![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (They're both Oxford Spelling, which purports to concern itself with etymology but is inconsistent in its application.) Interestingly enough, the publisher's note in question uses the etymologically more-correct American spelling for "Americanize" (whereas the British would spell it "Americanise"), but then uses the etymologically less-correct British spelling for "humour". Americanization: A publisher's note in the American version notes that attempts to Americanize the book would be both futile and misguided, and Truss makes note of the differences between American and British names for certain punctuation marks on occasion.Has been compared to "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," though this book isn't about dead folks. They take grammar, punctuation and spelling very seriously on this paper. The author remains a senior journalist for the Times, the British Newspaper with the strictest and most prescriptive attitude to English grammar. It is meant to be humorous, but informative. The title comes from a joke about a panda who walks into a café, orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air, producing a poorly punctuated wildlife manual as explanation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (was the colon the right mark to use for a book title with a subheading?) by Lynne Truss is a book about punctuation and how often it is misused, with plenty of humor within its explanations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Part anthology and part novel, CITY BEYOND TIME is fascinating, melancholy, frightening, and a true masterpiece of story-telling. In making use of a centuries-spanning perspective similar to his highly-regarded AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND, Wright expertly weaves a larger tale out of a series of smaller ones. Wright's mind-bending and astonishingly brilliant take on time travel. For the arrogant Masters, who steal famous men and women out of the past and bring them to the eternal city for their amusement, are not only beyond time, but beyond remorse and retribution too.ĬITY BEYOND TIME: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis is John C. Ruled by the Masters of Time, who can travel freely throughout the multitudinous time lines of Man's history, the city is a shining society of heroes and horrors. Metachronopolis is the golden city beyond time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London's Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. ![]() Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his "art" to limits even Compton hadn't previously imagined. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his "art" to new heights. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a "guidebook to hell." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s got the same long, lanky frame, mop of curls, and moody, artsy vibe. Most of My Brilliant Friend takes place when the characters are in their teens and early 20s, and Nino is played by Francesco Serpico, a 24-year-old actor most succinctly described as the Italian Timothée Chalamet. ![]() Nino’s also a few years older, his father is a writer, and he’s looped into the communist political scene, so he’s not only a crush, but an intellectual role model. It seems logical for them to be together-in elementary school, they’re both top of their class, and as they grow up, they’re among the only local kids who go on to high school and college. When the two are only children, he recognizes her intelligence and tells her he wants to marry her one day. Nino Sarratore makes his first appearance early in both the book and TV series as a love interest for the shy, bookish Elena “Lenù” Greco. ![]() ![]() If Peter Pan and Wendy follows the pattern of the other recent Disney remakes it will be a more or less faithful reproduction of the old movie with just a few additions to bring it up to a two-hour running time.īut all the best remakes should bring something truly new to the table. Now Disney is getting ready to release a live-action remake of their classic animated movie from 1953. It’s a story that has been done many times. Peter Pan hears Wendy’s stories about his adventures and is so enamored with himself in the tales that he brings her to Neverland to be a mother to him and the other lost boys. We all know the classic tale of Peter Pan and Wendy. Instead, what if Captain Hook took Wendy? ![]() ![]() In Straight On Till Morning, Liz Braswell uses these words to imagine a world where Peter Pan never took Wendy to Neverland. “What if?” changes everything that went before and allows something completely new to happen. ![]() What if? They’re only two little words but they are some of the most powerful in the English language. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He also makes remarkable use of the hyphen, utilizing it to create words that aren’t really words, then repeating them to validate their authority within the poem (a few examples include blood-music, sky-top, sword-smile and fern-edge). ![]() There is no definite or direct rhyme scheme, but Ciardi sets up a type of structure by allowing only 10 to 12 syllables per line for this reason the poem is riddled with enjambments to give the appearance of symmetry. Based on the title, one might assume that Ciardi refers to the Garden of Eden in fact, the poem examines the flawed relationships that Adam and Eve (who go unnamed until the third section) have with God, with the Garden, and with one another.Įach of the three sections of "In the Garden of the Hurricane’s Eye" is made up of five stanzas and concludes with a single, final line. ![]() Because of Ciardi’s experience with etymology, there is a tremendous depth to his word choice despite its outward simplicity. This poem is found in the first section, the poems of which explore an immense array of structures, lengths and tones. It consists of three parts the book itself is also broken into three parts. “In the Garden of the Hurricane’s Eye” is the longest poem in John Ciardi’s In the Stoneworks (1961), his eighth published book of poetry. ![]() ![]() Prophetic and believable, "The White Plague" reflects in a contemporary setting all the brilliance and originality that have made his "Dune" novels classics in the science-fiction world.' ***A near fine copy of the first UK edition, much harder to find than the equivalent first American edition. For behind the compelling excitement of the events themselves lie dire warnings about the state of our society and the power inherent in today's scientific advances. Frank Herbert has never written more profoundly or forcefully. "A scream erupted from him - agonized, echoing down the street", and in that moment a weapon of revenge was forged that would almost destroy the world. ![]() ***'On a sunny afternoon in Dublin an American biologist witnesses the destruction of his wife and children as they are blown apart by an IRA bomb. The dustwrapper is complete with no creases or tears. ***In a near fine dustwrapper that is unpriced indicating an export issue. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions - just a discreet blind stamp on the bottom of the front free endpaper 'from the Woodthorpe collection'. ![]() ![]() No bumps or creases, just a light vertical reading crease to the spine. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The book was first published in the USA by Putnam's in 1982. First UK edition, published by Victor Gollancz in 1983. ![]() ![]() ![]() Taken from home at a young age and raised to serve the emperor, Kyrin Altair lives every day under a dangerous pretense of loyalty. With them come the haunting memories of the bloodstained past he longs to forget, but can never escape. “Don’t you know? Animals like you have no soul.”Ĭould God ever love a half-blood all of society looks upon with such fear and disdain? Jace once believed so, but when a tragic loss shatters the only peace he’s ever known, his faith crumbles as the nagging doubts he’s tried to put behind him descend on his grieving heart. Today I have the pleasure of reviewing Resistance, by Jaye L. Since most of you probably didn’t, well, don’t bother, because undoubtedly you read the title first. To those that said that, please look up at the title. Those of you who didn’t see the title will look at each other, cock you heads to the side and say, “What is she doing writing aīlog post on a Thursday? I’ve never seen a blog post on Thursday here!” ![]() Book Review: Resistance by Jaye L. Knight ![]() ![]() “It might be hard to believe that mermaids and dragons really existed, but we know that dinosaurs did―we can see their footprints and skeletons but we can’t photograph them or see them, except in our imagination. About the Book Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and. “The thing I love about dinosaurs is that they are on that balance point between fantasy and reality,” says Gurney. Inspired by archaeology, lost civilizations, and the art of illustration, Gurney’s Dinotopia, an extraordinary place where humans and dinosaurs live in harmony, fuses fantasy with realism and scientific accuracy. ![]() James Gurney's paintings, drawings, and incredible hand-made models from his Dinotopiaīooks series are on exhibit this month at the New Hampshire Institute of Art.įrom the soothing, restorative environment of Waterfall City to the hidden wonders of Chandara, acclaimed author and illustrator James Gurney’s magical Dinotopian world comes to life in this enchanting exhibition that features 22 original paintings from the best-selling illustrated books Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time (1992), Dinotopia: The World Beneath (1995), and Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (2007), and presents fascinating examples of the illustrator’s creative process, including reference materials, and a handmade scale-model. ![]() ![]() ![]() But what will it be like when he turns 40 in heaven? Will I picture him as older? Or will I still picture him at age 20 when he left us? Maybe I would try “aging booth” or some other app to see what he would look like? I don’t think I want to do that yet. It’s conceivable he wouldn’t have aged a ton from 20 to 28. In my mind, Charles looks like he did at age 20. But there is a group of them in my mind who are still there frozen in place. I do see his friends, I get that they’ve graduated from college, some have married and his best friend had a baby (named Aubrey, after Charles, I might add). How did she get to be the teacher? Wasn’t she too young? I couldn’t speak for a few seconds.Īll those who went to school with him are kind of frozen in my mind, too. The teacher said she had been a friend of Charles’s which shocked me. ![]() Late last year, I spoke to a class of high school students locally. My son Charles who died by suicide in 2015 would be 28 today. ![]() |