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Entries Tagged as 'Mythology'

Books: “Too Slow a Form of Information Delivery”

Posted by Dave Awl on July 13th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

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:
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Russell Hoban, The Kraken, and the US Edition of Linger Awhile

Posted by Dave Awl on June 5th, 2007 at 8:24 am


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Tags: News · Culture · Journal · Internet · Books · Lit · Science Fiction · Mythology · Fantasy · Russell Hoban · Online Communities

Ocelopotamus and The Book of Imaginary Beings

Posted by Dave Awl on April 24th, 2007 at 1:59 pm


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Tags: Meta · Culture · Blogs · Journal · Books · Lit · History · Mythology · Fantasy

Tolkien’s Children of Hurin: Break a Leg, Professor

Posted by Dave Awl on April 17th, 2007 at 6:22 am


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Tags: News · Culture · Journal · Books · Lit · Mythology · Fantasy · Peoria

The Waterboys: Mike Scott in The Guardian, and new album Book of Lightning

Posted by Dave Awl on March 26th, 2007 at 7:12 am


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Tags: News · Culture · Music · Journal · Books · Neo-Futurists · Poetry · Performance · Lit · Travel · History · Mythology