Danny Yee

Books and Media

my book reviews - ramblings of a pathologically eclectic generalist
a film diary - with brief comments and the occasional review
Australian bookshops and publishers
rec.arts.books.reviews - book reviews on Usenet
Reading Notes - including Harry Potter criticism.

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Links and News

"an accessible overview of one of the most mysterious of ancient urban cultures" - Indus [my review]
sisters feuding: Margaret Drabble and A.S. Byatt - Slate
metafiction and massacre: scripting the Philippines - Insurrecto [Gina Apostol]
from Röntgen to the Large Hadron Collider - The Matter of Everything: A History of Discovery [my review]
a nice summary of the debate over Shakespeare's authorship - and portraits - Smithsonian Magazine
renewal and compassion after violence - When I Sing, Mountains Dance [my review]
"Set in the Catalan Pyrenees, When I Sing, Mountains Dance is intimately tied to its setting, to the mountain slopes and scattered dwellings and local community."
52 Ways to Walk - Guardian
remembering Dubravka Ugresic - Guardian
"Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - Interesting Literature
two decades as an Oxford classics librarian - Antigone
the Māori and the macron - Spinoff [comic]
independent bookshop numbers at a 10-year high: a rare bit of good news for the UK - Guardian

(For more, see my blog Pathologically Polymathic or the latest book reviews.)

Other Resources

I don't really follow the publishing industry, or the latest in book gossip - I prefer to wait till five or ten years after a book's publication, when the fuss has died down a little and a longer-term perspective is available. If you're after book news I recommend the Complete Review's Literary Saloon, which also has links to other literary weblogs.

Danny Yee