July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

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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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BuriedInPrint on The American Way: Stories of Invasion: “Sheesh. What a chilling photograph. I’ve never seen that before. One name amongst the list of contributors immediately jumps out…” Oct 13, 18:54
Andrew Blackman on The Truth About Amritsar: “Yes, it’s quite a horrific story. The book in general has that slight distance that comes from a historical narrative,…” Oct 10, 14:03
Andrew Blackman on The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav: “Hi David, Thanks for your comment—I’m glad you liked the review, and please do use it in your group reading…” Oct 10, 13:51
Stefanie on The Truth About Amritsar: “The book sounds really good and intense. Or maybe your post is intense for me because I had not heard…” Oct 4, 21:21
David Cameron on The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav: “Thank you, excellent review. I’ll be using it when facilitating a group reading of Ultimate Human, since it is entirely…” Oct 2, 18:13