"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
S.S. Van Dine was the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939), an art critic, editor, and novelist from the US who created Philo Vance, apparently one of the defining amateur detectives of the Golden Age of detective fiction. The Vance series ran to twelve
This is the third collection I read from these charming little light-blue books with the golden pages, and they’re uneven at best. Once again, as such, I have mixed feelings about this collection and I’ll have to proceed scientifically to give a rating, so here
In 1947, British-American poet W.H. Auden published The Age of Anxiety, a long poem subtitled “A Baroque Eclogue”. In a nutshell, four strangers meet in a bar on Third Avenue in Manhattan, on All Souls’ Night, so it’s even seasonal, in the middle of a
S.S. Van Dine was the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939), an art critic, editor, and novelist from the US who created Philo Vance, apparently one of the defining amateur detectives of the Golden Age of detective fiction. The Vance series ran to twelve
This is the third collection I read from these charming little light-blue books with the golden pages, and they’re uneven at best. Once again, as such, I have mixed feelings about this collection and I’ll have to proceed scientifically to give a rating, so here
In 1947, British-American poet W.H. Auden published The Age of Anxiety, a long poem subtitled “A Baroque Eclogue”. In a nutshell, four strangers meet in a bar on Third Avenue in Manhattan, on All Souls’ Night, so it’s even seasonal, in the middle of a
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utente anonimo
Posted at 13:04h, 19 OctoberNon so, a me è piaciuto il prologo con Nova, però forse il motivo è che conosco gli sviluppi "spoiler" della saga :P, purtroppo il finale è un pò rovinato dalla mancanza degli episodi contemporanei dei Guardiani
Attendo anch’io War Of Kings con impazienza (sperando che vengano pubblicati tutti gli episodi dei Guardians of the Galaxy), DnA hanno fatto un lavoro grandioso nel rendere il cosmo Marvel di nuovo interessante, avvincente e carico di grandeur
Shelidon
Posted at 10:48h, 25 OctoberBeh, come al solito l’insipienza editoriale della Panini si vede nei crossover, che hanno bisogno di una coordinazione cronometrica nelle uscite e di una oculata scelta nelle pubblicazioni. Tutte cose che alla nostrana capanna delle idee sono sempre mancate. Insieme alle idee, naturalmente.
Quadrilatero
Posted at 19:04h, 22 NovemberNon me lo perdo.
Anche se per ora me lo sto perdendo.
Shelidon
Posted at 20:27h, 23 Novemberidem…