What a complex book, I realize, every time I come back to That Hideous Strength. In many ways, it is Lewis' thickest book: most viscous, densest. THS manages to be both evergreen and a product of its time. That Hideous Strength is the third book in Lewis...
In the fires of desire
The flame will devour
Your faceless face
And mold it restlessly in place
Bushes of greasy hair are growing out
Primal rage, you are falling out
You are being eaten by the flames
And there is no escape, there is no ...
"To call up a demon you must learn its name. Men dreamed that, once, but now it is real in another way. You know that, Case. Your business is to learn the names of programs, the long formal names, names the owners se...
The cause is Ozymandian
The map of Sapokanikan
Is sanded and bevelled
The land lone and levelled
By some unrecorded and powerful hand
Which plays along the monument
And drums upon a plastic bag
The brave men and women so dear to God
...
The Glass Hotel is the fifth novel by Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel. Mandel’s most notable work is Station Eleven, released to acclaim in 2014 and finding a second life in the last few years due to its subject matter: a post-apocalyptic tale foll...
Let not my love be call’d idolatry,
Nor my beloved as an idol show,
Since all alike my songs and praises be
To one, of one, still such, and ever so.
Kind is my love to-day, to-morrow kind,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence,
Therefore my...
People tend to associate Thomas Pynchon with post-modernism, however, I don't think he wrote about post-modernism in a hopefull way. I think he wrote about post-modernism to warn society of the pit that it is descending into. His novel,V., is in my opini...
Now winter nights enlarge
The number of their houres,
And clouds their storms discharge
Upon the ayrie towres,
Let now the chimneys blaze
And cups o'erflow with wine:
Let well-tun'd words amaze
With harmonie divine.
Now yello...
When first published in 2005, many reviewers seemed caught off guard by Cormac McCarthy's latest book No Country for Old Men. Is this Lee Child, or the author of Blood Meridian we're talking about? Is he angling for a movie deal? Did the old man decide t...
IF thou would’st hear the Nameless, and wilt dive
Into the Temple-cave of thine own self,
There, brooding by the central altar, thou
May’st haply learn the Nameless hath a voice,
By which thou wilt abide, if thou be wise, 5
As if ...
"I want to do all of these things at once—be called a writer, be a rooted family man, be a tribal elder, be an outcast shaman—and this is ludicrous, impossible. Art that doesn't come from pain is just entertainment. And what does that mean for a man with...
This book is perhaps the best starting point for anyone who is interested in learning economics from a behavorial and social perspective. Basic Economics is a simple, straight forward book that is very easy to read. However, don't let its simplicity turn...
"It's a beautiful day. In all our lives, we may not have many like this - so perfect", said Honda, stirred by some premonition.
"Are you talking about happiness?" asked Kiyoaki.
"I don't remember saying anything about happiness."
_"W...
From the Old Country you came
having grasped the last straw
to corral your people on the outside
of a fence even one more time.
They cursed your name & stirred
up calumny & assassination.
Degataga, you spat in their eyes
to wrest again a...