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The Age of Discovery: Two-Thirds of a Review

Posted on 23 July 2007 by Gnorb || Comments: 0 || Topic(s): Books.

Take a quasi-Chinese culture and a quasi-Mayan culture, mix in a few gods and frog people, give them all a couple of ships, have them all utter words which no human mouth were ever meant to pronounce, and finally throw them all in a post-apocalyptic magic-ridden wasteland (you know, just for kicks). Stir the ingredients [...]

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Le Linkage #16: Around the Blogosphere

Posted on 19 July 2007 by Gnorb || Comments: 2 || Topic(s): Books, Humor, Japanese Invasion, Le Linkage, Theology and Philosophy.

While I’ve tried — in vain — I haven’t been able to get one of these out (to my own disdain). Again, the glut of ideas currently swishing around my brain is like water around a drain: round and round it goes, and not in vain if I take this opportunity to sha… daing.
Alright, so [...]

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The Modern Novel: A Self Study Course for This Aspiring Novelist

Posted on 17 July 2007 by Gnorb || Comments: 7 || Topic(s): Books.

I’m a writer and I want to write. This I know through and through, balls to bones.
Like most other writers I have a desire to write a book. Perhaps it’s the thrill of seeing my name in the spine of a cover which will one day grace the bookshelves of many. Maybe it’s the [...]

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Sure I’m Busy. Still Beats Getting Killed by a Manticore

Posted on 28 May 2007 by Gnorb || Comments: 5 || Topic(s): Books, Business and Finance, Life.

Last week I did something I don’t remember having done for at least two years: I didn’t post anything on this site, at least nothing of consequence. If you’re wondering how it felt, don’t. The reason I took the hiatus was because I’ve been so swamped with matters of life, work, and money (learning, not [...]

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1984: A Quick and Dirty Review (Crimethink for the Rest of Us)

Posted on 7 May 2007 by Gnorb || Comments: 0 || Topic(s): Books.

I just finished reading George Orwell’s 1984. Yes, I know, most of us read this in high school, but I come from Florida, where the standard high school reading includes not much more than My Pet Goat, at least in public schools, which should tell you that I wasn’t among one of these. After knowing [...]

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