I spent the last month or more slogging my way through Umberto Eco’s The Island of the Day Before. As usual for an Eco novel, I find myself torn. On the one hand, he has an interesting narrati… more →
He's Just So Stalkable!!dannspann wrote 2 days ago: Here, the Titanic example is reduced to an abstract form by considering the event, the movie, … more →
dannspann wrote 2 days ago: Hearst Castle - San Simeon, California Knott’s Berry Farm - Buena Park, California Calico, Cali … more →
dannspann wrote 2 days ago: “…people don’t believe there is a difference between real and fake anymore. Bernar … more →
katherinejina wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve heard that girls are better at multitasking than boys. I feel like that’s true. I … more →
ccwe wrote 3 weeks ago: Lewis Caroll John Tufail Although much has been written on Lewis Carroll’s philosophy, it can be … more →
ohdearanotherusername wrote 3 weeks ago: William of Baskervilles is an English monk visiting a rich Italian abbey on a political mission. … more →
Troy Polidori wrote 4 weeks ago: The Semiotics of Batman The Dark Knight is a semiological masterpiece. Like Umberto Eco’s Th … more →
Jake Seliger wrote 1 month ago: In The Australian, a nominal review of James Wood’s How Fiction Works is really a discussion o … more →
ccwe wrote 1 month ago: Before we begin … I want to clear something up straight off, which is: I am writing this, that’ … more →
Zamax wrote 1 month ago: GIACOBINISMO AGGIORNATO DEL XXI SECOLO: OVVERO IL LUPO PERDE IL PELO MA NON IL VIZIO (la repubblica … more →
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acanemic wrote 1 month ago: by Umberto Eco; translated by William Weaver New York: Harvest/HBJ, 1986 ————————— … more →
athinkingman wrote 1 month ago: My iGoogle quote for the day gave me the following which I thought was so wonderful I was ‘mov … more →
jlapine wrote 1 month ago: I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by … more →
John Ryan Recabar wrote 2 months ago: Katatapos ko pa lamang basahin ang aklat ng mga sanaysay ni Umberto Eco na pinamagatang How to Trave … more →
Jake Seliger wrote 2 months ago: Are people afraid of Virginia Woolf, per the Edward Albee play, because she’s got the reputati … more →
Jake Seliger wrote 2 months ago: “You live on the surface,” Lia told me years later. “You sometimes seem profound, … more →
insightwards wrote 2 months ago: What makes a good writer? Listening to what my favourite Aussie writers have to say or suggest o … more →