Tag Archives: reading

Renewed As Always

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Gene Stewart

In the Romantic Era, when artists and writers recoiled from some of the harshness brought by the Age of Reason, a beautiful, terminally-ill young woman, doomed, a tubercular Venus, was considered the most poignant of topics for art. Beauty and … Continue reading →

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Lucky Me

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Primary voting day; puts me in mind of other votes and their supporting demographics. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, his sequel to The Shining, won this year’s Stoker Award. It is about the little boy Danny’s subsequent life in which … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Even Have Time For Only The Best

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Take this seriously: Read only the absolute best you can find. If a book or story begins to fail you, toss it over your shoulder and find one that compels you to keep reading. You think you have all the … Continue reading →

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Speak Carefully, It May Be Forever

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Carl Sagan wrote, “What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind … Continue reading →

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