Leigh Turner's Blog, page 5
April 12, 2024
The Three-Body Problem
"The Three-Body Problem" is out on Netflix. Some Chinese critics are reportedly angered by the Netflix series, including its depiction of China. I can see why.
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March 30, 2024
Wodehouse on authors
What are the views of PG Wodehouse on authors? "The Clicking of Cuthbert" reveals how he hated wannabe authors forcing themselves on him.
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March 8, 2024
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: 3 ways it threatens your security
‘If Russia is allowed to break the taboo, which has really been maintained since 1945 in Europe, that you cannot invade your neighbour and steal their land, in the imperialist, colonialist way that Russia is doing now… then the whole world faces a Pandora’s box of conflicts.’ Russia’s attack on Ukraine – 2 years on […]
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February 23, 2024
Book cover design: Lessons in Diplomacy
Authors, famously, often cannot influence the book cover design of their works. I've been lucky with mine.
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February 16, 2024
Travis McGee, loner prototype
Travis McGee, the creation of US author John D MacDonald, is a superb prototype of a loner hero. Lee Child cites him as an inspiration for his solo tough guy, Jack Reacher.
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February 3, 2024
Choosing a safari
Choosing a safari is something most of us are only ever likely to do once in a lifetime, if that. A few tips.
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January 27, 2024
Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
You have to worship an author who wrote: 'It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.'
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January 12, 2024
Prigozhin: “Burnt by the Sun”
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian mercenary leader, might have done well to watch, and learn from, the 1994 Russian film "Burnt by the Sun".
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December 29, 2023
The Tunnel Under the World
The Tunnel Under the World begins with the words: “On the morning of June 15th, Guy Burckhardt woke up screaming out of a dream.”
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November 29, 2023
Christmas books: 5 options
Christmas books: I feel kind of embarrassed pointing you towards these 5 options. If you’ve already read all my books, skip to the bottom of this post! Christmas is coming – accompanied by fear As Christmas approaches, I feel a shiver of apprehension run down my spine. What am I going to give everyone? When, […]
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