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Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color Of Sound
Part one of a series inspired by my reading Eric Tamm’s Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color Of Sound. I was rather dubious about this book. It’s a Ph.D. thesis by a music student, and the title seemed … Continue reading
Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008
I was very sad to read that Thomas M. Disch apparently committed suicide last week. The obituary says he’d just had a sequence of awful disasters, health problems, and so on. It’s really sad. I was introduced to his work … Continue reading
2007 Book Poll
OK, it’s time for the annual book poll. I only read 79 books this year, compared to last year’s 86, but I ascribe that to some long books and a lot of traveling in August when I read only three … Continue reading
The End Of America
Naomi Wolf has written a powerful political pamphlet that’s got me thinking: The End Of America: Letters Of Warning To a Young Patriot. Subtitled “A Citizen’s Call To Action,” the book makes a simple point without sliding into hysteria: The … Continue reading
Protected: I Am Legend
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Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle is dead. I think it was through the Scholastic Book Service (whose deliveries were one of the very few bright spots in the hellish years of third, fourth and fifth grades) that I first got a copy of … Continue reading
Protected: Three Novels
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Protected: Three Books
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Protected: Book roundup
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Protected: The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (Audio)
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