When I picked up A Scientific Romance by Ronald Wright, I thought I was going to read a steampunk novel. However, what I got included a lot more. In many ways it was like The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (which I wrote about here) meets V for Vendetta (plus more).
There [...]
There is a long list of things that tick me off, but banning books is way up there towards the top.
The Fahrenheit 451: Banned Books blog has created a Banned Book Challenge that seems worthwhile. Essentially, commit to reading as many (of the books that have been banned) as you are able to between now and June [...]
The first one I bought about twelve years ago at the Kramer Books and Afterwards Cafe in Washington, DC (the store had its 15 minutes of fame about three years later).
Anyway, A History of Knowledge by Charles Van Doren is an exceptional overview of world history through the lens of all that humankind has created, [...]
The three books listed below are required reading for parents and I say “expecting” parents in the title, because I think that all three should be read at least once before a first born enters the world.
Then, after the baby is born, each will be consulted many times during the course of the [...]
