Word: readerly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Among them, James Roberts has set his sights the highest. His unauthorized, self-published novel is entitled _Eugenesis_, and details a grim chapter in the history of the original Robots in Disguise. The experienced "Transfan" will be in the science-fiction adherent's equivalent of hog heaven. The casual reader, however, may find himself bewildered by the dizzying amount of obscure references and asides that litter the novel. _Eugenesis_ takes place in the year 2012, with the Transformer war driving both sides to the brink of destruction. Corruption from within proves as weakening as enemies without, and the arrival...
...fighting is frequent and furious. Nor does the action serve some obligatory masturbatory fix; he cleverly avoids the tedium that accompanies extended battle scenes by subordinating them to the plot. The novel maintains a fantastic tension throughout, with just the right number of pauses to let the reader catch his breath. The tone is spot-on; the ever-present sense of doom hovers cloudlike throughout, as befits a novel of war. Roberts manages to depict the war realistically and beautifully, reminding us that actions have consequences, that war and death are often far less glorious than propaganda would have them...
...Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters’ Alliance (BGLTSA). Smith lambastes “opponents” of Gladden J. Pappin ’04 for trying to censor Pappin, but then plays fast and loose with the exact identity of these opponents, potentially leading the reader to believe that the BGLTSA may advocate such censorship. This implication is simply false. The BGLTSA has not gone on record to ask that Pappin retract his statements, nor have we criticized The Crimson for printing Pappin’s letter (Op-ed, “Secret Court Rightly Punished Immorality?...
...Some readers felt that Cooper, Rowley and Watkins deserved a better designation than whistle-blowers. "The term has a disloyal and shady connotation," wrote a Connecticut reader. "Surely you could have found a more kindly word to describe what they did." A Los Angeles woman concurred: "Calling them whistle-blowers sold these women short and subtly undermined the example of conviction and courage they set." Joining the chorus was a man from New York State: "The headline did little justice to their contribution to society. How about calling them just plain courageous...
...When I returned to Beijing in 1999 after six years in Berkeley, California, a Chinese reader scolded me for switching to English. "What's the point of laboring 10 years to write a novel in English when you could have published more books for starved Chinese readers in your mother tongue and let the translators do the rest of the work? Nowadays, authors can get famous much more easily in China than in America." He is somewhat right. The bookstores in China are always packed, while the average Borders bookstore in America is the most peaceful place in town. Compared...