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

my and Helen's current favourite source of music - Radio is a Foreign Country

trauma and slavery in Clarke's _Piranesi_ - Tor

sounds from around the world - SoundCloud [via Roger Gilchrist]

lorem ipsum and the challenges of Latin translation - Antigone Journal

the shortlist for the inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin prize - Electric Literature

Princess Mononoke and its English-language version - BBC

a short introduction to Halldor Laxness, Iceland's most famous novelist - New Yorker

a five book introduction to political philosophy - Five Books

twenty-four book recommendations from around the world - Rest of World

Tom Shippey on J.R.R. Tolkien - The Road to Middle-Earth + Author of the Century [my review]

Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World - Atlas of the Invisible [my review]

Hiro Arikawa - The Travelling Cat Chronicles [my review]

(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.