Archive for April, 2008
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The Object Stares Back
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
On the Nature of Seeing
by James Elkins
ISBN: 0156004976
There is no such thing as "just looking"; Elkins argues persuasively that seeing is more complicated than that. As an art historian with
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Under My Roof
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
by Nick Mamatas
ISBN: 9781933368436
In near-future, slightly dystopic Long Island there are hundreds, thousands of discarded smoke detectors at the dump, ripe for the scavenging. Why would anyone want to scavenge
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Third Class Superhero
Monday, April 21st, 2008
by Charles Yu
ISBN: 0156030810
"Third Class Superhero" might be the most straightforward story in this collection. Which is odd only because it's mostly about Moisture Man (yeah, about as impressive as
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Paint by Number
Monday, April 21st, 2008
The How-to Craze that Swept the Nation
by William L. Bird, Jr.
ISBN: 1568982828
...hobby kits, like paint by number, functioned as a compromise between genuine creativity and the responsibilities of homemaking and
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