Adam deVille on the romanticisation of monasticism
From a lengthy review of Rod Dreher’s new book “The Benedict Option.” I used to occasionally read Dreher’s blog, and tried his “The Little Way of Ruthie Leming”, but drifted…
Tag: book review
Review of “Old Friends”, Tracy Kidder, 2000
This was written in around 2000 and originally appeared in The Magazine, a zine I self produced a few issues of. I ended up posting the review on Amazon –…
Review of “Blockbuster”, Tom Shone, SAU Blog, February 2005
Here is the original. Tom Shone’s big idea seemed more radical in 2005 than it does now – indeed now it is pretty much mainstream. The triumph of what is still…
Review of “The Roberts” by Michael Blumlein from SF Site, 2012
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…
Review of “A Time of Quarantine” by Katharine Haake, SF Site, 2013
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…
The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1. Review from SF site, 2012
The original is here . As I repost this I realise that it is something of a companion piece to my musings on Twitter here . I was probably a little bit more dubious…
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