Category Archives: literature

Lighthearted takes on fiction and physics

Posted on June 17, 2018 by

Two comics by John Atkinson, thirst-editions and simplified-physics. Advertisements

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Story Elements: Core, World, Setting

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

C-3PO tells the story of the Rebellion to the Ewoks After trying to get to the root of readers’ satisfaction with a story, I found that a better understanding of what a story is might be in order. On its … Continue reading →

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2017 is drawing to a close

Posted on December 30, 2017 by

Finally, 2017 is drawing to a close. I can’t say that it was one of the better years to look back at. This is why I’m not going to do any “2017 in …”, but just post a few pictures … Continue reading →

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The Real Jane Austen???

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

“In the popular imagination, Jane Austen spent nearly all of her life sitting in a parsonage, working on her embroidery, gossiping about the neighbours and writing novels confined to ‘three or four families in a country village’.” From The Real … Continue reading →

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Forward and backward

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

“It was possible to read the story two ways: Front to back, the heron returned to his heron wife and the world of the sky. Back to front, he stayed with his one true love on earth.” From The Third … Continue reading →

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The Return

Posted on February 3, 2017 by

“Concha and her friends flippantly called the new freedoms for women “liberation and lingerie” because of the exciting new undergarments that they now sometimes saw advertised in the newspapers. Having moved out of rural poverty herself when she married Pablo, … Continue reading →

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A new message of hope

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

“Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re My Only Hope” Princess Leia, Star Wars: A New Hope. It is customary to begin a new year with new resolutions, and even make them public to add a little bit more pressure to follow … Continue reading →

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