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Friday, 23 September 2011

Semiotics has no 'off' switch:

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I don't know how many of you are familiar with the original 'Thomas the Tank Engine' books, but I will assume that the number i...
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Monday, 19 September 2011

'Little, Big' - John Crowley: Dangers of forgetting, pleasures of remembrance:

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Sometimes, we forget things. Most of the time, the things that we forget are small enough; I forget to put my mobile in my pocket, or to at...
Wednesday, 27 July 2011

What I've been reading: Preacher: Gone to Texas - Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon

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Dragon Rating: Couple of houses alight, over here...   Yes, okay. Watch me sacrifice the last of my tenuous geek credentials as I admit th...
Friday, 22 July 2011

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No book reviews or mini-essays for the moment. Ill and labouring under a misguided and jaded attitude which makes me see the flaws in everyt...
Saturday, 16 July 2011

What I've been reading: Iron Man: War of the Iron Men - Fred van Lente & Steve Kurth

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Dragon Rating: Steady Hearth Fire I'm not actually going to review this much beyond the fact that I read it and I enjoyed it. Before i...
Thursday, 14 July 2011

What I've been reading: Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen

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Okay, the main idea of this blog was to be book reviews. Thus far I've done two quasi literary political rants and nothing else . For th...
Tuesday, 31 May 2011

'Mobilis in Mobili': A Historical Perspective on Submarines, Swashbuckling and Rodents

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Hello, my name is Alys and I like 19 th Century trash fiction. There, it's out in the open. My shameful little secret. They say a...