I talked about this book briefly when I first read it over a year ago, but after recently giving it a second look, I thought it deserved a little bit more attention. Friedrich de la Motte Fouque is a name pretty much forgotten in today’s literary scene; information about him, especially critical treatment of his [...]
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Watership Down
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2666, anansi boys, animal farm, books, children's literature, fairy tales, g. k. chesterton, gender issues, myth, political theory, pride and prejudice and zombies, richard adams, roberto bolano, the private life of the rabbit, watership down on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finishing a truly great book causes such a contradiction in feeling that I don’t believe there’s anything else quite like it. Sad that it’s over, and happy it’s complete, and filled with the calm of any genuinely mind-bending experience but in a really fidgety way like you just need to talk to everyone about it [...]
Not that I’m Complaining, But…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Disney, Enchanted, fairy tales, fantasy, Narnia, Pushing Daisies on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…why is fantasy so big right now?
I’m thinking particularly of movies, but tv qualifies too. (I’m leaving books aside for the moment because the answer can be summed up in two words: Harry Potter) Think about a show like Pushing Daisies; even just a few years ago no one would have ever put a show [...]
