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Hangover Square is just great, though the blackouts got a bit shticky after a bit, but Hamilton's The Slaves of Solitude is perfection itself, an absolute gem of a book with one of the best villains in literature, the horrible Thwaites. It's also deeply alcoholic, poor man. Good, good, good...

What kind of thing are these then? Tell me more. Hm, that's a bit tricky...Maybe...Cather was mostly concerned with life in the American hinterland, the frontiers, etc. in the first half of the 20th century. She had an incredible way with atmosphere, a way of giving her characters great depth...

... My Antonia by Willa Cather. Am thoroughly enjoying the latter - would have made a good Dissensus book club read. I read The Professor's House by Cather not too terribly long ago and was absolutely besotted. One of the most perfect little novels I've ever read.

I'll admit, when Buffy ended a great hole opened up in my heart, only briefly filled by Veronica Mars (season one was great, everything after that just so so). But Heroes is quite entertaining, despite having none of the wit or ambition of Buffy. It pretty much is exactly what it appears to...

I kinda dig the retro pastiche elements. Or at least they certainly don't bother me. What does strike me as somewhat limiting about this record is the sameness of the songs. They just go nowhere (slowely) emotionally different from track to track. It's certainly a singular sound and a...