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Tag Archives: IT
The Mythogenic Principle, Or Why Reading Zombie Lit at the Beach is a Very Bad Idea
It’s one of the reasons watching horror films is so fun, isn’t it? Though the possibility that a serial killer who has spent too much time collecting comic books or reading 19th century engineering reports is hiding behind your couch … Continue reading
Stephen King and the Genre of Genius
This year for my Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read (SHANWAR), I chose Stephen King’s The Stand (1978) I have never read it before and I don’t think I have ever had a conversation with someone about it. Still, … Continue reading
The SHANWAR List: The Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read
Winters can be long in these Northern climes. Yesterday I walked to work with white fluffy snowflakes dusting my hair. As gardening friends in Europe and the United States have begun sinking their fingers in dirt, I felt the urge … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, IT, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Ryan, Prince Edward Island, Reading, SHANWAR, Stephen King, The Stand, Tom Clancy, winter
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On Reading The Faerie Queene for the First Time
The Faerie Queene fits in the category of important books so big that they often stay in our “to read” pile for years on end. I still haven’t read Ulysses by Joyce, which is only as long as a Stephen … Continue reading
