Nick Krauser's Blog, page 23

#38 – 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne BOOK REVIEW

Here’s a rule of thumb I use in deciding if a book is any good: do I keep putting it down and reading other books instead? I bought Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (TTLUTS) in Serbia in November last …

Continue reading

Part 5 of the Daygame Infinite talk

Here’s some daygame content for a change, the next part of my Infinite talk. In other news I booked up my first two months of travel for the 2018 season. I’m going to prioritise girlfriends, socialising with buddies, and drinking …

Continue reading

#37 – Durkheim, Frank Parkin BOOK REVIEW

I’m a fan of high quality scholarship and it thrills me to my panties to find an unexpected gem. Frank Parkin’s overview of sociology’s founding father Emile Durkheim is such a book. It’s not going to blow your socks off, …

Continue reading

#36 – The Divine Campaigns, Time Life BOOK REVIEW

Finally, this twenty-volume history of the world is getting to a topic I can enthusiastically get behind, the Crusades. Get stuck in there, my son! As has happened many times over during my little 2018 “learn history” study exercise, I’ve …

Continue reading

#35 – The Prisoner In The Mask, Dennis Wheatley BOOK REVIEW

I’m very much into reading nowadays [1] and, lately, have put more thought into learning the craft of writing than I have into that of chasing skirt. I guess writing is a skill suited to my advanced station in life …

Continue reading

#34 – Far Eastern Adventure Stories, April 1931 BOOK REVIEW

  There are several reasons why I enjoy reading historical rather than modern fiction. Much of it is down to the depressing nihilism and Marxism of modern popular fiction. There are still many great books written, but they are niche. …

Continue reading

#33 – Quarry’s Climax, Max Allan Collins BOOK REVIEW

I wonder why hit men are so compelling as fictional characters. What little I’ve seen of real life assassins suggests they are weaselly ragamuffins and about the least cool section of society. Fredrick Forsyth’s Day Of The Jackal introduced the …

Continue reading

#32 – Sir Nigel, Arthur Conan Doyle BOOK REVIEW

Chances are if you’re familiar with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle it’s because of his Sherlock Holmes stories. They are possibly my favourite short story collection of all time [1]. I was quite surprised to learn that Conan Doyle grew to …

Continue reading

Part 4 of the Infinite talk

I was commenting to a fellow traveller today about these book reviews I’ve been doing. Some yahoos have been fouling the comment section with words to the effect of “why all this book nonsense, you should talk about birds?” I’ve …

Continue reading

#31 – The March Of Islam, Time Life BOOK REVIEW

I’ve occasionally given readers a hint towards what I think of Islam, and particularly the third great wave of Islamic conquest that attacks Europe now, mostly via immigration. I haven’t read the Koran, don’t ever intend to enter a mosque …

Continue reading