I've just started this one by Vladimir Nabokov, and already am blown away just in the first pages. This guy is pure genius, and I wonder how he's not ranked higher than he already is even. I'm laughing almost ever page as I read this, its just so subtly brilliant. I wonder if as many …
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
While I enjoyed the story over all, I found this to be longer than needed, and with too much overblown prose for my taste. The story follows Pip, as he grows up an orphan, taken care of by his sister. We see him change as he comes into his 'great expectations', money and promise of …
The Orville, episode 5, Catcalling in space!
So far this is the first episode of the series that was a bit of a letdown for me. I guess even in the far future of space travel, its just fine and normal to comment on the appearance of every woman you come across, even right when she's about to die. The Orville receives …
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Star Trek: Discovery, episode 5
War war war war, Michael Burnham war. War, war war war, war spore drive war war. War Klingons war tardigrade war war. Captain Lorca punches Klingons, someone dies, I don't care. Cue opening credits. Another 'exciting' episode of Star Trek: Discovery, where nothing is discovered, they don't go anywhere no one has gone before, and …
The Peregrine by J.A. Baker
Turns out the version I purchased of  The Peregrine also contains another writing, 'Hills of Summer', so I was much nearer to the end than I thought in my previous post. I'm now finished, and it ends just as it began, with prose of the highest order. This is the kind of book that can …
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