- Fri, 12:56: The Missing Melodrama of “Lovecraft Country” https://t.co/8RbPvbE1j7 I quite enjoyed the show, but I think this is fair.
- Fri, 15:10: Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith Actually this is *very* light reading. The actual mystery is not very mysterious, and is resolved by our heroine by feminine intuition. #nwbooks https://t.co/IEFjyjdfwR https://t.co/fAPya2S6yf https://t.co/458zpDT3E6
- Fri, 15:37: As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner Intense stream-of-consciousness tale of a poor Mississippi family, fulfilling their mother's dying wish to be buried in her distant home town. The family dynamics are weird. #nwbooks https://t.co/5tspYu6qAT https://t.co/VKHZ2ffT0L https://t.co/4y6LceuYmS
- Fri, 16:05: Monkey Planet/Planet of the Apes/La Plan�te des Singes, by Pierre Boulle For a French writer of 1963 fresh from the national traumas of Algeria and Indochina, it's obvious what the concept of the apes taking over means. #nwbooks https://t.co/VDio5MWNa0 https://t.co/8AwEEKKsdR https://t.co/NlNGtimwki
- Fri, 16:33: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl A fairy tale with a troubling core. The context is a dystopian consumerist society; and a close examination of how Wonka runs his factory is also rather uncomfortable. #nwbooks https://t.co/9ucEriGwui https://t.co/Hny4tM3ITS https://t.co/VbcN3JxnKY
- Fri, 17:01: Br�sel, by Beno�t Peeters and Fran�ois Schuiten Polemic rather than plot. Constant Abeels is a (plastic) florist. He meets the sinister Mr De Vrouw (= Mr Woman); and also Tina Tonero, whose clothes tend to fall off. #nwbooks https://t.co/JJXjGn8PxL https://t.co/IIoz7D5Vts https://t.co/FvmU4se1mn
- Fri, 17:11: #takingbackcontrol https://t.co/8duibpiTXL
- Fri, 17:28: In Black and White, and Other Stories, by Jan Mark Nine short stories for older kids, all of them with elements of horror, most (but not all) with reassuring endings. They are all really good. #nwbooks https://t.co/B37li77skN https://t.co/2fbkfVjdgN https://t.co/FM1ORxpO94
- Fri, 18:22: The Nth Doctor, by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier https://t.co/U20TbzxcS9
- Fri, 18:45: RT @pmdfoster: Right. What a week in #Brexit. First talk of Barnier pulling the plug; and today a big flap over fish. So where are we as M.…
- Sat, 09:30: Whoniversaries 29 November https://t.co/P0s3HAhMew
- Sat, 09:52: RT @rfkram: I can move diagonally on this floor. https://t.co/3HU8bER8uK
- Sat, 10:45: RT @scribblesscript: I love how modern Doctor Who exists in a constant tension between "guns bad" and "guns look super cool tho" https://t.…
- Sat, 10:55: Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002, by David Langford A joy to read. Great one-liners include: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from an ad-hoc plot device". #nwbooks https://t.co/RJ1YH6mv7l https://t.co/hV4LrSTLc2 https://t.co/2Yzv7Vh9pt
- Sat, 11:30: The Darkness That Comes Before, by R. Scott Bakker Big fantasy novel; I found cultures and characters insufficiently distinguishable or engaging. Women include querulous queen; whore with heart of gold; naive concubine. #nwbooks https://t.co/HoXPZusQy4 https://t.co/XQT3w4XDXx https://t.co/Yu4IEcF1Ac