument, but I will always be lost in the romance of being able to read the words of a man from a thousand years ago, and walk the land they may have walked.
This book puts forward a fairly convincing case that Arthur was actually a Welsh warlord. I'm not in a position to judge the merits of the argument, but I will always be lost in the romance of being able to read the words of a man from a thousand years ago, and walk the land they may have walked.
Brett finished reading The Lost Legend of Arthur by Steve Blake
Brett commented on The Lost Legend of Arthur by Steve Blake
The genealogy was interesting but a little dry, and I kept doing to look up the Welsh names. I have hopes for the next chapter on geography.
Brett finished reading The Nargun and the stars. by Patricia Wrightson
The Nargun and the stars. by Patricia Wrightson
An ancient stone creature threatens the lives of a family on a lonely sheep farm in Australia.
Brett reviewed The Nargun and the stars. by Patricia Wrightson
An ancient stone creature threatens the lives of a family on a lonely sheep farm …
Australian mythology meets Western colonialism
4 stars
This is a children's book, and should be judged by those standards.
I very much appreciated how this captured the interface between Australian mythology and western culture as a farming family deal fairly sensitively with something outside their ken, although there seemed to be a large gap where the First Nation people should be (perhaps excusable given the 1974 publication date, but perhaps not).
I'm a little surprised it didn't make it in as an Australian classic.
Also taking a month to read 140 pages of easy text is not a good look. Do better, Brett.
This is a children's book, and should be judged by those standards.
I very much appreciated how this captured the interface between Australian mythology and western culture as a farming family deal fairly sensitively with something outside their ken, although there seemed to be a large gap where the First Nation people should be (perhaps excusable given the 1974 publication date, but perhaps not).
I'm a little surprised it didn't make it in as an Australian classic.
Also taking a month to read 140 pages of easy text is not a good look. Do better, Brett.
Brett started reading The Lost Legend of Arthur by Steve Blake
The first chapter sets Arthur in his historical context, tracing the development of the famous elements of his story.