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Posted on April 11, 2019

“Walkies”, Sean Walsh

Sean Walsh is a contemporary artists living in Cahir, Co. Tipperary. “Walkies” is painted on crushed stone. I highly recommend attending one of his exhibitions and he is a plessurw…

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Posted on January 19, 2019

Review of “Homesickness: An American History” by Susan Matt, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012

This is a wonderful book I heartily recommend, indeed re-reading the review I hope the warmth of my recommendation is clear. The balance  Susan Mat strikes between mastery of the…

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Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

Review of “Kafkaesque” edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, SF Site, 2012

I previously blogged a shorter piece, adapted from this review, on Kafka and alternate history. Here is a full review of what was an enjoyable book to read, : “Kafkaesque”…

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Posted on January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

Review of “How To Build An Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection”, SF Site, 2013

I posted this review of “How To Build An Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection” by David Dufty on the SF Site in 2013 – I originally reblogged…

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Posted on January 3, 2019

Review of “Tom Harris”, Stefan Themerson, Nthposition/SF Site 2011

This review originally reviewed on the now defunct nthposition.com, and with a few tweaks re appeared on  SF Site  which is still online but not active. Re-reading this review, I recall enjoying…

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Posted on October 18, 2018

“Not Chess” by Gordon Cash

From Fabula Argentea, here is a nice little vignette by Gordon Cash: In a rare idle hour, I watched the two ancient-looking men play chess. The Parks Department had installed…

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Posted on September 15, 2018

Liszt : St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots, Deux Légendes II

Not that St Francis (of Assisi), but t St Francis of Paola patron of the Calabria region, boatmen, mariners, naval officers. This is one of Liszt’s “Deux Légendes”, the first…

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Posted on August 16, 2018August 16, 2018

Review of “Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke” by Rob Long, SAU Blog, 5th July 2006

Around the time I wrote this I was partial to insider accounts of film-making, and was favourably impressed with the sheer amount of time wasting this seemed to involve. I…

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