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 The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann: “I’m reading my very slow way through this book! I’m enjoying it very much. I find it amusing that Hans…” Nov 17, 21:03
Andrew Blackman on Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood: “It’s interesting to hear about the recurrences. Bill also mentioned in his recent post that a ravine shows up in…” Nov 12, 20:56
Andrew Blackman on Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood: “Ah, that’s great to hear, Stefanie – I was wondering about trying her speculative fiction too, so I’m glad you…” Nov 12, 20:51
Andrew Blackman on Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood: “Hey Marcie, thanks so much for organising MARM! I’ve wanted to participate for years now but always seemed to run…” Nov 12, 20:49
Andrew Blackman on Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood: “Oh yes, I’d like to try her sci-fi one day. Which one would you recommend?” Nov 12, 20:42