I vaguely recall reading Brave New World in my late teens or early twenties. I was a bit disappointed by it at the time and I suspect…
Many years ago in the midst of the results of some very poor choices, a friend exposed me to the *Tao Te Ching*. I read…
I came across this in the first paragraph of an old post and cringed. First, «complete and utter» seems redundant. Perhaps it isn’t always; the two…
The first book of Yukio Mishima’s epic *Sea of Fertility* tetralogy is a gorgeous, lush exploration of the complexity of a darkly conflicted character.
No review as yet; I have not finished reading this book.
Another one found in Jaron Lanier’s [*You Are Not A Gadget*]([canonical-url:2013/05/26/finding-internets-inner-human]). Lanier is earning points with me for teaching me words. This one in particular…
Found in Jaron Lanier’s [*You Are Not A Gadget*]([canonical-url:2013/05/26/finding-internets-inner-human]). I haven’t read enough of the book to tell much about it, but it should be…
I stumbled across [a passage from *Moby-Dick*]([canonical-url:node/1564]) which tickled my fancy today. In there was a word I can generally discern from context, but of…