Category Archives: William Shakespeare

Eye Between the Worlds

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Nathan

Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood, by Maria Tatar – This book addresses how fairy tales have been interpreted over time, particularly in terms of how they gradually became primarily for children, and how that led … Continue reading →

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Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Nathan

Clockwork Boys, by T. Kingfisher – This is the first book the author wrote in what became known as the World of the White Rat. Part of her goal in writing it was to counteract how paladins often appear in … Continue reading →

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A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Nathan

The Curse of Monkey Island – The third game in the series was also the first not to be designed by Ron Gilbert, who had left the previous installment with a weird ending in which LeChuck was Guybrush’s brother, and … Continue reading →

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Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Nathan

Here are my thoughts on four more Oz books I’ve read for the first time in the past month or so. Veggy Man of Oz, by Nate Barlow – I know this author now as the guy who does enthusiastic … Continue reading →

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There’s Always a Place for the Angry Young Man

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Nathan

SPOILER WARNING! Switchblade Sisters – Beth remembered watching this 1975 exploitation film about a teenage girl gang when she was a kid, and she talks about it sometimes, so I figured I should watch it as well. It’s amusing, although … Continue reading →

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Love the Craft

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, edited by S.T. Joshi – I’d read a little bit of Lovecraft before. There’s definitely something about his weird style that I find appealing, but his writing is also kind of dense. A recurring theme is … Continue reading →

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Women in the Pictures

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Nathan

I had an idea of writing about pictures I’ve seen misidentified online, and I’m going to do that, but also go off on some tangents. To begin with, this was a meme I saw online. It’s a sentiment I agree … Continue reading →

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Take the Faux Shop with a Grain of Salt

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Nathan

It feels like it’s been a while since I finished a video game, but this week I completed two of them. The Legend of Kyrandia, Book One – I don’t think I’d heard of this series of point-and-click adventure games … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs and Dragons

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Nathan

Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, by James Gurney – I seem to remember reading something about this book around when it first came out in the early nineties, in National Geographic or something. I was interested, but I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Smiting and Smoting

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Nathan

The Great Book of Amber, by Roger Zelazny – I had wanted to read Nine Princes in Amber after seeing it on a list, and since the library had this complete volume of ten novels, I went ahead and read … Continue reading →

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