Monthly Archives: September 2010
The music of chance
Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell Ghostwritten is both brilliant and badly flawed. It’s David Mitchell’s first novel and not his best known. His third novel Cloud Atlas got nominated for the Booker prize and a host of other prizes (some of … Continue reading
Filed under English Literature, Mitchell, David, Science Fiction
Holidays and Kindles redux
I got back from holiday yesterday. I was away more than two weeks and the only reading matter I had on me was my new Kindle (a Kindle 2). So, how did that work out for me? I posted my … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative posts, Publishing
Holidays and Kindles
I’ve recently received one of the new next generation Kindles (Kindle 2 I think they’re called, though I could be confusing models). It’s £109 from Amazon UK and wifi but not 3g enabled. There are 3g versions, I just didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative posts, Publishing
He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.
The Yellow Wallpaper, and other stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman was many things. A feminist, a writer, a public speaker and political campaigner. Her best known story is The Yellow Wallpaper which was published in 1892 in … Continue reading
