Daily Archives: June 15, 2010

Weird and Wonderful: Samuel Fallours

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A few weeks ago, New Scientist did a write-up of Theodore Pietsche’s “Tropical Fishes of the East Indies.” The subject of Pietsche’s book is another book: Samuel Fallours’ “Fishes, Crayfishes, and Crabs,” published in 1719. Fallours’ book is filled with … Continue reading →


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Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ignorable.

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A friend who has recently published her second mystery novel (published, as in a real New York publisher and a respectable one at that) lamented online how difficult and anxiety-provoking it was for her to read reviews of her work. … Continue reading →


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