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Book Links 15/08/18

A miscellany of recent book related links: Supernatural Enemies of the Writer http://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/1769... Millennial Reading Habits Have Changed the Definition of a Classic, and Other Lazy Writing https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/0... The Presence http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=14091 Back-to-School Reading for Adults: The Best New Nonfiction https://www.goodreads....

Interesting Things 14/08/18

A miscellany of recent interesting links: Do Britain’s Muslims Have a Right Not to be Offended? https://quillette.com/2018/08/11/do-b... Boris And The Burka – To Be British Is To Take The Piss Out Of Everything http://www.continentaltelegraph.com/c... Rowan Atkinson hits the nail on the head yet again https://www.samizdata.net/2018/08/row......

Recommended Read: The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury

The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury Notes: When I first read this book – sometime in the late 60s/early 70s – as a teenager, the copy I borrowed from our village library was titled The Silver Locusts. I still think of it by that, which I think is a better, title. The Silver Locusts capturess

Interesting Things 11/08/2018

A miscellany of recent interesting links: Boys lead the way https://www.samizdata.net/2018/08/boy... Economic Myths #10 – Taxes Benefit “Us” https://misesuk.org/2018/08/08/econom... A Stoic Response to Beauty https://dailystoic.com/a-stoic-respon... Moral Panic, Then and Now https://quillette.com/2018/08/08/mora... Why the Left Is So Afraid of Jordan Peterson https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-...

Is Perversion An Art Or A Science?

Placing the chocolate éclair precisely on the cusp of the assistant librarian, no matter whether she is perfectly-bound or not, is often – to a large extent a matter of artistic interpretation, rather than an exact science.’ Bertrand Russell – Principia Naughtyathica (Introduction).   Now, I’m sure that the above is something all of yous

Book Review: Children of Time – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time – Adrian Tchaikovsky  Synopsis: A race for survival among the stars… Humanity’s last survivors escaped earth’s ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers? WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate tos

Recommended Read: 1984 – George Orwell

1984 – George Orwell Notes: I regard this as the most important novel of the 20th century. It’s very title has entered the lexicon to stand for the worst of all possible dystopias, so much so that even people who have not read the book – or seen any of the films made about its

The Dating Game

There have, in recent years been many iterations of the dating app on mobile phones for people interested in meeting others for romantic-ish entanglements. However, all dating apps have one fatal flaw. After many years in public use, it has become increasingly clear that the people who use these dating apps are the last peoples

Book Review: The Cartographer’s Apprentice – Jim Webster

The Cartographer’s Apprentice: Leave Them Wanting More – Jim Webster Synopsis: Four short stories from the Land of the Three Seas casting a light on the early career of Benor Dorfinngil. The trials and tribulations of a young cartographer; this book features duels, savage halfmen, gassy beer, blood feuds and most dangerous of all, beautifuls

Prudent Sex Utensil Drawer Management

It is very important always to remember to put your sexual arousal spatulas back into the sex utensil drawer, ready for next time. For there is nothing more frustrating than having, say, a local librarian or cake shop manageress almost at the point of sexual ecstasy having to wait with ever-decreasing ardour while you searchs