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Month: September 2012

September 30, 2012

On this Section

I have found, unfortunately, that my activity on this special side of my blogs has been well less than what I expected. Thereby, I…

September 26, 2012

‘The Sword of Shannara’, T. Brooks

“We build too many walls to be completely honest with ourselves.” I was quite honestly disappointed by this book because I thought it might…

September 25, 2012

‘The Heart of Matter’, E. Currie

“She thought it was the east, actually, but now she thought of it, she wasn’t sure that the sun rose in the east here….

September 24, 2012

Histories of the World

Recently, there has been quite a bit of general conversation about on history, and especially on histories of the world. I, speaking on the…

September 22, 2012

‘Into the Black’, E. Currie

“It’s what we do.” When speaking of science fiction, the usual names that come to my mind would be Clarke and Asimov. With some…

September 20, 2012

‘How to Run the World’, P. Khanna

“The post-Cold War era will be remembered for the rapid emergence of a postmodern Middle Ages — a world without any single power in…

September 20, 2012

Moons and Ships

Of all that there is out there, I guess that the sea brings to my mind the most trivial (and yet the most important)…

September 19, 2012

‘Map of a Nation’, R. Hewitt

“Many Hanoverian officers and soldiers turned to drink while working in north and west Scotland, and the Chief Engineer there was forced to apologise…

September 17, 2012

‘When You Went Away’, M. Baron

“Though we weren’t particularly close, I found I could write him at length and that he was a good virtual listener with some insightful…

September 17, 2012

‘Exile’, J. Ejersbo

‘Exile’. The title sounded promising. The Africa trilogy. The series sounded promising. Jakob Ejersbo. No prejudice either way towards Danish writers. That was before….

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