Hav by Jan Morris
Hav by the Welsh travel writer Jan Morris is a very Borgesian work, bringing to mind the Argentinean writer’s love for mirrors and labyrinths. There is even a character named Dr. Borge and Hav’s...
View Article80sSFF: Apocalypse Now (1979) and Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
The first part in a series dedicated to examining the science fiction and fantasy films from 1979 to 1989. The series will investigate whether these films possess certain ineffable qualities missing...
View ArticleA Cultural History of the Chinese Language, by Sharron Gu
One can encounter the Chinese language in a variety of unlikely places. Captain Malcolm Reynolds upbraiding a crewmember in Joss Whedon’s space western TV series Firefly; Chinese characters strewn...
View ArticleYears of Renewal (1999) by Henry Kissinger
The Benefits of Hindsight Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx Henry Kissinger wrote his final...
View ArticleCCLaP Fridays: The Cage, by Gordon Weiss
This week at CCLaP, Karl Wolff reviews “The Cage” by Gordon Weiss, a former UN worker who writes about the human rights disaster of Sri Lanka in its battle with the Tamil Tigers. As an added bonus,...
View ArticleOn the Noodle Road, by Jen Lin-Liu @ NYJB
At the New York Journal of Books, I review On the Noodle Road, by Jen Lin-Liu, which is “. . . a fascinating exploration of some lesser-known corners of the Asian continent and a portrait of a marriage...
View ArticleCCLaP Fridays: Singapore Noir, edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
This week I review Singapore Noir, edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, about the dreamers, desperation, and bad decisions that make up the noir genre in a city with no crime. This is good crime fiction,...
View ArticleCCLaP Fridays: A Kingdom in Crisis, by Andrew MacGregor Marshall
This week I review A Kingdom in Crisis, by Andrew MacGregor Marshall, a fearless expose of Thailand’s corrupt politics and looming succession crisis.
View ArticleHunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs by Palani Mohan @...
Hunting with Eagles by Palani Mohan offers a rare glimpse into a vanishing way of life captured by a photojournalist nomad.
View ArticleAmerican Odd: “The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That...
Jim Marrs takes us on a wild ride into secret societies, Nazi wonder weapons, and why the Council of Foreign Relations is responsible for every bad thing ever.
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