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Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Review

by Todd Galitz | Nov 9, 2023 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction, Who Should Read?

Why You Should (or Should Not) Read . . . Hyperion by Dan Simmons Del Rey | 1989 | 978-0-399-17861-0 | 481pages First in a series | Reviewed by Todd Galitz You could think of Dan Simmons’ Hyperion as a stealth classic. While it doesn’t get the love that, say, Issac...
John Dunn’s examination of John Locke, a review in about 500 words

John Dunn’s examination of John Locke, a review in about 500 words

by Todd Galitz | Jun 28, 2021 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Political Science, John Locke

The Political Thought of John Locke-An Historical Account of the Argument of the ‘Two Treatises of Government’ by John Dunn.  Cambridge at the University Press, 1969.  521 07408 8   The Political Thought of John Locke could have been called “My...
American Gothic Literature, a new kind of horror story

American Gothic Literature, a new kind of horror story

by Todd Galitz | Jul 16, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Literature, Horror

A Review of “American Gothic Literature” Ruth Bienstock Anolik, 2019, McFarland & Company Inc. 306 pages   Like the genre it examines, this work is insightful, inspiring, exhilarating, and challenging. However, it is not for the faint of heart! A somewhat...
American Gothic Literature, a new kind of horror story

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Dr. Neil Postman, a Short Book Review

by Todd Galitz | Apr 24, 2020 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Literature

Why should we care about 1970’s Television?   Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death is one of many works from the latter half of the 20th Century which bemoans what he calls the “Age of Show Business,” or what other people have called the culture of...
Do you have an Inner Fish?

Do you have an Inner Fish?

by Todd Galitz | Mar 14, 2014 | Biology, Book Reviews, Science, Science

Your Inner Fish.  Neil Shubin.  Pantheon Books, New York 2008. 229 pages. Neil Shubin’s [easyazon_link asin=”0307277453″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” nofollow=”default” tag=”rethse-20″]Your Inner...
Capitalist Development and Democracy, Great Ideas but a Difficult Read

Capitalist Development and Democracy, Great Ideas but a Difficult Read

by Todd Galitz | Feb 27, 2012 | Book Reviews, Political Science

Capitalist Development and Democracy.  Rueschemyer, Dietrich and Evelyne Huber Stephens and John D. Stephens.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1992.  387 pages. Capitalist Development and Democracy by Rueschmyer, Stephans and Stephans is an ambitious work which...