# Genre: Nonfiction, Biography
# Paperback: 288 pages
# Publisher: Titan Books; 5 Rev Upd edition
# Publication Date: September 15, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1848564961
# ISBN-13: 978-1848564961
# Author Website: Douglas Adams
# Author Website: Neil Gaiman
There are few authors as well-known or discussed as Douglas Adams. This is especially true as the thirtieth anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide the Galaxy [...]
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Book Review: Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
Movie Review: Defiance
D-Day was last Saturday, and as part of my remembrance, I chose to watch the film Defiance (IMDB) directed by Edward Zwick. The movie has had mixed reviews, some thinking it wonderful, others upset that it is not historically accurate, so I felt I needed to watch it for myself.
The movie is primarily based on [...]
Found: A Vampire Graveyard
This ain’t normally my cup of tea, but I thought my dear readers might get a kick out of it.
Vampires – the Celtic Connection
Here is a response with lots of helpful links.
Vampires and Celts…I think I see a novel on the horizon.
A Moment of Silence, Please
Take a second moment to think on HOPE and FREEDOM.
These are History Students?!?!
In this new essay of cobbled together paragraphs from college level history students, we find that history “began in 1815″, “In the 1400 hundreds most Englishmen were perpendicular”, and “Vauban was the royal minister of flirtation”. READ THIS for a great midday laugh.
PS: Are any of you Englishmen out there still perpendicular?
Spear Throwing is a Feminist Activity
Here’s an interesting article at The Economist about how the practice of throwing the atlatl (spear) is actually a feminist ideal as the science behind it allows people to throw spears with amazing force without needing lots of body mass or muscle.
Anyone know of any characters from literature that are spear throwers? Most of the [...]
Book Review: The Dead Guy Interviews by Michael Stusser
*Genre: Nonfiction, Humor, Trivia
* ISBN: 0143112279
* ISBN-13: 9780143112273
* Format: Paperback, 304pp
* Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
* Pub. Date: September 2007
Michael Stusser�s Dead Guy Interviews first appeared in the pages of the trivia magazine Mental_Floss. Drawing on the known, the rumored, and his sense of humor, Stusser writes fictitious interviews with noted personalities from history. People like [...]
A Year of Reading 2007
The Year is Done! I hope you had a great one and have high hopes for 2008. Below is a list of all the books I read in 2007 (I like to keep track because I am just that hyper-organized). The final five have reviews written that I just haven’t posted because every review deserves [...]
Sword and Sorcery in History
Joseph McCullough is beginning a series on sword and sorcery in history at the Black Gate website. The first sword and sorcery character is Hereward the Wake from the 12th century manuscript De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis (The Exploits of Hereward the Saxon).
Notes: A Lecture by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
These are my notes from a lecture given by Pulitzer prize winning author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich on September 19, 2007. This feisty gray haired lady presented a fascinating case for continued work in understanding the history of women, and in breaking down stereotypes. Phrases in quotes are direct quotes from the lecture.
�Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make [...]
