Vathek And The Episodes Of Vathek By William Beckford |
William Thomas Beckford was born in 1760. His father was a member of parliament, a former Lord Mayor of London, and a very wealthy man. William was instructed by tutors at home, and was later a pupil...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:29:00 GMT |
The Master And Margarita By Mikhail Bulgakov |
The Master and Margarita is one of the most unusual books ever written. Because of the fantastic nature of the story it has been labeled magical realism. But the story is so original and bizarre it re...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:08:00 GMT |
The Fiery Angel by Valery Bruisov |
Valery Bruisov is an interesting character in literary history. He lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when revolution was brewing in Russia and the people were reje...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:39:00 GMT |
Shikasta by Doris Lessing |
Doris Lessing was recently awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. She was unimpressed. She mentioned that in the 1960's a representative had been sent from the Nobel committee just to t...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:07:00 GMT |
The occult novels of Gustav Meyrink |
Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna on January 19th, 1868, sixty years to the day after Edgar Allen Poe was born (January 19th, 1808). His father died when he was very young. He ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:01:00 GMT |
Georges by Alexandre Dumas |
I am very happy to report the publication of a great new novel...by Alexandre Dumas! How can there be a new novel by Dumas you ask? This novel has been lost and forgotten to us for more ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:57:00 GMT |
The Other Side by Alfred Kubin |
One day as I was searching around the internet minding my own business, innocent and unsuspecting of any imminent peril, I stumbled upon a webpage called The Strangest Books Ever Written...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:52:00 GMT |
Monsieur de Phocas by Jean Lorrain |
Jean Lorrain was born Paul Duval, the spoiled only child of a wealthy bourgeious merchant from Normandy. He was a sickly child and had a smothering mother. He adopted the...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:05:00 GMT |
In memory of Robert Anton Wilson |
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Here goes my first blog. Sadly it's to be a memorial for one of my heroes.
On January 11, 2007 the world lost a great man. Robert Anton Wilson. If you are unfamiliar wit...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:46:00 GMT |
