The Chronicles of Conan Volume 3: The Monster of the Monoliths And Other Stories
Nov05

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 3: The Monster of the Monoliths And Other Stories

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 3: The Monster of the Monoliths And Other Stories     During that endless golden summer of 1971 (hey, they’re my memories) just after I turned twelve, it seemed that fantasy novels– and in particular what was becoming known to me as  ‘heroic fantasy’ novels– were everywhere.  And, just as it was after seeing the 1931 Frankenstein at the age of nine, I never really grew out of them.  Sure, my...

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Revisiting Larsson’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Nov05

Revisiting Larsson’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

 Revisiting Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo “There’s no such thing as soft or hard oppression of women:  men want to own women, they want to control women, they are afraid of women.  Men hate women.”                                                                                                                              —Stieg Larsson     This is both the first and the second time that I’ve read the famous...

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