I put Anthropica on my Amazon List a bit ago, due to my previous interest in the Dead Rabbits/Animal Riot podcast and publishing house. I received it for Christmas this past year. David Hollander is a skilled writer, and he has a literary style which paradoxically produces long, Faulknerian sentences, yet the chapters seem short.… Read More I am Not Enjoying Anthropica
Behold, snippets. While it isn’t all the way factual, it does provide you with enough historical detail to satisfy pretty much all interested parties. There is plenty of name dropping to keep it interesting A look at the life of Caligula, maybe… -mint tea The meditations of Cauis Caligula is a short book written in… Read More Caligula Gets Reviews
It’s the ending, really. I did not see that ending coming. I should have: it’s on theme. This wasn’t going to be an upbeat ending. That’s not what DT does. Still, though. It was a bit like a mallet to the face. I cannot recommend this book to anyone who has a sunny, cheerful worldview.… Read More Finally, Some Good News: A Brutal Destruction of the Modern Age by Delicious Tacos
Stacey McCain is nothing if not fair-minded. He will lambaste someone six ways to Sunday, but then he will offer, dispassionately, praise. And not even backhanded praise. Damn his atheist soul, but Barrett Brown is an excellent writer. This links to Brown’s recent prison-penned review of Jonathan Franzen’s Purity, posted on The Intercept_ (the underline… Read More Caring About Jonathan Franzen
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