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As a result of the marvellous discussion that arose from my post on “What is a trilogy?”, someone has sent a question: how did the fantasy trilogy come to be? What is its history? (Thanks Shawn). So I want to … Continue reading
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I have recently read Jeff Vandermeer’s book Shriek, which is – among other things, about the horrible effects of fungus moving in on a city and its people. Definitely not nice stuff to think about (although the book itself is … Continue reading
….anybody at all. Birdwatching – or birding to give it the modern word – is for anyone from any social or economic strata or ethnicity. All you need is a pair of binoculars and a sense of fun, the kind … Continue reading
There’s a whole website up now to describe the insanity of the restricted/banned books issue. Do take a look here. This is so insanely ridiculous that one bookseller was prompted to mutter about Kafka, andI can see why. The Malaysian … Continue reading
This post is actually for botanists. My husband has found and photographed a rare saprophytic orchid at two Sabah, Kinabalu Pk, sites (Mesilau and Sayap) and has asked that I put up the photos because there weren’t any good ones … Continue reading
[The Beauty of Chinese Yixing Teapots and the Finer Arts of Tea Drinking : pix courtesy of Amazon.com where you can read an extract to see why it is banned. Or maybe you can read the extract and NOT see … Continue reading
Ok, so I know the world is in a mess, but there are some things that suggest otherwise, and this photo is one of them. The world is a good place to be when you are two years old and … Continue reading
First person writing has a long and illustrious history – from older classics like Dickens’s Great Expectations or R.L.Stevenson’s Treasure Island, to more modern classics such as Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Kerouac’s On the Road, Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath … Continue reading
So far I have seven novels either published or on their way to publication. Four of them were written (mostly) using the first person point of view. My last glimpse through avian eyes appalled me: I saw birds turn into … Continue reading
Things can grow large in the tropics.Millipedes, for example, longer than my foot.Or leaves. Yep, that is a single leaf. I always did wonder how one could be modest with a single figleaf. Now I know. You just have to … Continue reading