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Saturday, December 23, 2017

the last book I read

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The Human Stain by Philip Roth. Coleman Silk is an ex-professor of classics and former dean of faculty at a New England university. Des...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

sage and uncle stuffing and granberry sauce

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A couple of examples, as if further proof were necessary, that Electric Halibut surfs the very bleeding edge of the Zeitgeist , protected on...
Friday, December 15, 2017

elektrischer Heilbutt: jetzt mit farbstoff

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One thing I noticed while sitting around in a pair of crusty urine-soaked underpants morosely swigging neat whisky out of the bottle the ot...
Monday, November 13, 2017

break on theroux to the other side

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One thing I forgot to mention in the last book review was that Barefoot In The Head is full of allusions to the mystical writings and teac...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

the last book I read

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Barefoot In The Head by Brian Aldiss. It's the late 20th century, and there's been a war. So far so standardly post-apocalyptica...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

featuring songs by Nine Inch Nails and Skrewdriver

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I'll tell you what fascinates me about things like the new Nick Knowles album (yes, it's really a thing, it's happening , and t...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

the last book I read

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The Children Act by Ian McEwan. Fiona Maye is a maverick High Court judge. She doesn't play by the book , but dammit she gets resul...
Saturday, October 07, 2017

gold (GOLD!); never believe what you're sold

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We're still in the grip of some pretty brutal austerity measures here at Halibut Towers, so the whisky cupboard is still fairly modest...
Friday, September 29, 2017

the last book I read

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The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. Binx Bolling is doing all right. Successful in his stockbroking business, nice little house in the New O...
Monday, September 25, 2017

let there be shite

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This (via Pharyngula ) is absolutely tremendous: a new film (called, in slightly oh-what-a-giveaway style,  Let There Be Light   and starrin...
Friday, September 22, 2017

headline of the day

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I know there's much speculation about the composition of the squad for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia, and England have a few he...
Friday, September 15, 2017

the headmaster ritual

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Last one on this topic, honest. The other thing worthy of mention in the box of old books was this one: Amazon Adventure by Willard Price...

the story of my life

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Here's part two as promised. Another multi-part book series that I was well into in my formative years was Malcolm Saville 's Lone ...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017

the loft-hatch is rising

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Great excitement here at Halibut Towers this week as a trip to the loft to retrieve some supplies for the boy yielded the unexpected bonus ...
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