I just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. It’s about an order of monks who preserve scientific knowledge after mankind nearly destroys itself in a nuclear war. Drawing inspiration from monks who preserved classical civilization in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forgive me if I’m giving all the most basic Comp 101 analyses here. I just read this a month ago. I hope some college freshman plagiarizes this essay in good health. The original Frankenstein has a lot more poetry than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just re-read Dracula, with the benefit of nearly 70 years of fanboy pathology. I read it in high school, but I found the epistolary format kind of boring. Re-reading it for my Back to Basics project, it worked a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Out of the past, phantoms of a world gone by speak again the immortal tale … I’ve spent the last few years on a “back to basics” kick, reading a ton of classic sci-fi and a bit of classic horror.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…