SubscribeLast Words
Last Words took about 17 years to write. As the story goes, Carlin commissioned it in 1993 with Tony Hendra, but it wasn’t until Carlin died in 2008 that Hendra finally pulled together all of his recorded conversations, notes, and other materials and cranked out the more or less definitive semiautobiography of George Carlin, [...]
Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel
Dr. Seuss might just be one of the most beloved children’s authors of our time. Growing up, I distinctly remember Green Eggs and Ham, The Butter Battle Book, and my personal favorite for some inexplicable reason, Scrambled Eggs Super!. It’s always been easy to glibly jibe about the relative ease of Seuss’s job [...]
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Let me first say, in the interest of full disclosure, that I am absolutely crazy about Bill Bryson. Really, the man can do no wrong. I think perhaps the worst thing I’ve ever said about his books is that his very first one was kind of dry. I therefore look forward to [...]
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Nice review, Ben. I actually hadn’t heard of this book, but I might have to look for it. True SF...
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If you mean the current, theme, I can’t take the credit for that. It’s Renegade, by...
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just found out about the other book myself, waiting for it to be delivered. i dont blame you for...
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