![]() ![]() Klinger - this is, in my opinion, absolutely the best collection of Lovecraft’s work for people who are interested in contextualizing the stories. Leeman Kessler, a cohost on Miskatonic Musings also runs an ‘Ask Lovecraft’ youtube channel which you can find here. Lovecraft’s works, they have now moved on to other writers in the field (the first Lovecraft podcast I found and still the best) HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast – goes through the entirety of The Outer Dark – exclusively weird fiction, interviews with Really well researched and similar in vein to Miskatonic Musings (there are ![]() The Rants Macabre – a more broadly themed horror podcast, Graphic novels and television with key players in the weird fiction genre (super fun, I love these guys!) Miskatonic Musings – discussions of literature, film, Reblog and add them or message me so I can put them on the list! Things on this list and if you have any particular favourites, feel free to I am sure a lot of you are aware of some of the Hey Team, as I reached 1,000 followers not too long ago Iĭecided to make a small master post of my current favourite things relating to Weirdįiction and H.P Lovecraft. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Zorro book isabel allende![]() ![]() As a gifted athlete and swordsman Diego takes on the alter-ego of Zorro to right the wrongs he sees. As a young man, Diego cannot sit still while watching the injustices around him in later eighteenth Century California. *suggestion: When reading the book, read it in a Spanish accent as if Selma Hayek is narrating.ĭon Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds, a Spanish aristocrat and a Shoshone warrior woman. However the research didn’t come through the story and very little in the background. Read 1,863 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Allende said she thoroughly researched it and wanted to incorporate her findings in the story. I was also hoping to get more about the history of California, since Ms. ![]() On the downside, the book has too much “and then…” this or that happened. The novel is full of action and adventure but I found the first part of the novel (about 100 pages or so) to be the weakest, but the rest is very good. The characters in the novel are explored carefully and in depth with a mix of characters from several nationalities. The story is clever, Allende re-creates a legend (hence the title)which is always hard to do, especially for a popular character as Zorro, just for taking on this feat she deserved high marks. Zorro by Isabelle Allende is an enjoyable and refreshing book, and easy read for a long weekend or a hot summer. Allende is one of the most prominent authors in the world and this book is very different from the ones she is known for. Zorro by Isabelle Allende is a novel which retells the story of the legendary hero. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, just about everyone on their shortlist is dead-except for the two surviving members of washed-up glam rock band Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeros. Now it’s Earth’s turn to prove its sentience, with a band personally selected by the galactic alliance known as the Great Octave. Only if a species was judged capable of baring its inner soul musically-that is, if a jury ranked it second-to-last or higher in the Megalactic Grand Prix-would it be permitted to continue existing. This nearly literal title about an intergalactic battle of the bands is perhaps operatic in scope (in a comic vein, at least) but is more rock than opera.Īfter a devastating interstellar war in which various alien species fought for the right to be considered sentient by all the other species, peace was declared, and everyone agreed on the best way to determine sentience: a song contest. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Calvin and hobbes cartoonist![]() In March, an exhibition of his work, Exploring Calvin and Hobbes, went on display at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University.Īll this activity is somewhat startling for most longtime fans, since Watterson became the JD Salinger of cartooning after he ended Calvin and Hobbes in 1995. Watterson drew a poster for the comic strip documentary Stripped – he also granted producers an audio interview – and he served as a guest artist on Stephan Pastis’ strip, Pearls Before Swine. This poster caps off a relatively busy year for the once MIA cartoonist. Rather, the man’s sausage-like nose and the way he stalks through the action recalls one of Watterson’s biggest influences: George Herriman’s character Krazy Kat. The dialogue-free artwork doesn’t look like an extension of Calvin and Hobbes’ world. For many fans, it’s enough that Watterson created the strip, which follows a balding, bath-robed newspaper subscriber – yes, they still exist – who just wants to read the funny pages. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Rosa parks![]() ![]() Taught to read by her mother at a young age, Parks attended a segregated, one-room school in Pine Level, Alabama, that often lacked adequate school supplies such as desks. Throughout Parks' education, she attended segregated schools. READ MORE: 16 Rosa Parks Quotes About Civil Rights Education ![]() In one experience, Parks' grandfather stood in front of their house with a shotgun while Ku Klux Klan members marched down the street. Parks' childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. Both of Parks' grandparents were formerly enslaved people and strong advocates for racial equality the family lived on the Edwards' farm, where Parks would spend her youth. Parks’ mother moved the family to Pine Level, Alabama, to live with her parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards. Her parents, James and Leona McCauley, separated when Parks was two. Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Parks was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Her bravery led to nationwide efforts to end racial segregation. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. ![]() |