July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Children of the Cave: A Fascinating Finnish Novel of Ideas

In Children of the Cave, Finnish writer Virve Sammalkorpi imagines an encounter between a group of explorers and some strange creatures living in a…

Thinking

No, I Don’t Have the Bandwidth Right Now

Something is very wrong with the English language. People have started asking me if I have the “bandwidth” to work on new…

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Stefanie on Paris in Turmoil #parisinjuly2026: “Wow, he’s very strict on his definition of Paris authors! If I ever make it to Paris, this sounds like…” Jul 8, 21:30
Andrew Blackman on Paris in Turmoil #parisinjuly2026: “Ah, and I was looking for more of his to read too! Which ones do you have on the TBR?” Jul 8, 20:21
Andrew Blackman on Paris in Turmoil #parisinjuly2026: “Oh, thanks for the recommendation! Found a PDF copy on Libcom and have downloaded it to read later. I know…” Jul 8, 20:21
Andrew Blackman on Paris in Turmoil #parisinjuly2026: “Thanks, Mae! I think you’d probably get a lot of this book because you’d recognise more of the references. I’ve…” Jul 8, 20:18
Andrew Blackman on Paris in Turmoil #parisinjuly2026: “Thanks for organising the event, Emma. I enjoyed reading and writing about this book, and I’m slowly reading the other…” Jul 8, 19:53