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“the curse of want gives way to the curse of plenty”-Frederik Pohl, in the anthology Nightmare Age Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, as a part of “The Shape of Things to Come” season in 1991 (a series of plays looking… Read moreThe Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl
There are two readings of My Favorite Murder, by Ambrose Bierce, on LibriVox. Bill Mosley’s reading has a more appropriate accent, but Peter Yearsley’s is funnier, perhaps because of his English accent. The high minded language of the protagonist, combined… Read moreLibriVox: My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce
Never Bet The Devil Your Head was written by Edgar Allan Poe to mock his critics. It’s wit is as sharp as Voltaire’s Candide and it’s smirk is as wide as Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court,… Read moreNever Bet The Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe
One of the earliest detectives in history, or at least the history of literature, is Zadig. Zadig is the main character of Voltaire’s philosophical novel Zadig; Or The Book Of Fate – An Oriental History. I stumbled across it’s existence… Read moreThe Dog And The Horse by Voltaire
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed is a satiric poem by Jonathan Swift. It was first published in 1731. One Wikipedia editor describes it like this: It features Corinna, “a young woman preparing for bed by deconstructing.” It’s awful,… Read moreA Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed by Jonathan Swift
Heather Ordover has a great new book at the center of of her splendid CraftLit podcast. It’s Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift! You can read the shownotes HERE. |MP3| Podcast feed: http://craftlit.libsyn.com/rss And, if you’re not into crafts, as much… Read moreCraftLit/Just The Books: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift