Writer and software engineer in the US Midwest. I enjoy poetry, horror, some f/sf, some mystery, some literary fiction (but not the kind where the main character is a professor and nothing happens).
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Alone Annabel Lee City in the Sea Conquerer Worm Eldorado Haunted Palace Lines on Ale Raven Sleeper
You have to have a taste for literature that actively resists making sense, but if you do, this is rewarding.
A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull …
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American …
Beautiful music telling us terrible things, to paraphrase Tom Waits. Heartbreaking and lovely. (And if, like me, you get stopped short by the guillotine being used in the 1950s — the last execution by guillotine in France was in 1977.)
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This …
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, [Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut]) is a …
How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, Culture forbids.’ Biology is willing to tolerate a very wide spectrum of possibilities. It’s culture that obliges people to realise some possibilities while forbidding others. Biology enables women to have children — some cultures oblige women to realise this possibility. Biology enables men to enjoy sex with one another — some cultures forbid them to realise this possibility.
— Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (Page 146 - 147)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, [Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut]) is a …
When I read a nonfiction book that has points to make, I often find myself in a debate with the author. I bring up counter-examples. I construct parallel tracks of thought, with facts they omit, that lead to contrary conclusions. I point out where their reasoning by analogy breaks down, and I call the word “obviously” a euphemism for “because I say so.” I do this whether I disagree with the author or not. “Sapiens” is a good book to argue with.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, [Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut]) is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, …
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This …
Here there be gods and monsters - forged from flesh and stone and vengeance - …
A blend of science fiction, folk horror, and cosmic horror, this collection of stories is hard to classify but well worth reading. The story notes at the end are an entertaining touch. (Tip: read the story before the note. Spoilers.) My favorite pieces here are “Four Hours of a Revolution” and “Quietus,” but there’s not a clunker in the book.
Here there be gods and monsters - forged from flesh and stone and vengeance - emerging from the icy abyss …
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from …
An interesting book in itself, and a good resource to plan your future reading. My TBR list has grown by a few dozen titles. I’m happy that this book starts with Margaret Cavendish, and that it includes Nobel laureate Toni Morrison as a horror writer.
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of …
Here there be gods and monsters - forged from flesh and stone and vengeance - emerging from the icy abyss …
