There is something satisfying in discovering how mediocre literary sex is, reflecting the level of mediocrity of real-world sex – according to The Guardian. The piece includes classic lines like “I might get frostbite on my cock.” The reason I mention the awards is that I am very aware of how hard are sex scenes …
Research just out shows that people believe science fiction comprise a bunch of dumbed down stories, according to The Guardian. Academics have taken the same narrative and presented it in literary and genre forms to test subjects to see how they respond to the same story in a different context. When people read about airlocks …
As I hope you have already heard, the last story ever written by Raymond Chandler has been discovered in the archives and is a seering indictment of the US healthcare system – from a 1958, the year before he died. This was a far cry from his detective series involving the ever-knowing Philip Marlowe. This …
I would like to focus your attention on a review for a new book by Mark Cousins on the act of seeing. While not exactly brimming with positivity, it does embrace the idea that thinking about the act of looking is worth the effort. This reminded me of a couple of experiences from my past: …
In the wake of the latest pile of papers released about the assassination of JFK, there is an enjoyable round-up of related fiction from The Guardian. To be honest, there are no references to hamster consumption in the entire article, but I wanted an eye-catching headline. In a similar vein, most of the attempts to …
The complete and utter excitement event of the year has been and gone with the Man Booker Prize. And even though it is British competition, another American has won it – again. With the change in rules a couple of years ago, eligibility was expanded to include those not born in the UK. Put another …
Wonderful recent story covering the perils of talking about literature. This time we have an author saying genre literature is rubbish with two problems. First, the utterer is a genre writer and so she’s urinated on her own chips and second, she received a barrage of invective from genre writers noting their work wasn’t all …
If you spend your time living in a Western bubble, sometimes you need to get some perspective. Why do I mention this? An article in The Guardian (yes, I read that publication a lot) covered the reversal of decision by Cambridge University Press to stop self-censoring its journal articles in China. Long story short: CUP …
The Guardian has added to the literary cannon with a quiz so in the interests of total transparency, here it is. Like so many others on the Internet-connected planet, I love a good quiz and have also taken part in many pretty rubbish ones too. Fill your boots!
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