Scary quote of the week: In an article from the LA Times about the sad passing of another indie book store owned by a wonderful old eccentric — which is kind of like losing one of the last 12 rare rhinoceroses or something – anyway, toward the end of that article, we read this:
Dowdy […]
Entries Tagged as 'Mythology'
Books: “Too Slow a Form of Information Delivery”
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 13th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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Russell Hoban, The Kraken, and the US Edition of Linger Awhile
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 5th, 2007 at 8:24 am
A few days ago I got a package in the mail from the David R. Godine publishing house, who last year republished both of Russell Hoban’s hilarious Captain Najork children’s books in the US (and did a lovely job of it).
Inside the package was an advance copy of the forthcoming US edition of Russ’s most […]
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Ocelopotamus and The Book of Imaginary Beings
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 24th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Since I’m doing meta today: In case any of you are wondering exactly how I came up with such a cockamamie name for this blog, you can put at least part of the blame on The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero, which I’ve been carrying in my backpack for […]
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Tolkien’s Children of Hurin: Break a Leg, Professor
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 17th, 2007 at 6:22 am
It appears that Christopher Tolkien has one more book to produce out of his father’s magic hat, although this one will almost certainly be the last. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien goes on sale today, three decades after his death:
Tolkien’s son and literary executor Christopher, now in his eighties, constructed “The Children of […]
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The Waterboys: Mike Scott in The Guardian, and new album Book of Lightning
Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 26th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Mike Scott, singer, songwriter, and bandleader of The Waterboys, has a thoughtful and entertaining piece in The Guardian recounting his experiences trying to correct errors in the band’s entry on Wikipedia.
Meanwhile, the Waterboys have a new album coming out in April! It’s called Book of Lightning and you can hear samples of a couple […]
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