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Showing posts with label Dusty Bookcase Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dusty Bookcase Book. Show all posts
12 April 2022

Talking Ted Allan with Dick Bourgeois-Doyle

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The second of my two conversations with Leacock Medal scholar Dick Bourgeois-Doyle is now available here on Soundcloud . The topic is Ted Al...
14 March 2022

The Dustiest Bookcase: V is for van Vogt

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The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). Destination: Universe A.E. van Vogt New York...
14 September 2020

The Atomic Dale; or, The Mounties Mess Up?

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Dale of the Mounted: Atomic Plot Joe Holliday Toronto: Allen, [1959] 158 pages The ninth in the twelve-volume Dale of the Mounted s...
03 September 2019

Where to Begin with Margaret Millar: A Top Ten

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I got off to a bad start with Margaret Millar. Of the twenty-six books published during her lifetime, the first I read was  Fire Will ...
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19 August 2019

Bach to the Future, Part III: The Squeaking Wheel

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Final words on  A Voice is Calling and its author. About eight years ago, I posted a piece on The Squeaking Wheel , an ugly, bigoted...
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14 November 2018

The Great Canadian Post-Great War Novel?

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The Empty Sack Basil King New York: Harper, 1921 446 pages "We're all different. Life as we used to live it begins to seem...
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05 November 2018

Starting in on Grant Allen: A Top Ten

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Over pints this past weekend, I remarked to a friend that I'd just begun reading my thirteenth Grant Allen novel. This friend respon...
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