Literary Reviews – Page 58

November 12, 2013

‘The Deluge’, H. Sienkiewicz

As promised, I wished to write some more about ‘The Deluge’. I am quite a fan of the writings of Henryk Sienkiewicz, and I…

November 11, 2013

While I was planning to write of ‘The Deluge’ today, I think that has to wait for another day. The why is related to…

November 10, 2013

I know that there has been a small gap in my writings here, and they will probably be less frequent than the two months…

June 16, 2013

As I had started it, I had to finish the series. I am not entirely confident I enjoyed the third movie as much as…

June 15, 2013

‘Nova War’ is the second book in Mr Gibson’s Shoal series. The situation has developed from what we saw in ‘Stealing Light’ to a…

June 14, 2013

I recently finished Gary Gibson’s Shoal trilogy (or rather, series, for I hear there’s a fourth book around somewhere), and I enjoyed it very…

June 12, 2013

I have dreamed a dream, but now that dream has gone from me. I guess that after watching the Matrix it was only natural…

June 11, 2013

After my recent reread of the Lord of the Rings, I also decided to watch Peter Jackson’s movies again. I didn’t get very far…

June 10, 2013

I’ve taken great pleasure in reading Mr Barr’s book on the Sykes-Picot Line and how it developed (and on what happened afterwards). While it…

June 9, 2013

Have you ever stood and stared at it, marveled at its beauty, its genius? Billions of people just living out their lives, oblivious. Did…