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2018.02.07 : The Chance of Living
Excerpt from Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier

There's been a lot of hue and cry recently about how things are going to play out socially when the robots and AI take over all the jobs (and which eventuality appears to be coming fast). I was very amused to find Orwell had the major implication sussed out - in 1937.... (read more)

2009.05.24 : Book Clubbing
Nobody Move! – Johnson Does Pulp Fiction
And the Literary Offenses of Brad Thor

So I just read the new Denis Johnson, which follows up his National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke. I'm sure a lot of people will remember me going on about Johnson - his novel Already Dead, A California Gothic has long been my second favourite novel of all time.... (read more)

2009.05.05 : Not Friday Fun Break

If you're just dragging yourself back from the May bank holiday - or if, perhaps, you're celebrating Cinco de Mayo - you may need these.... (read more)

2009.04.27 : Le 21e Arrondissement Plus Orwell Complet

Well, it's official: Kensington is now the 21e Arrondissement.... (read more)

2008.12.16 : Little Brother
A New Winston for a New Millennium

Little Brother is science fiction author, digital rights activist, and all-around caped-blogging-crusader Cory Doctorow's entry into the literary space of "young adult" (or YA) fiction.... (read more)

2008.03.18 : Fuches Quotes 12

Since the periodicity of my long-running quotations series has been getting asymptotic with infinity, here are the quotes that have been piling up since the last edition... (read more)

2008.02.18 : Infidel
The Heroic Life, and Threatened Death, of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the Somali-born feminist, writer, and politician who has been living under 24-hour guard since a promise to kill her was found pinned to the body of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gough... (read more)

2005.08.05 : The Battle Is Joined

"The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity . . . It was the deep knowledge - and pray God we have not lost it - that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest."... (read more)

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	Dispatches tagged as: orwell (8) 2018.02.07 : The Chance of Living Excerpt from Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier There's been a lot of hue and cry recently about how things are going to play out socially when the robots and AI take over all the jobs (and which eventuality appears to be coming fast). I was very amused to find Orwell had the major implication sussed out - in 1937.... (read more) 2009.05.24 : Book Clubbing Nobody Move! – Johnson Does Pulp Fiction And the Literary Offenses of Brad Thor So I just read the new Denis Johnson, which follows up his National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke. I'm sure a lot of people will remember me going on about Johnson - his novel Already Dead, A California Gothic has long been my second favourite novel of all time.... (read more) 2009.05.05 : Not Friday Fun Break If you're just dragging yourself back from the May bank holiday - or if, perhaps, you're celebrating Cinco de Mayo - you may need these.... (read more) 2009.04.27 : Le 21e Arrondissement Plus Orwell Complet Well, it's official: Kensington is now the 21e Arrondissement.... (read more) 2008.12.16 : Little Brother A New Winston for a New Millennium Little Brother is science fiction author, digital rights activist, and all-around caped-blogging-crusader Cory Doctorow's entry into the literary space of "young adult" (or YA) fiction.... (read more) 2008.03.18 : Fuches Quotes 12 Since the periodicity of my long-running quotations series has been getting asymptotic with infinity, here are the quotes that have been piling up since the last edition... (read more) 2008.02.18 : Infidel The Heroic Life, and Threatened Death, of Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the Somali-born feminist, writer, and politician who has been living under 24-hour guard since a promise to kill her was found pinned to the body of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gough... (read more) 2005.08.05 : The Battle Is Joined "The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity . . . It was the deep knowledge - and pray God we have not lost it - that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest."... (read more)