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Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Video: Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music

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 In a segment on hell in Hieronymus Bosch's painting of THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, there's a man with music notation on his but...
Tuesday, 11 July 2023

History Book Review: Ritual, Gender and Narrative in Late Medieval Italy: Fina Buzzacarini and the Baptistery of Padua by Anne Derbes

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This is a deep dive into the pictorial program at the Baptistery of Padua, redone in the 1370s, and the woman who commissioned it, Fina Buzz...
Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Book Review: A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

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Pros: great characters, detailed worldbuilding, twisty plot Cons: After the members of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Al-Jahiz are murdered in ...
Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Video: WAKENER

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When a derelict ship arrives at a space station orbiting Earth, one that has a nuclear engine, a soldier and a technician are sent to invest...
Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Book Review: A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by DK

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Pros: lots of information easily digested, plentiful photographs, varied topics Cons: I feel like there was more magic from the African cont...
Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Book Review: The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

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Pros: fast paced, fun characters Cons: ending felt a bit underwhelming Roboticist Tesla Crane and her new husband, Shalmaneser Steward, are ...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Book Review: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

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Pros: brilliant world-building, interesting characters, fast paced Cons: Raised as a princess in one of the 6 remaining book eater houses in...