"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."
Before I start laying out what I thought of this book, let me be upfront about a couple of things. I don't like Kubrick. I like some of his movies (mostly Full Metal Jacket and some parts of A Space Odyssey), and I recognise the historical...
My first step, of course, was to find suitable apartments. These I obtained, after a couple of days' search, in Fourth Avenue; a very pretty second floor, unfurnished, containing sitting-room, bedroom, and a smaller apartment which I intended to fit up as a laboratory. I...
I very rarely wish I had more stars to give a book, I'm usually content within the boundaries of 1-5, but this time I did. And it's weird because I don't like fanfiction at all. I think it's a cringeworthy exercise to expand on someone...
FROM a very early period of my life the entire bent of my inclinations had been toward microscopic investigations. When I was not more than ten years old, a distant relative of our family, hoping to astonish my inexperience, constructed a simple microscope for me...
There's a time limit, apparently, that saves you from having a book with a tacky cover and a sticker that says "From this, the major motion picture." 76 years seems to be enough. So yeah, Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is a collection of short...
TO THE EDITORS OF THE LADY’S BOOK:I have the honor of sending you, for your magazine, an article which I hope you will be able to comprehend rather more distinctly than I do myself. It is a translation, by my friend, Martin Van Buren Mavis,...
Well, this was odd. I started reading this book because it's a childhood favourite of many UK people I know, and the charm hits you right from the beginning: this is an adventure like Bedknobs and Broomsticks, like The Goonies and Candleshoe, with witches and...
One thing is certain: it's my first time reading this book. I thought I did, but I think I skipped right to Children of Dune and God Emperor, because I'm confident I would remember this. Heartbreaking and astonishingly beautiful, I know I'm a voice outside the...
July 16, 1833.--This is a memorable anniversary for me; on it I complete my three hundred and twenty-third year! The Wandering Jew?--certainly not. More than eighteen centuries have passed over his head. In comparison with him, I am a very young Immortal. Am I, then, immortal? This...
I'm doing some catching up on old reads, and here's another one. I don't know the author, this time, but I bought the book because of the publisher, which often associates it with the stunning "Winter Harvest" by Ioanna Papadopoulou, and the association is on...
