A number of literary works from some of my favorite authors are celebrating their quasquicentennial, or 125th anniversary, this year. Released in 1898 were H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw,” Jules Verne’s The Mighty Orinoco, and H. Rider Haggard’s Doctor Therne. Those first two titles,
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I'm continuing with the Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. The third book in the series, "The Weird of the White…
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker was best of November for me, a short novel that was also surprisingly readable, given how…
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"North Woods is a novel of terroir" love this!
I loved that title, although it does sounds like song lyrics. Apparently Damon Knight thought it didn't work.