American gods by neil gaiman5/22/2023 Gaiman now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after spending a decade in Wisconsin with his first wife, Mary McGrath. Gaiman also keeps an active online presence, with a website, twitter, and tumblr page updated frequently with fan questions, supplemental material to his works, and general publishing news. He has been honored with several awards for science fiction, including four Hugos and two Nebulas as well as the Newberry and Carnegie medals. His most popular works include American Gods, Good Omens (in collaboration with British author Terry Pratchett), Stardust, Coraline, the book and television series Neverwhere, and the movie Mirrormask. From there, Gaiman moved into novels, screenplays, and radio. He was hired by DC comics in 1987 and worked on his most famous comic book series, The Sandman, from 1989 to 1996. After forming a friendship with the comic book writer Alan Moore, Gaiman started to work in comics. He began a career in journalism writing book and music reviews as he learned how to get published. In his late teens, Gaiman decided he wanted to become a writer. Neil Gaiman grew up in West Sussex, England, reading fantasy works by authors such as J.R.R.
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Several people are typing calvin kasulke5/21/2023 And if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, why can’t everyone? Is true love possible between two people, when one is just a line of text in an app? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean? And their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture. Their biggest client, a high-end dog food company, is in the midst of recalling a bad batch of food that’s allegedly poisoning Pomeranians nationwide. Meanwhile, Gerald’s colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes. wherever he says he is.įaced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to help him escape, and to find out what happened to his body. His colleagues assume it’s an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from home policy, but now that Gerald’s productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from. Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York–based public relations firm has been uploaded into the company’s internal Slack channels-at least his consciousness has. Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is "An absurd, hilarious romp through the haunted house of late-stage capitalism."-Carmen Maria Machado, author of A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. Mike tyson undisputed truth netflix5/21/2023 Meanwhile, actor Trevante Rhodes, who plays Tyson in the Mike series, has responded in his own way, showing respect to Tyson, as well as the work he has done on the series. Tyson also says that Hulu offered Dana White, president of the UFC, millions of dollars to promote the series, while offering Tyson nothing. In his posts, Tyson likens the company to "slave master," saying the company took his story without asking or paying him for it. Taking to social media, Tyson has slammed the upcoming miniseries, saying he does not support the project. Related: Why Jamie Foxx Is The Perfect Actor To Play Mike Tyson In A Biopic A competing project from Hulu, the eight-episode miniseries titled Mike, starring Trevante Rhodes, is set to debut on August 25th. In recent years, development had begun on a number of projects seeking to adapt Tyson's life story, one of which is set to be produced by Antoine Fuqua and star Jamie Foxx as Tyson. He has also appeared in the animated series Mike Tyson Mysteries on Netflix and even a stand-up special for HBO called The Undisputed Truth. Since that time, Tyson has stepped out of the ring and into Hollywood, frequently appearing as himself in films like The Hangover, Black & White, Rocky Balboa, Scary Movie V, and TV shows like Roseanne, How I Met Your Mother, and Franklin & Bash. John lewis book walking with the wind5/21/2023 What role did Lewis play in galvanizing the nation once Americans learned of the brutality meted out to demonstrators in Montgomery, Alabama?ĥ. What role did Lewis's faith play in his life, starting from the time he was a child? How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermon on the radio, entitled "Paul's Letter to the American Christians" affect Lewis?Ĥ. What it was like to live in the Jim Crow South society of the 1940 ad 50s, as recalled to us by Lewis?ģ. In reading his memoir, how would you piece together, what John Lewis was like as a person? How did the events of his childhood affect his strength and passion to fight for civil rights in the 1960s-especially, as written in his memoir, growing up on the family farm in "a small world, a safe world, filled with family and friends"? In what way did that safe environment propel him to become a leader in the Civil Rights movement? Consider, for instance, his reference to caring for the family's chickens and what ideals that instilled in him.Ģ. Use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion of WALKING WITH THE WIND … then take off on your own:ġ. In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes5/21/2023 He had found nothing yet to take the place of flying wild. He'd tried it it was like returning to the stone ax after precision tools. It wasn't the same flying a little private crate. He'd liked flying at night he'd missed it after the war had crashed to a finish and dribbled to an end. Something too of being closed within an unknown and strange world of mist and cloud and wind. There was something in it akin to flying the sense of being lifted high above crawling earth, of being a part of the wildness of air. It was good standing there on the promontory overlooking the evening sea, the fog lifting itself like gauzy veils to touch his face. He is standing on a piece of land overlooking the beach and enjoying the feeling it gives him. He was a pilot in World War II, and he misses flying, although he is very cynical about the war. The story is told from Dix Steele's point of view, but the killings are not described in the book except by the police after examining the scene of the crime.Īs the book opens, the reader gets a picture of Dix Steele. In a Lonely Place is a noir classic, a portrait of a serial killer, written before this type of novel was so prevalent as it is now. Hughes was published in 1947 but has a very different style and atmosphere than other novels that I have read from that time. I enjoy reading post-war mystery novels, especially those written during those years. Audible norse mythology5/21/2023 Through Gaiman's deft and witty prose emerge these gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again. The work culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and rebirth of a new time and people. He writes articles that link the worlds of mythology to multiple topics. More poignant is the tale in which the blood of Kvasir-the most sagacious of gods-is turned into a mead that infuses drinkers with poetry. Devdutt is one of the most proficient columnists, in India today. Once, when Thor's hammer is stolen, Thor must disguise himself as a woman-difficult with his beard and huge appetite-to steal it back. Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods and Loki-son of a giant-blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. The Swan Maiden by Heather Tomlinson5/21/2023 until the day she discovers her own hidden birthright. But she must run the castle household while her sisters learn to weave spells. Doucette can dream of being a creature of flight and magic, of wearing a swan skin like her older sisters. Fans of Shannon Hale's Goose Girl and Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the Forest form the likeliest audience. In the quiet hour before dawn, anything can happen. Tomlinson presents Doucette's subsequent adventures as a series of forks in the road: Stay with her mother or fly to Tante Mahalt? Marry her true love, the shepherd Jaume, or be made queen? Sacrifice her swan self, and her magic, in exchange for love? The prose rarely rises above the serviceable ("Soft as milk, as clouds, as snow, the dappled swan skin enveloped her in a luscious warmth") rather, it's the fast-moving plot that will engage readers. Doucette, the 16-year-old daughter of a count, longs to be a swan maiden like her two older sisters, Azelais and Cecilia, who can perform sorcery, but for the past six years her parents have led her to believe that she was born without a "swan skin." While her sisters spend each summer with Tante Mahalt perfecting their magic, Doucette undergoes year-round tutelage from their domineering mother in running a noble household until she discovers the swan skin her mother has hidden from her since birth. Inspired by French fairy tales, Tomlinson's first novel takes the motif of the "swan maiden" a beautiful young woman who can assume the form of a swan and embroiders it into an elaborate romantic fantasy. India by Eleanor Dixon5/21/2023 She is board certified in Internal medicine. She did her medical schooling from King George's Medical School from Lucknow in India where she During her residency she was the recipient of multiple awards including the Eleanor Dixon Award for best original research. Chanda completed her Internal medicine residency from Abington Memorial Hospital (affiliated with Temple University Hospital) in Pennsylvania. She has a special interest in women's health, preventive health and wellness.ĭr. Chanda believes in taking the time to carefully listen to her patients concerns and developing an individualized plan for them to achieve optimum healthĪnd wellbeing. Therefore she decided to open up her primary care practice where she is dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive care to the patients both in the office and the hospital setting. However, she wanted to provide a continuity of care to her patients even after they had left the hospital. She had been a hospitalist at Inova Loudoun Hospital for the last 6 years where she enjoyed treating the various complicated and challenging patients she encountered. Chanda is a board certified internist who has more than 15 years of experience in both primary care and hospital medicine. The inheritance trilogy5/21/2023 The humans arrive at the exact center of the galaxy and discover a dyson sphere (or cloud) around the black hole in the center of the galaxy. Eventually a compromise is reached with a peace mission going along with the 1MIEF. The 1MIEF wants to destroy the system, but misguided politics on Earth no longer support the war against the Xul and attempt to shut the mission down. Ten years after the events of Star Strike, humans have located the homeworld of the Xul, deep within the Galactic Center. The Marines use one of these weapons to destroy a Xul base. There they discover a race of aliens that fought the Xul before by destroying their suns. The 1MIEF decides to investigate a system where it appears an alien race caused its sun to go nova. The United Star Commonwealth sends the 1st Marine Interstellar Expenditionary Force (1MIEF) to fight the Xul out in space so as to buy time for the rest of humanity. After conquering Alighan of the Islamic Theocracy, the United Star Marines must fight the Xul, but unlike previous encounters, the Marines are taking the offensive. When the centuries-old refugee ship Argo is destroyed by a Xul sentry, Earth is in danger yet again. The trilogy is the sequel to the Heritage Trilogy and the Legacy Trilogy. that focus on the United Star Marine Corps. The Inheritance Trilogy is a series of military science fiction books written by William H. Jemisin, see The Inheritance Trilogy (Jemisin series). Friends without benefits by penny reid5/21/2023 This was the most realistic writing of a career that I have read for a long time. I have to mention the brilliant portrayal of the h’s profession. But of course then we would not have had this book, which was, I suppose, about her coming to terms with her past, and acknowledging both her emotional issues, and her inability to deal with them. Although by the end of the book she did finally admit she needed therapy, I though that a woman of her intelligence would have come to this realisation a lot sooner. Which was annoying because she was a competent, fully trained ER Doctor. The death of both her mother and her first love in her teenage years had really twisted her views on love, romance and her ability to have any sort of meaningful relationship. The H admits his love early on which is an unusual plot device which could have backfired, but works well. For once we have a man who was not afraid to freely admit his feelings. It was probably her narration that kept me listening where perhaps, if I had been reading myself, I may have thrown my kindle at a wall. With an Italian H, the narrator had her work cut out for her but she managed to make him sound sooooooo sexy. It’s really hard to write a review of this book because I felt annoyed and frustrated at the h for most of the book, but still could not stop listening! Firstly, I must make a special mention of the narration. |