![]() Put simply, this anniversary edition is the most comprehensive collection of Alice materials ever published in a single volume.Īlice's Adventures in Wonderland: 150th Anniversary Edition Illustrated by Salvador Dali is the first trade edition of a rare, deluxe work by the Spanish master, and features an introduction discussing Dali, surrealism, Carroll, and the mathematical bond between them. ![]() ![]() This volume brings together Martin Gardner's legendary original 1960 publication, The Annotated Alice his follow-ups, More Annotated Alice and the Definitive Edition and masterly additions and updates plus a treasure trove of fanciful illustrations by Ralph Steadman, Barry Moser, Beatrix Potter, and a host of other artists. The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition compiles over half a century of scholarship by leading Carrollian experts to reveal the history and full depth of the Alice books and their enigmatic creator. The tale, initially titled Alice's Adventures Under Ground, became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which Dodgson published in 1865 as Lewis Carroll. ![]() Dodgson often spun fairy tales on these boating trips to pass the time, and on this particular afternoon the story was particularly well received by Alice, who afterwards entreated him to write it down for her. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a rowboat out on the Thames with three young sisters: Lorina, Edith, and Alice. ![]()
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![]() So I read on, and quickly became entranced with the opening scene, the post-breakup ritual of returning items. ![]() Every self-respecting Brit knows the mundane yet sacred phrase. It’s fair to say that the opening line, “Cup of tea?” had piqued my interest. But I did pick it up, and I didn’t put it down until I had to because my boyfriend’s dad had arrived and it would be rude not to greet him, especially considering this was the first time we’d met. It took me a little while to pick it up – like I said, I had my doubts about how a story in reverse would be told. Still, I have been following Hazel Hayes on Instagram for a while now and there was no doubt in my mind that she would be capable of writing a spectacular book, so despite my lack of understanding, I bought it. I couldn’t quite imagine how that could possibly work. It was a bit much for my little brain to comprehend before I started the book. I’ll be honest, I was dubious about “a romance told in reverse”. ![]() ![]() ![]() The children are to be put in the care of a distant relative who lives nearby. All things children and adults alike could stand to hear more often.Īt the beginning of The Bad Beginning Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny Baudelaire are playing on Briny Beach when a man with a top hat and an eternal cough comes to bring them terrible news: their parents have died in a fire that has also destroyed their home. It is packed with dry wit, appreciation of learning and warnings to listen to children. The series, which starts with The Bad Beginning, tells the story of three unlucky siblings who take on an evil villain. That means you have to find a darkly humorous children’s book yourself and if you’re lucky, that means you find ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’. ![]() Unless you have really cool grown-ups in your life, you won’t be introduced to dark humour until a few years after you could do with a dose. ![]() ![]() ![]() While I do love Grace, we really don’t have that much in common. I love Grace, but I feel like Kasey might be more on my level in regards to certain things. ![]() This is a lot of betting I’m doing on someone I barely know, but she just has a very strong presence, and I really dig it. I bet she would have sat there with me, completely unmoved by the nonsense all around, and I bet she never would have let me flee the lunch room in the first place. I get the feeling if she had been my best friend instead of Grace during the “Zoey the ho” situation, Kasey would have ignored the stares, slut coughs, and open hostility from the football players. Even though she is literally invisible to most social sectors, Kasey is unafraid of the lunch room. Kasey chatters as we walk over and take our places in line. ![]() Ordinarily I wouldn’t even have enough cash on me to buy lunch, but I still have the twenty that Carter left me Thursday, so I guess I can use that. I also don’t have my lunch, which means I’ll have to buy. All the people I spend all day not interacting with gathered together in one place. The cafeteria buzzes with energy and conversation. I think up excuses the whole way there, but since I don’t spit any of them out, I walk through the open doors and into the mouth of hell. With many reservations and heavy, reluctant steps, I follow Kasey to the cafeteria. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are some great twists that I genuinely didn’t see coming, and while I didn’t feel overly attached to the characters, I was intrigued to find out where the story took them, so there’s something. Olivia had no fears that her plans would ever be foiled, except Alex’s career plans go from being a police officer to getting involved in the political world that she has so desperately tried to steer herself away from. She sees her marriage to Alex as the pot of gold at the end of the shitty political rainbow and her ticket out from under the stifling thumb of her family. So, Olivia is from a well to do background full of political maneuverings and arseholes in suits just waiting for some other arsehole in a suit to slip up and show their weakness, and she wants out (can’t say as I blame her really). This is the first book in the Gray Ghost series and follows the characters, Alex and Olivia. This was an interesting listen, can’t say as it’s the type of thing that I would normally go for, but when I got into it, I did find it enjoyable. ![]() ![]() Everything runs along smoothly for a while with the shop and Camille bringing in steady money, the Raquins make some friends and hold a weekly ‘get together’ where they chat and play dominoes. Early on in the novel it is decided that Camille and Thérèse will marry and that the family will move to Paris to open a haberdashery whilst Camille works as a clerk for a railway company. There are four main characters Madame Raquin, her sickly son Camille, Camille’s friend Laurent and of course Thérèse Raquin who was adopted by her aunt Madame Raquin. I’m not going to concentrate too much on the plot itself in this post but I shall give a quick outline for anyone unfamiliar with the book. However, Zola changed many aspects of the original story to create his novel. Hemmings, in his book The Life and Times of Emile Zola, suggests that Zola took the story from a novel by an acquaitance who had used the original news story as source material. ![]() The story is quite simple and was based on a newspaper article, though F.W.J. Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola was first published in 1867 and was Zola’s first real success. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Murphy was planning Curse of the White Knight, he intended to introduce Red Hood earlier in the book but opted to save the reveal to the end. In a recent roundtable with ScreenRant, Murphy revealed more details about the forthcoming series. Related: Red Hood's New Team Just Hit the Disgusting Limit of Their Healing Factor ![]() Now, Murphy returns to Red Hood later this year in a brand-new mini-series. In addition to introducing Azrael, Curse of the White Knight also introduced Red Hood. Murphy’s White Knight universe has proven so popular that DC has commissioned spin-off titles, exploring the stories of Mister Freeze and Harley Quinn. A follow-up series Curse of the White Knight followed, incorporating new characters such as Azrael into the universe. The series concluded with Batman realizing he was part of the problem and unmasking to Commissioner Gordon. The Joker, apparently cured of his madness, became a politician, exposing the evils of Gotham City-including Batman. Batman: White Knight, written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, debuted in 2017, as part of DC’s Black Label imprint. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, his novel The Fiend with Twenty Faces is where the gentleman thief ’20 Faces’ comes from, as in the secret identity of Akira Ijyuin in CLAMP’s Man of Many Faces and CLAMP School Detectives. At the same time, a strange radio programme airs, encouraging the “billions alone” to become more friendly with each other.Īfter that are two adaptations of stories by mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo – a man who has influenced more than one manga as it happens. The first seen is of two people, but the bodies rapidly mount up, including one twisted scene of sewn bodies being displayed as horrific decorations on Christmas trees. At the same time, a series of killings takes place in which multiple people have been found naked with their bodies sown together with fishing lines. ![]() The opening story, “Billions Alone”, is one of Ito’s body horror standards, revolving around a hikikomori named Michio who re-encounters the woman who was the only one who defended him when they were at school. VIZ once again presents us with another collection of Junji Ito’s short works, and there is a real mixture in this collection: some new tales of horror, some previously released but now in colour, some based on the work of other writers, and one autobiographical tale. WARNING: This is a horror manga and as such some readers may find the content disturbing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stand alone or series: Stand alone… we think. What this stranger doesn’t tell Moon is that his presence will tip the balance of power… that his extraordinary lineage is crucial to the colony’s survival… and that his people face extinction at the hands of the dreaded Fell! Now Moon must overcome a lifetime of conditioning in order to save and himself… and his newfound kin. Just as Moon is once again cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself… someone who seems to know exactly what he is, who promises that Moon will be welcomed into his community. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Moon has spent his life hiding what he is – a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's a fullness and churchliness to it that abbreviated evangelical treatments of the gospel don't always capture, though I've read exceptions. I would recommend this to seminarians, young pastors in need of encouragement, and anyone who wants to know (or be reminded) why the classical Protestant articulation of the gospel remains earth-shattering to many today. The translation from Swedish was a little bumpy at times. It had strong similarities to my own Reformed molding in the gospel, to a degree that even surprised me, though I'm sure I could parse out points of difference if I'd been looking to read it that way. It was the unadulterated presentation of the gospel, from a robustly Lutheran perspective, that I found refreshing. It wasn't so much the stories or characterization that I found compelling, though the settings in various periods of Scandinavian Lutheran church history were interesting. It's a collection of three novellas, set respectively in the early 1800s, late 1800s, and early WWII, about young pastors coming to grips with the power of the gospel, often out of various kinds of revivalist and rationalist formation in seminary. ![]() I'd been wanting to get my hands on this book for a couple of years and finally borrowed it from the local Lutheran seminary. ![]() |