Nonbookish Linkage
- COVID lockdown and a “high-functioning” depressive
- A truly moronic conspiracy theory
- USD poli sci prof rightfully proud to be “famous & dangerous”
- The cabarets of Heaven and Hell
- When the British couldn’t watch TV at 6 pm
Bookish Linkage
- Why does Dune remain so popular?
- Calling something Bible fan fiction seems repetitive to me
- Is Superman Circumcised? wins Diagram Prize for the year’s oddest book title
- I’ve only read one of World Literature Today‘s list of this year’s 100 notable translations and have one other on my tablet
- Oddly, the only one of the NYTBR‘s 10 best books of 2021 is a translation — and not on the WLT list
[F]reedom of thought on the internet is all the more complete now that it’s clear that people have stopped thinking.
Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly
