rationality out of thin air (and elsewhere)
I COME FROM A FAMILY OF READERS and rarely leave the house without a paperback stuck in a pocket. In this category I address/review/criticize books and the people who write them.
While my favorite genre is science-fiction—especially the so-called speculative-fiction of the ’60s and ’70s—my favorite author is James Clavell, whose Asian Saga novels I read every few years.
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THE POPULATION OF THE U.S. is approximately 330,000,000. Of course, Amazon reaches around the planet, so the potential market for just about anything you might want to sell is in the billions! If you’re into books and think you might want to dabble a little in buying and selling them to pick up a few bucks, my advice consists of two words: “Think again.” [Read more] “is there money to be made selling books on the internet?”
BERNI JUST BROUGHT ME a sheet of paper titled “Ten Rules for Being Human.” Unfortunately, it had been photocopied so many times that the letters were all a blur, so I couldn’t read it without squinting like Mr. Magoo. (I’d ask, “Who passes crappily-rendered stuff like this around?” [Read more] “a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories”
ONCE UPON A TIME, we made things with care, with craftsmanship, even a touch of art. The number of items so made that were used in everyday life would be a long list indeed, but here I am only going to address the front covers of old books. Really old books. [Read more] “covers of 19 various unrelated books from the 19th century”
TWENTY ODD YEARS AGO, I was turned on to Glimpses, a novel by Lewis Shiner. I’d never heard of the author but as I don’t keep up with much of anything anymore (it’s the old age thing), that wasn’t surprising. Because of the source of the recommendation, I read the book and thought it might be an Americanized form of “magical realism.” [Read more] “shawna mccarthy created a space of her own”
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