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Review: The Moth

Posted on Nov 10, 2013Feb 1, 2022

This anthology of The Moth storyslam from NPR is a collection of stories that are better heard, not read.

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Review: Blackdog

Posted on Jul 29, 2013Feb 1, 2022

K.V. Johansen's Blackdog is a standalone fantasy of run-on sentences and anticlimactic battles.

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Review: These Days by Jack Cheng

Posted on Jun 13, 2013Feb 1, 2022

Jack Cheng's self-published novel These Days is a fluid narrative of New York City lovers, but one that lacks momentum and closure.

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Review: Extinction, by Mark Alpert

Posted on Apr 22, 2013Feb 1, 2022

Mark Alpert's Extinction about a post-Singularity computer able to assimilate human beings suffers from too many gimmicks and clumsy exposition.

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Reading Rainbow Remixed

Posted on Jan 28, 2013Feb 27, 2022

In collaboration with PBS Digital Studios, John D Boswell, aka melodysheep, remixes LeVar Burton's Reading Rainbow to produce music video 'In Your Imagination'.

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Neil Gaiman's commencement speech inspires art

Posted on Nov 24, 2012Feb 1, 2022

Neil Gaiman's May 2012 commencement speech to The University of the Arts inspired students to make good art, always.

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  • Science Fiction

Review: World War Z

Posted on Nov 21, 2012Feb 1, 2022

The novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks puts too much focus on the military and on too many characters to be a page-turner.

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The benefits of re-reading

Posted on Aug 21, 2012Feb 1, 2022

With so many new library books to read, is it worth one's valuable time to revisit and re-experience previously read favorite books?

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