Climate change refugees. How’s that for a frightening thought? It’s not like the world doesn’t already have plenty of refugees fleeing from war. Or a not inconsiderable number of people who might be considered economic refugees — people immigrating legally … Continue reading
Category Archives: Books and Reading
My father, when I was a kid, used to bake onions in the fire, and upon serving them would quote Frank Lloyd Wright, who reportedly said, “What a boon to the creative imagination is the baked onion.”* That’s sort of … Continue reading
Do you do things that are good for you? Or do you do things because you like doing them? Mikey got it right: he does it because he likes it. Don’t tell Mikey, but, by the way, breakfast cereals can … Continue reading
My essay reflecting on Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers: The Story of Success is now up on Broad Universe’s Broadsheet, and as often happens when I write nonfiction, I find I have something else to say. Gladwell’s book is about people … Continue reading
Remember the Legion of Super-Heroes, the comic as undying as Dracula? Their popularity of course did not escape the notice of the powers at DC. The goal : to clone it in some way, and thus sell more issues and … Continue reading
The wonderful people at SF Signal invited me to meld minds again, this time on the topic of taboos in science fiction. Now that my essay — a brief speculation on whether or not feminism and a tendency to write … Continue reading
The first books I remember reading are science fiction. I loved the way SF took me to new worlds; I loved the way it shook up my brain. I don’t remember learning to read; consequently, I don’t remember being read … Continue reading
When I moved last year I carted along 41 boxes of books. I haven’t counted them — I haven’t even sorted them well, just shoved them willy-nilly into bookcases — but I’d guess I have around 1,500 books. Of those, … Continue reading
First off I’d like to thank everybody for their comments last weekend. It’s been an exciting week at Book View Cafe. We have started selling our “premium titles, (and have acutally sold some, go us!)” So while we’re interested in … Continue reading
No especially interesting comics this week (recommendations solicited, if anybody knows of anything thrilling coming up), but here is an exciting nonfiction volume! Published by Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, a nonprofit new to me, this is a solid well-made … Continue reading