-
Links
- Adam Piggott
- American Renaissance
- Ann Barnhardt
- Arkhaven Comics
- Beartaria Times
- Brian Niemeier
- Canon212
- Castalia House
- Computing Forever
- The Corbett Report
- David V. Stewart
- Davis M.J. Aurini
- E. Michael Jones
- Edward Feser
- Fencing Bear at Prayer
- John C. Wright
- John Derbyshire
- Larry Correia
- Men Of The West
- Quadrant Online
- Roosh V
- RORATE CAELI
- Stefan Molyneux
- Taylor Marshall
- The Unz Review
- UNAUTHORIZED.TV
- VDARE
- Vox Day
- William M. Briggs
- XYZ
Categories
- Australia
- Book Reviews
- Education
- Film
- Game Reviews
- Health & Fitness
- Japan
- Literature
- Music
- Personal
- Politics
- Ramblings
- Religion
- Science
- Society
- Television
- Video Games
- Writing
Archives
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
-
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Further thoughts on Brideshead Revisted
This is a follow-up to my previous post as I felt it was different enough to warrant its own. This will focus on the characters of Rex Mottram and Celia Ryder. I didn’t mention either at all by name in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature, Religion, Society
Tagged Brideshead Revisted, Evelyn Waugh
Comments Off on Further thoughts on Brideshead Revisted
Thoughts on Brideshead Revisited
I mentioned a few years ago in a post that I had been intending to re-read Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited along with Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. After finishing the former late last week, I decided I needed to write something about … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature, Religion, Society
Tagged Brideshead Revisted, Evelyn Waugh
Comments Off on Thoughts on Brideshead Revisited
A Most Interesting Man
Simon Leys: Navigator between Worlds by Philippe Paquet (translated by Julie Rose), La Trobe University Press, September 18th, 2017 The name of Simon Leys has appeared a couple of times on this blog. The first quoting portions of his fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Book Reviews, Literature, Society
Tagged China, John Derbyshire, Navigator Between Worlds, Simon Leys
Comments Off on A Most Interesting Man
Entering at the Margins of Classic Chinese Literature
The Water Margin (Shuihu Zhuan) is one of what are known as the ‘Four Great Novels of China’ and was originally written by Shi Naian during the Ming Dynasty and published in 1368 AD. Though there is scholarly dispute on … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature, Society
Tagged China, Chinese, Shi Naian, The Water Margin
Comments Off on Entering at the Margins of Classic Chinese Literature
A Brief Analysis of the Analects
The Analects of Confucius translated by Simon Leys Norton, April 2nd, 1997 Something definitely missing from my endless list of reading material is Chinese literature. This is something I’ve somewhat remedied recently by reading The Analects of Confucius but I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Society
Tagged Asia, China, Chinese, Confucius, Simon Leys, The Analects of Confucius
Comments Off on A Brief Analysis of the Analects
An Argument Against Self-Publishing
Dan the Destructor: Barbarians of the Storm – Book I by Rob Rimes January 10th, 2022 In beginning this review, I find myself wondering whether I have been overly harsh in previous reviews I’ve written. As I’ve pointed out before, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Dan the Destructor, Rob Rimes
Comments Off on An Argument Against Self-Publishing
A Religious Road Trip
American Pilgrim by Roosh Valizadeh Kings Media, February 16th, 2021 One of the earliest posts I wrote when I started this blog was a review of Roosh’s Free Speech Isn’t Free which chronicles his notorious speaking tour that sparked outrage … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature, Personal, Religion, Society
Tagged Catholic, Catholocism, Christian, Christianity, Orthodoxy, Return of Kings, Roosh V
Comments Off on A Religious Road Trip
The Origins of Adventure
Over the last few years I’ve been discovering a lot of early fantasy and adventure that I previously had little or no knowledge of. This includes authors such as Lord Dunsany, George MacDonald, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature, Religion, Society
Tagged Adventure, Fantasy, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, She
Comments Off on The Origins of Adventure
Sword and Interplanetary
I am still making a slow progression through Robert E. Howard’s oeuvre having already discussed Conan (which I am slowly re-reading and will be returning to), Solomon Kane, Kull, his excellent historical fiction and most recently, the mostly unimpressive film … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature
Tagged A Princess of Mars, Almuric, Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Robert E. Howard
Comments Off on Sword and Interplanetary