Category: Industry – Publishing/Writing
301 E1 38 & 52
301 Episode 1 Timestamp 38:52 A well rendered act of the unconditional, “But I Love You” (A contextually and empathic rendering of the feeling; thank you and well done, Madame Actress, Catherine Tate. To the writer’s of the Donna Noble timeline I will but say this, “You have acted in bad faith to the character, […]
How to read Tolkien (Carnegie Mellon lecture)
I’m pretty sure I’ve written about this somewhere in this place; but this fellow breaks it down and lays it out in a beautiful and utterly accessible way. He also does a pretty good job of demonstrating how/why Mr. GRRM of Game of Thrones fame is a pretty far cry from being “An American Tolkien”. […]
Open Reply to Tim Stanley re: New Zealand opening of “The Hobbit”
(ref article: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100192299/send-these-horrid-hobbits-back-to-the-shire/) Given your purported educational background, I must admit that I am perplexed by your apparent inability to understand the recent fervor and enthusiasm that greeted the opening of the latest Tolkien classic rendered to film. I will assume for the moment that the bleach from your carefully frosted tips is the culprit; […]
Review of a review: On Bazer about G+
World Literature Paper: Poetry as Philosophy for the Common Man
Poetic works are an accessible way to express philosophical ideas to humanity; to explore and present both the questions and the conundrums that arrest and aggravate us. In many ways, poetic works may be called philosophy for the common man; even as most of the literary canons of the world contains works by people far […]
In response to Boston Book Review’s tirade against Amazon, thoughts… (updated)
In response to the Boston Book Review’s column, “Books After Amazon” (http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.6/roychoudhuri.php), thoughts collected in a Facebook comment exchange. (The comments of others are removed as I have not their permission to include them.) Updates to this post have continued in pace with the conversation. (1) I think a very salient point is being missed […]