Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
With a less than enticing opening line (“The Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was one of the key figures in world literature during the twentieth century.”), this piece seems…
I read Tim Severin’s The Brendan Voyage over the last few days – a wonderful adventure story and a stirring depiction of how medieval technology was adapted to the conditions it faced.…
Inadvertently, the last two posts here have provoked reflections on how I fell out of love with fantasy (and a somewhat lesser extent science fiction) – so this review continues that theme. I…
Following my reflections of how I fell out of love with SF/Fantasy as a teenager , here is an example of a sturdy little book review for SF Site of the kind…
I had a fruitful email correspondence with Rick Wilber after this. My dislike of the uncritical celebration fan fic – also evident here – as something radical and innovative rather than derivative…
When I was 13 I saved the £1 and 50p coins I got for working in the family shop and bought, in the now closed Waterstone’s on Dawson Street, Terry…
“But on the voyage itself none of Brendan’s crew guessed what was about to happen, not even Trondur, who had a great deal of experience of whales and whale-catching. Day after…
The original post is subtitled “Franz Kafka in Alternate History”. Re-reading the post I wonder if “and” is more precise, although as the bulk of the piece is a review…
Séamus Sweeney 