Science Fiction Short Stories
Dale Townshend, Andy Sawyer, Edward Ahern and Stewart C. Baker
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A deluxe edition of super-charged, original and classic short stories. Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse,...
Unearthly Stranger (1964)
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Low-budget sci-fi B-movie from Independent Artists, released in the States by American...
The Misfits (1961)
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While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe) ends up meeting...
Reading Theories in Contemporary Fiction
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Even after the upheavals wrought by Theory, literary criticism has generally ignored the act and...
Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert's Land in the Age of Enlightenment
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"[M]arvelous and compelling..." - John Milloy, author of The Plains Cree and A National Crime As the...
Sleep Like a Baby (Aurora Teagarden #10)
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In the latest installment of the #1 New York Times Bestselling Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Greed (2019) in Movies
Feb 24, 2020
A friend initially demurred from seeing Greed, suggesting that he didn't need to see a movie to know how screwed up capitalism is - but I dragged him along anyway and we both enjoyed it. Mainly this is because it has a strong cast and a good script, although Steve Coogan is doing one of his comic grotesques and David Mitchell is basically just playing his usual comic persona under a different name. The shift from comedy to darker and more serious material as the film goes on is well handled, although you could argue the film is pushing it by attempting to be anti-capitalist, pro-feminist and pro-refugee all at the same time. Manages to be crowd-pleasing entertainment while scoring some serious points about the nature of the world in which we live. It may not teach you anything new, but it will probably make you care more about things you already know.
First of the Year: v. 3: 2010
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This is the third volume of the 'First of the Year' annual series. Contributors such as Armond...
Brooks's, 1764-2014: The Story of a Whig Club
Hugh Johnson, John Ingamells, Philipp Ziegler and Charles Sebag-Montefiore
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One of the many aspects of London that never failed to attract comment from foreign visitors in the...