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Curtis Weyant

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Starship Troopers (Review) – Virginia Edition, Vol. 3

May 21, 2016 by Curtis Leave a Comment

This post is part of a series on the Virginia Edition of Robert A. Heinlein’s works. I have been excited to get to this book, not only because I have read (or rather, listened to) it before and enjoyed it, but also because it signals a run of much shorter books than the first two … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, reviews, Robert Heinlein, sci-fi, Virginia Edition

Time Enough For Love (Review) – Virginia Edition, Vol. 2

February 17, 2016 by Curtis 3 Comments

This post is part of a series on the Virginia Edition of Robert A. Heinlein’s works. It’s been almost a year since I reviewed the first volume of the Virgina Edition, I Will Fear No Evil. I didn’t intend for there to be such a long hiatus, but things got in the way. Also, there is the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, literature, reviews, Robert Heinlein, sci-fi, Virginia Edition

I Will Fear No Evil (Review) – Virginia Edition, Vol. 1

February 22, 2015 by Curtis 2 Comments

This post is part of a series on the Virginia Edition of Robert A. Heinlein’s works. In general, people seem to choose one of two ways to handle Robert Heinlein’s I Will Fear No Evil: detest it in all its casually (and sometimes not so casually) misogynistic odiousness, or love it like an uncouth grandfather who “grew up … [Read more…]

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Virginia Edition of Robert Heinlein’s Works – Reviews: Introduction

February 15, 2015 by Curtis 9 Comments

The Virginia Edition is the definitive collection of the works of Robert A. Heinlein. Authorized by The Heinlein Prize Trust – the author and his wife’s estate, which includes most of the copyrights to his work – the set includes “authoritative” texts of Heinlein’s writings, along with several volumes of correspondence and introductory essays to each volume … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, literature, reviews, Robert Heinlein, Virginia Edition

Nice, but who cares? The confluence of Chaucer, Gravity and Dallas Buyers Club

March 25, 2014 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Geoffrey Chaucer

For the past couple of months I’ve been auditing Dr. Corey Olsen’s class on Chaucer’s non-Canterbury Tale works at Mythgard. I’ve fallen a bit behind due to deadlines related to another project, which unfortunately means I’ve missed the discussion about Troilus & Creseyde — the main reason I wanted to audit the class. (The nice … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: movies, reviews

Review: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

September 5, 2013 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

I haven’t read anything by Cory Doctorow since Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town first came out. Part of that is because that story blew. Part of it is also because my best friend was banned from Boing Boing after making a perfectly reasonable, but contrary, comment on one of Cory’s posts at that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, reviews

Review: The American Language (4th ed.) by H. L. Mencken

August 25, 2013 by Curtis Leave a Comment
The American Language, by H. L. Mencken

I’ve wanted to read this for awhile, and eventually decided to pick it up during my recent Dresden Files sprint, to cleanse the palate between Harry Dresden’s various lengthy and often amusing beat-downs. It took me awhile to finish, but honestly not as long as I thought it would, which is perhaps a testament to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Language Tagged: books, language, reviews

Review: 1984, by George Orwell

June 8, 2013 by Curtis Leave a Comment
1984, by George Orwell

Yesterday, I finished George Orwell’s classic work of dystopian psychological horror, 1984, which I read for the Mythgard Institute’s Dystopian Tradition class, taught by the estimable Amy H. Sturgis. It’s the second time I’ve read the book, though I’m not entirely sure when I first read it. In college, perhaps? In any case, it was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Liberty, Literature Tagged: books, Mythgard, reviews, sci-fi

“The Lord of the Rings” as a Catholic-themed work

May 19, 2013 by Curtis Leave a Comment
St. Tolkien

I just finished Tom Shippey’s excellent book, J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, which I have wanted to read for some time now. In it, Shippey’s primary argument (as implied by the subtitle) is that twentieth century literature was dominated by the fantasy story, and that Tolkien holds the premier place of authorship among … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, essays, reviews, Tolkien

Constitution USA, a new PBS series

May 11, 2013 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal

Last night I watched the first of a four-part PBS series called Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. In it, Sagal pretends to be a biker and goes on a neo-Steinbeckian cross-country trip in a quintessential attempt to take the pulse of the heartland — and, you know, other lands on either side of the heartland…. I … [Read more…]

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