I’m currently rebuilding the website as the old one got totally messed up when i was playing around with things (no idea what happened).
So i thought that while it was a total clusterfuck mess of SQL, i would take the opportunity to give it a whole new life and everything.
So if you go clicking on things you might find that very strange things happen. Don’t moan, i know a lot of things are broken, i’m working on it, it takes time.
I’ve got tons of old posts and pages from three websites that i’m working through and will be gradually posting all the stuff i want to keep on here while fixing all the broken things as i go through, one post, one page, at a time.
On top of doing all that, i will, of course, be continuing to add more new content and my latest posts will always appear directly below.
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Enjoy
Lost Boy — Christina Henry
After my recent dive into Peter Pan’s history i was so looking forward to this.
And i can happily say it was everything, and more, than i hoped it would be.
Everything in the sense that it was up there with at the level of Alice, but instead of the violent schizo escaping from a high security mental hospital, rapidly withdrawing from her anti-psychotic meds leading to a total psychotic meltdown while running around town with a mad axeman on a murder spree, this one’s delving into the realms of psychopathy. Of course, like Alice you can just read it as a straight forward story and not get too into the mental health side of what’s going on, but it’s all there if you want some depth to it. Christina is one brilliant writer.
That’s everything i hoped it would be, the more than i hoped it would be was the similarity between Peter Pan and his Island and a person and place i found myself in several years ago. It was at times quite disturbing in how similar it all was, to really understand how the protagonist, Jamie, felt and to be able to put myself in his place, because i’d found myself in a very similar situation with a very similar person. But as much as it was disturbing it was so because it was so incredibly cathartic and i’m really pleased to have had the experience of reading this book, so thank you Christina for that as well.
On top of all that, i certainly felt it showed respect for J.M. Barries’ work, and built on that really well giving it all a whole new dimension to consider, one only hinted at in the original works, and i definitely recommend reading those three original books by James before embarking on this one — although this can be read as stand alone if you so wish, i just feel you’d be missing out a great deal by doing so.
For now though, this brings an end to my current Peter Pan binge, but i’m sure i’ll be back to Neverland in the future, there’s just too much been written around the original story for me to ignore for long.
Christina’s Page
#jmbarrie #peterpan #fantasy #christinahenry
Naïve Super — Erlend Loe
Good book. Worth a few of your pennies and a bit of your time — it’s not a big read.
Erland’s Page
#erlendloe
The Zen Experience — Thomas Hoover
Been quite a while since i read this, but do remember it being a very interesting read on the history of Zen. It tells Zen’s full story through fascinating tales of its most influential masters of its various historical schools, all the way from its roots in India and into modern Japan.
If more people read about the history of the world’s religions instead of fighting over them the world would be a much nicer place.
Thomas’ Page
#japan #zen #thomashoover
Evil is a Matter of Perspective — Anthology
Ooooh, and now for a nice bit of Grimdark. 
The Broken Dead — Michael R. Fletcher
Every Hair Casts a Shadow — Teresa Frohock
The Divine Death of Jirella Martigore — Alex Marshall
A Royal Gift — Mark Alder
Old Blood — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Black Bargain — Janny Wurts
The Syldoon Sun — Jeff Salyards
The Darkness Within the Light — Shawn Speakman
The Greater of Two Evils — Marc Turner
Exceeding Bitter — Kaaron Warren
A Game of Mages — Courtney Schafer
The Tattered Prince and the Demon Veiled — Bradley P. Beaulieu
A Storm Unbound — E.V. Morrigan
The Game — Matthew Ward
Blood Penny — Deborah A. Wolf
Better than Breath — Brian Staveley
Foundation of Bones — Mazarkis Williams
The Aging of a Kill — Peter Orullian
The Caraathayan — R. Scott Bakker
#grimdark #jannywurts
The Man in the High Castle — Philip K. Dick
I remember it being a good book but i never got around to writing a review when i read it, so, for now at least, it is assigned to “The Boneyard”.
Philip’s Page
#scifi #dystopian #philipkdick
A Wizard of Earthsea — Ursula K. Le Guin
I’ve lost count of the amount of times i’ve read this book, and i’m sure i’ll read it countless times more. Earthsea is probably the greatest fantasy series ever written. I’ve yet to find better.
Here’s an article in The Guardian… “David Mitchell on Earthsea – a rival to Tolkien and George RR Martin”.
Available in the collection The Books of Earthsea
Ursula’s Page
#fantasy#earthsea #ursulakleguin
Minimalist Living — Genevieve Parker Hill
I used to have a very minimalist lifestyle. Used to. Maybe one day i’ll go back to that and this book waits in the pile for that day.
Genevieve’s Page
#genevieveparkerhill
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. . .me thinks it’s a good time to re-read Asimov.
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