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May 2014 Reading Log

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Knights of Breton Court by Maurice Broaddus (three volumes in this edition) could be described (and I think was, somewhere) as King Arthur meets The Wire. It’s brilliant and original, but I tend to find Arthuriana depressing in … Continue reading →

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April 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Hooray, now I’m only a year behind! Fiction: Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells was a lot of fun, with a spunky heroine, interesting nonhumans, and lots of steampunk. Wells is one of my all-time favorite fantasy authors; … Continue reading →

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February 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Marketplace (Book One of The Marketplace Series) by Laura Antoniou – this was a freebie of a well-known book about dominance and submission. I’d read it back when it came out, but didn’t remember much. Anyway, Submission is … Continue reading →

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Some Recent Research Reading – Late Victorian & Edwardian

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Over the last few months, I’ve focused my research reading a little more onto the late Victorian and Edwardian periods in English history. First, I highly recommend King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa … Continue reading →

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“Garrow’s Law,” Series 1

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I have a new post up at The Criminal Element today, titled Dynamic Duos: Wimsey and Vane. I recently finished watching Garrow’s Law, Series One. The series is a little bit like Law and Order: Georgian England, with Andrew Buchan … Continue reading →

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Joanna Russ links

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Here are links to some essays by by Joanna Russ (1937 – 2011). Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction: “Science fiction, like medieval painting, addresses itself to the mind, not the eye. We are not presented with a representation of … Continue reading →

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Best 3 Books I Read in 2010

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Ask me tomorrow and I might change my mind, but at the moment, these are my three favorite books that I read in 2010. I chose each one for a different reason. 1. A Madness of Angels: Or The Resurrection … Continue reading →

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