Editorials from the Good Old Days
As dumbed-down as most of our newspapers are these days, it’s difficult to imagine that some reader in the future will be confused by the complexity of our editorials. But maybe they will. In the wonderful Three Strides Before the Wire: The Dark and Beautiful World of Horse Racing, Elizabeth Mitchell quotes a 1916 editorial…
continue readingBlender’s Top Music Books
Now see, this is why I can’t get shit done. A topic gets my attention and then I’m off down some rabbit hole of esoterica, piling up books to study on topics like whale baleen or the meaning of Celtic knots or something. I blame my parents who, for my entire childhood, refused to answer…
continue readingFootball and Football
Well, the NFL finally kicked off its regular season. Thank God. I’m not that huge a fan of NFL football. I’ll watch the games, and certainly I enjoy the chilly-nights-in-fall ritual of Monday Night Football. But I don’t have a favorite team and I certainly don’t need to deal with yet another obsession, which is precisely…
continue readingFantasy Books Claimed
The free fantasy books were claimed by a loyal reader and hip book guy in West Texas. Thanks to everyone who entered.
continue readingFree Fantasy Books Available
Here are a couple of mass-market fantasy books for the first person who emails me. First, Michael Moorcock’s The Dreamthief’s Daughter: A Tale of the Albino is an interesting twist on his series of books involving Elric of Melnibone. I’ve always enjoyed Moorcock’s work because of the way he treats fantasy in a realistic manner.…
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