Later today I will be driving MBW, the HA, and myself down to Galveston for the remainder of the Memorial Day weekend. My sister and brother-in-law are driving down from Nebraska to join us. Time constraints thus demand a more abbreviated post, but I trust it will still be worth your reading time. Fantasy Book… Continue reading Retro Review: December 1983 “Fantasy Book”
Month: May 2024
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sir Nigel.” Bildungsroman? Prequel? Fun.
My post last week post reviewed The White Company. Today I’m looking at the subsequent novel, Sir Nigel. Though written about a decade later, the events it relates begin about twenty years prior to those in the White Company. Instead of covering the coming of age and adventures of Alleyne Edricson, we read about the… Continue reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sir Nigel.” Bildungsroman? Prequel? Fun.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The White Company”
Originally serialized in a magazine in the last decade of the 19th century, A. Conan Doyle’s The White Company is damned near perfection. Conan Doyle is known to most as the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. That would be enough to cement any writer’s reputation as one of the greats. But Doyle wrote prolifically… Continue reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The White Company”
Lord Dunsany’s Book of Wonder
This collection of short stories by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, aka Lord Dunsany, is akin to a jewel box. Each story is a brilliant, faceted gem to be enjoyed for its color, sparkle, and luster. These are not lengthy tales. These are snippets, anecdotes, oneiric snapshots of dreamscapes. It there is a throughline or… Continue reading Lord Dunsany’s Book of Wonder