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The Humanities' Value - ChronicleReview.com

When we read a novel, watch a play or a film, listen to a concerto, or read a historical narrative, we are not just attending to the moment but forming expectations about what will come next. Comparing our anticipation with the actual unfurling of the work or the sequence of arguments is part of the distinctive pleasure we take in such activities, and that pleasure keeps us returning for more. Such anticipatory or projective retrospection always involves speculation or guesswork, for every piece is unique. But being able to engage in such anticipation is an essential part of general intelligence, and developing that ability is one of the primary goals of teaching in the humanities.

economics humanities belief fiction narrative
march 2009 by rybesh

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Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms

This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story, whistle up a hearty spoonful and splosh it in front of you to devour to your heart's content.

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february 2009 by rybesh

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Whimsley: Mr. Google's Guidebook

Mr. Google is lying! His Guidebook no longer reflects the paths set out by travellers as they navigate their lives. It is no longer an outside observer of people's wanderings.

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march 2008 by rybesh

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kenji siratori [Kill All Machines]

Googlebombing as literature/art: Kenji Siratori is "a Japanese cyberpunk writer who is currently bombarding the internet with wave upon wave of highly experimental, uncompromising, progressive, intense prose."

books fiction cyberpunk literature scifi art japan
may 2006 by rybesh

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American Bishoujo: Ren'Py - Visual Novel Interpreter

Ren'Py is a programming language and runtime, intended to ease the creation of visual-novel type games.

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april 2006 by rybesh

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Visual Novel Fan Translations

This site tries to provide a complete and convenient overview of links to all unlicensed English visual novel fansubs.

interactive fiction anime fans video games subtitle community
april 2006 by rybesh

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nscripter.insani.org

Support site for the Japanese visual novel scripting engine NScripter and its open-source (GPL) counterpart, ONScripter.

interactive fiction video games authoring tools opensource
april 2006 by rybesh

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Visual novel

A visual novel is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art. As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels or stage plays more than anything else.

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april 2006 by rybesh

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THE.SCENE

Made-for-file-sharers video series.

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november 2005 by rybesh

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T. C. Boyle: Drop City

i could not put this book down...

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august 2005 by rybesh

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Scott Sigler: Earthcore

EarthCore picked up 10,000 listeners as the world's first podcast-only novel, keeping the thousands of fans on the edge of their seat with twenty weekly audiobook installments.

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august 2005 by rybesh

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Nikolai Gogol: The Collected Tales

This collection brings together almost all of Gogol's notable short stories, from his first surviving piece, St. John's Eve, to his last and most acclaimed short piece, The Overcoat.

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august 2005 by rybesh

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Javier Marias: A Heart So White

An ironic tale of love and betrayal in which the sins of a father come back to visit his son.

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august 2005 by rybesh

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J G Ballard: High Rise

Alarming psychological insights, a study of the profoundly disturbing connections between technology and the human condition, and an intriguing plot masterfully executed.

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august 2005 by rybesh

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Samuel R. Delany: Dhalgren

Dhalgren is a brilliant novel about sex, gender, race, class, art, and identity.

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august 2005 by rybesh

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Julio Cortazar: Hopscotch

I suppose it's unreasonable to expect the world's first so-called hypertext novel to have a compelling plot.

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july 2005 by rybesh

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Karel Capek: War With the Newts

Devastating satire of how human societies exploit and assimilate new technologies--in this case, a race of intelligent salamanders. Highly recommended.

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july 2005 by rybesh

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Cormac Mccarthy: No Country for Old Men

In 1980 southwest Texas, Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles across several dead men, a bunch of heroin and $2.4 million in cash.

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july 2005 by rybesh

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Orson Scott Card: Maps in a Mirror

I've just made my way through each of the individual books that make up this outstanding collection, and then decided to go back and buy a copy of Maps in a Mirror - just to simplify my collection...

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july 2005 by rybesh

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Yahoo! Groups : onto_fanfic Messages : Message 274 of 282

Fans discuss the pros and cons of ontologies vs. free tagging for fan fiction.

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july 2005 by rybesh

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William Gibson: All Tomorrow's Parties

"That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace."

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Jonathan Safran Foer: Everything Is Illuminated

The scope, the very attempt of what Foer is trying to do here is more than admirable, it is groundbreaking, and it deserves to be read.

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Salvador Plascencia: The People of Paper

Part memoir, part lies, this is a story about loving a woman made of paper.

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Karel Capek: Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader

"Rossums Universal Robots", which was written in 1920, introduced the word "Robot" (Czech for the forced labour of serfs) into practically all modern languages.

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Jorge Luis Borges: Ficciones

FICCIONES is a slender collection of mercifully short stories by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Lane Smith, George Saunders: The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

"The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip" is truly delightful and funny and for readers of all ages...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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George Saunders: Pastoralia

Forget about Saunders' previous collection (CivilWarLand in Bad Decline)-- "The Wavemaker Faulters" is the only story in that collection that I would consider great...

books 2001 urn:asin:1573228729 wishlist fiction shortstories
june 2005 by rybesh

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William H. Gass, Stanley Elkin: The Franchiser

One might say it's a bit heavyhanded in its symbolism, but that would be to miss the point...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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David Foster Wallace: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Almost like a bad habit, I keep returning to David Foster Wallace's works, searching for anything new he has written...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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David Foster Wallace: Girl With Curious Hair

Okay, so here's the deal w/ DFW: the guy is extremely intelligent...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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William Trevor: William Trevor

It took me a couple of months to make my way through these 85 stories and it was definitely worth the time I spent with them...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Gary Groth, Dave Cooper: Ripple

Reading this graphic novel is like being thrown into the deep end of the pool: you aren't expecting such blunt and graphic realism, but once you get into it, it's hard to take your eyes away...

books 2003 urn:asin:1560975431 wishlist fiction comics
june 2005 by rybesh

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George Herriman, Bill Blackbeard: Krazy & Ignatz 1925-1926

I'm absolutely blown away every time I pick up this book...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Jack Kirby: Jack Kirby's Fourth World

This is the second volume from DC that reprints Kirby's Mister Miracle (in black and white with gray tones)...

books 2001 urn:asin:1563897237 wishlist fiction comics
june 2005 by rybesh

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Jack Kirby: Jack Kirby's Mr. Miracle

There are two volumes of reprints for Kirby's Mister Miracle...

books 1998 urn:asin:1563894572 wishlist fiction sciencefiction comics
june 2005 by rybesh

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George Herriman, Chris Ware, Bill Blackbeard: Krazy & Ignatz 1927-1928

Herriman's color work was indeed wonderful, but as the previous correspondent notes, for two thirds of its run the Sunday KRAZY KAT was in fact black and white, so we've been publishing it in that format...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Theodore Sturgeon: More Than Human

This early-50s SF classic from Theodore Sturgeon somewhat resembles "Childhood's End" by Arthur C...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Jonathan Carroll: Bones of the Moon

A cautionary note here to anyone intending to read this book-one of it's main themes is abortion...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Jonathan Carroll: Sleeping in Flame

After reading this book, I was left with the strongest desire to write the author a love letter...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Michael Moorcock: MOTHER LONDON

As much as I love the concept of Moorcock's Multiverse novels, I have to admit that it takes a lot of searching to find the gems amidst all the rest, since many of them were written when he was a lot younger (and often very quickly) and have a bit of a...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Philip K. Dick: Ubik

UBIK is easily my favorite P...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Thomas M. Disch: 334

Thomas Disch's 334 has got to be the most depressing book I have ever read, an SF novel about people more than ideas or plot...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Ivan Yefremov, Strugatsky Arkady: The Heart of the Serpent
books 2002 urn:asin:1410100413 wishlist fiction sciencefiction
june 2005 by rybesh

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Denis Johnson: Angels

Let me start by saying that Johnson is a phenomonal writer...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Nikolai Gogol, Susanne Fusso, Bernard Guerney: Dead Souls

Translators of Gogol are often said to do more harm than justice to his works - Russia's greatest humorist often end up more pompous than funny, and despite the many number of translations of his masterpiece Dead Souls, very few non-native readers can...

books 1996 urn:asin:0300060998 wishlist classics fiction literature russian
june 2005 by rybesh

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Peter Bagge: Hey Buddy!

This is the best comicbook ever!/Bjorn in Swed...

books 1997 urn:asin:1560971134 wishlist fiction
june 2005 by rybesh

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Peter Bagge: Buddy the Dreamer

is, as always, on full display in this second collection of Hate comics...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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John Varley: Persistence Of Vision

Powerful. Enjoyable. Thoughtful...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Bernard Guilbert Guerney, Alexandre Kuprin: Yama, the Pit

For some reason I had never even heard of Yama until recently...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Pat Harrigan: First Person

What has particularly excited me is the opening chapter on "Cyberdrama"...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Pico Iyer: The Lady and the Monk

I was very disappointed by this book...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Marcus Sanders, Sandow Birk: Dante's Inferno

Sandow Birk's illustrations are great Californian pastiches of Gustav Dore's original masterpieces...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Nick Montfort: Twisty Little Passages

Just over ten years ago, I was holed up in the University of Colorado at Boulder's Norlin library, researching interactive fiction...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Stephen Wright: M31

Stephen Wright is one of the most original and inventive novelists working in the English language...

books 2004 urn:asin:0375712941 wishlist fiction romance sciencefiction domestic
june 2005 by rybesh

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Stephen Wright: Going Native

I read this novel when it came out, and have waited <br />impatiently ever since for a follow-up...

books 1995 urn:asin:0385313861 wishlist fiction horror
june 2005 by rybesh

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Jonathan Lethem: The Fortress of Solitude

I Loved "Fortress of Solitude"...

books 2004 urn:asin:0375724885 wishlist fiction literary
june 2005 by rybesh

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Hans Gabler, James Joyce: Ulysses

harlequin! poseidon! here is a work that not only achieved more leaps in linguistic innovation at its time but also, the sun beaming in profuse shower, a wild reinvention of plot and a rugged onslaught against tradition...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross: Marvels 10th Anniversary HC
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june 2005 by rybesh

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Dc Comics: The Sandman Vol. 1
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june 2005 by rybesh

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Seth: It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken
books 2000 urn:asin:1896597319 wishlist fiction comics
june 2005 by rybesh

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George Herriman, Bill Blackbeard: Krazy & Ignatz 1929-1930
books 2003 urn:asin:1560975296 wishlist comics fiction humor
june 2005 by rybesh

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R. Crumb: Complete Crumb
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june 2005 by rybesh

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Katsuhiro Otomo: Akira, Book 5
books 2001 urn:asin:1569715270 wishlist fiction comics
june 2005 by rybesh

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Chris Ware: Quimby the Mouse
books 2003 urn:asin:1560974850 wishlist fiction comics
june 2005 by rybesh

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John Barth: The Floating Opera and The End of the Road

In THE FLOATING OPERA the main character's name is Todd Andrews...

books 1997 urn:asin:0385240899 wishlist fiction literary
june 2005 by rybesh

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William H. Gass: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories

If I were to recommend any of the stories from this book, it would be the first one, "The Pederson Kid...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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William H. Gass: Omensetter's Luck

My appraisal of this novel coincides with those of A...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Raymond Carver: Where I'm Calling From

I bought this book because several of my friends recommended Raymond Carver in general...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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William H. Gass, William Gaddis: The Recognitions

I have to give this book five stars, because it is such an awesome work, and not just in the teenage sense in which everything is awesome...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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John Hawkes: Second Skin

Second Skin is a lyrical, difficult but ultimately rewarding novel...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Denis Johnson: Fiskadoro

Is it a novel about *the* End of the World, the horrifying vestiges of a nuclear war? Or, is there something else at play, in this master writer's intriguing novel? On the one hand we have a fascinating examination of humanity rebuilding, picking up...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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John Crowley: Little, Big

John Crowley is truly a genius...

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june 2005 by rybesh

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Robert Penn Warren: World Enough and Time
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june 2005 by rybesh

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Saul Bellow: Herzog

The book is highly literate in an abstract way; Bellow makes some fragmented, interesting--if dated and vaguely, naively ethnocentric--observations about some aspects of the world...