Otters of the River Suir
Until a few years ago, otters and badgers were the only members of Ireland’s admittedly not that extensive land mammal fauna which I had not seen (let’s not get into…
Review of “Albert of Adelaide”, Howard L Anderson, SF Site, 2012
Original here. `And I must confess that until I stumbled across it I had forgotten reading this book or writing this review. The anthropomorphised animal is a staple of children’s…
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”…
Geoffrey Langlands RIP: major, Dieppe Raid survivor, educationalist, 97 year old coup leader
I had never heard of Geoffrey Langlands, who has died in Lahore aged 101, until coming across his death on Wikipedia’s Recent Deaths page. His Wikipedia page has been subjected to a…
An amusing correction in the TLS letters page from 12 years ago
While looking for something entirely different, I came across this letter to the TLS by Tim Nau from January 5th 2007: Sir, -In a paragraph about saints of the Dark Ages…
1939: A fish is named after John Steinbeck, who behaves rather shabbily in response
Surely 2019 sees no other 80th Anniversary more significant than this one? From “The Naming of the Shrew” by John Wright: Has any taxonomist ever lived to regret…
Review of Robert Pogue Harrison’s “Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition”, Nthposition 2009
Another review of mine from the departed nthposition.com. I quite enjoyed this from Robert Pogue Harrison. And I am now even further along my immersion in the “dull adult world”, ten…
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…
Séamus Sweeney 