‘Literature’ Archives
My Beef With Twilight
Bloggers elsewhere have already said a great deal about Stephanie Meyers’ Twilight series, and why it is so troublesome. You can find a great analysis from David P. Goldman here, which sums up some of the more destructive elements at work in the series. I'm also concerned about the Twilight series because of what it seems to represent, [...]
Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
As loyal readers remember, I posted in glee over the the release of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a few months back. I confess that I am not immune to the "zombie mania" gripping popular culture as of late; I've always had a thing for classic horror, and I appreciate the recent efforts of Max Brooks (The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z), who [...]
Three Reasons You Should Be Reading John C. Wright
A friend tipped me to John C. Wright's blog, found here. Three reasons to add him to the blogroll and the bookshelf: He writes pretty darned good Sci-Fi/Fantasy. I'd read The Golden Age books before I knew anything of his innate awesomeness. He once declared, "If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics." Having spent the summer around [...]
Finally. Some Jane Austen I Can Get Behind!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! Just the cover makes me want to own it. Jane Austen just isn't guy stuff. A little pinch of "zombie" turns anything into instant awesome, though. (If you care to read the legitimate Pride and Prejudice - though I can't imagine why you would - [...]
Atlas Shrugged
Interesting. Rep. John Campbell of California: “People are starting to feel like we’re living through the scenario that happened in ‘Atlas Shrugged,’” said Campbell. “The achievers, the people who create all the things that benefit rest of us, are going on strike. I’m seeing, at a small level, a kind of protest from the people who [...]
More Thoughts on the Kindle 2
In my last post on Amazon's newest book reading device, Greg and Ellyn raised a good point: using the Kindle eliminates the "feel" of reading a book. The experience just isn't the same, and you're left with something else. Appropriately (and somewhat ironically), Stephen King adds his two cents on this in his short novella UR (only available on [...]
A (Long) Evening with the Kindle 2
It's Christmas in February. Or at least it feels like it. I bought nearly everything G.K. Chesterton ever wrote for $0.80. Amazon's Kindle 2 - originally ordered by my father as a Christmas gift - finally arrived in the mail this week, and I spent all of last night working with the thing. After seeing my Facebook status indicating that I was [...]
