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Due in part to the recent successfully resolved problems with the home desktop, I have been somewhat lackadaisical in noting items elsewhere. Thus, a few of these may be a little old but they remain worthy. I also know there’s some that totally slipped by during a busy couple weeks. Is SF antithetical to religion? […] Evidently it will require some sort of spring thaw for substantive posting to resume. Hence: The National Book Critics Circle awards were announced. Among the winners were The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz in fiction and Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington in general nonfiction. As I previously noted, they weren’t on […] Hopefully, the improving weather will also improve the attitude a variety of minor annoyances has created. At least I have an extra day to invoke one of my mantras: “get over it.” In the interi, largely award-related linkage. The shortlist for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been announced. (Via.) Likewise, the (longer) list of […] As noted in the last post, the cold weather has left little or no inspiration. Even the title of the book I am currently reading is coincidence, not by design. Thus, I cop out with recent marginalia. Although the lack of ambition includes reduced devotion to reading, I came across another book challenge I might […] No, I haven’t been locked up — so far at least. As noted in the last post, last week was hectic and a state Supreme Court argument this week in a major case have left little time for much other than bouncing between doing and stressing. Thus, a few pieces of linkage until my next […] |
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