In the fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a ruler parades in front of his townsfolk nude, somehow having become convinced he is wearing elegant clothing. The people, not wishing to suffer his ire by telling him the truth, oooh and ahhh over his imaginary new outfit. It falls to a child, honest and unafraid, to […]
Thumbing his nose, literarily speaking, at mainstream archaeological academics, author and historian Graham Hancock posits that a meteor struck the earth between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. It was immense, and broke into so many destructive chunks and shards passing through the atmosphere , that it wrought planet-wide havoc, not only to the landscape and […]
It seems like anything I could tell you about Hiassen’s latest send-up would get a BLEEP! SPOILER ALERT! But OK, let me try. It’s present-day Palm Beach, Florida, perhaps the capital of wealthy American retirees. An old lady nicknamed Kiki has gone missing when no one ought to be – at a party – and […]
I happened across this book while considering its publisher to publish several of my forthcoming novels. (I didn’t.) I wanted to see what their books looked like, so ordered one that caught my eye. (My wife is a bird photographer; if I didn’t care for it, I knew where to find a second reader.) As […]
I really enjoy reading Michael Connelly’s novels. Really like Harry Bosch, he who represents the Dutch painter in more than just name, a tough cop but a genuine human being. Ditto for his half-brother Mickey Haller; I see Matthew McConaughey whenever I think about Mickey. Jack McEvoy? Well, my jury may still be out after […]
Well, the word sedition is out, even the topic of an article in the Saturday New York Times. Sedition is a very big, very serious word. The last time it was actively applied in America was in 1918, when Emma Goldman, an avowed anarchist, was deported. She was fortunate to only be kicked out of […]
Write a story or a novel having to do with Greek or Roman mythology or the heroic journey archetype and I’m there. My interest began in California in an English course taught by one William Blake at Santa Ana College, where I learned that archetypes were like patterns underlying human behaviors, conscious or unconscious. I […]