Every artificial light-source we’ve yet invented, from the incandescent light-bulb to strobe lighting or the laser, involves generating heat in order to generate light. This entails not just images of heat but images of light: one of the laws of physics is that we cannot generate light without heat. The image I wish to focus on is fire, and representations of fire. But there are other, even more pervasive images in The Time Machine which are worthy of analysis, and I’d like to consider one such image in particular, as a way of reading the imagery of the novel in its late Victorian context.
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This strategy engages readers from the start. By beginning with a real-life example and addressing the reader directly, the writer immediately emphasizes Desmond’s hard-hitting point. end annotated textĪnnotated text Introductory Anecdote. By mentioning Desmond’s qualifications as an ethnographer, Eliana Evans appeals to ethos: Desmond is an authority whose opinions can be taken seriously. end public domain textĪnnotated text Ethos. As an ethnographer, Desmond gathers research to promote the study and documentation of human culture: how people live under all kinds of conditions. In his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, ethnographer and author Matthew Desmond follows eight poor families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as they struggle to establish and maintain one of humanity’s most basic needs: housing. Unfortunately, many of the nation’s poor don’t have to imagine this troubling scenario because this is their reality. The remaining $87 must be divided among food, utilities, childcare, and medical treatment. Now, imagine that $550 will go toward rent, leaving only a small amount for everything else. One American worker picks up her check for $637. Public domain textImagine it’s Friday-payday. (credit: “Matthew Desmond at 2017 National Book Festival” by United States Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) Living by Their Own Words Story as Persuasion Figure 9.6 Matthew Desmond discusses Evicted at the Library of Congress. Lupoff, Kim Newman, Paul McAuley, Michael Marshall Smith and Steve Rasnic Tem once again relate a fictional history of Innsmouth and its batrachian inhabitants. Cave, Basil Copper, John Glasby, Caitlín R. Following on from his World Fantasy Award-nominated anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth, editor Stephen Jones returns to Lovecraft's decaying Massachusetts seaport as such established writers as Ramsey Campbell, Hugh B. Lovecraft's 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth' forms a major link in the author's renowned "Cthulhu Mythos", featuring a race of ichthyoid Deep Ones which over the years have inter-bred with humans in strange and terrifying ways. After all, a person with a knife is one thing…but a person with a cause can topple kingdoms. With a motley crew of allies, including a fae-cursed young man, the lady of thieves, and a corgi that may or may not be a spy, Mer may finally be able to steal precious freedom and peace for herself. The best way to do that is to destroy the magical well that keeps the prince’s lands safe. Then Mer’s old handler returns with a proposition: use her powers to bring down the very prince that abused them both. After discovering what he had done, Mer went to great lengths to disappear from his reach. Under the prince’s orders, she located the wells of his enemies, and he poisoned them without her knowledge, causing hundreds of deaths. She is the last living water diviner and has spent years running from the prince who bound her into his service. Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Mererid “Mer” is well-acquainted with both. While aimed at those who are currently in management positions, The Making of a Manager is also an invaluable resource for anyone who is looking to move into a leadership role. The book covers topics such as setting goals, giving feedback, handling conflict, and building teams. Zhuo draws on her own experiences as a manager at Facebook, as well as research and interviews with other managers, to provide readers with a comprehensive look at what it takes to be a successful leader. The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo is a book that offers advice and insights for managers at all levels. Whether you’re just starting out in your career or you’ve been a manager for years, this book has something for you. The author draws on her own experiences as well as interviews with managers and employees from various companies to share advice on how to become an effective manager. If you’re looking for a career book that is both insightful and enjoyable to read, The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo is a great choice. It’s short, and… there’s nothing really essential in it either. Eric was originally an illustrated novel, but my copy (like almost all the copies you’ll find these days) is minus its illustrations, leaving it just abnormally short (and something of an unwanted sibling in the family, its name often omitted or bracketed in early lists of Discworld novels). Divide that short length up in a very episodic fashion, and there’s not a lot of substance left. At only a few hundred pages, it’s easily the shortest Discworld novel so far, and not much more than half the length of Pyramids. To be honest, there’s not a great deal to say about Eric. (for those who missed the announcement, I’ve skipped Guards! Guards! on the grounds of not being able to find the damn thing, though I’m sure it must be around here somewhere…) The Celtic revival played a vital role in the independence struggle in Ireland and in the rise of cultural nationalism in Wales and Scotland. In the 16th century scholars took new interest the Celtic legacy, and popular culture followed suit, leading to a fascination with Celtic history, literature, and art. Rather, these features coalesced among peoples in northwestern Europe, who were pushed to the margins by the Romans and then dominated by the rising nation-states of Britain, France, and Spain. In examining the complex and fascinating legacy of the Celtic world, historian Jennifer Paxton reveals that the traits we associate with the Celts-their language, their art, and their customs-may not have arisen among a single ethnic group. Modern scholarship has transformed what we thought we knew about the people known to the classical world as the Celts. What makes something “Celtic”? Can we draw any connection between the Gaulish warriors who defied Caesar and the performers of Riverdance? The ancient Celts terrified the Greeks and Romans, but the modern-day revival of Celtic music and art charms millions of people around the world. He makes another phone call to set a grieving father on Dean. Clark, who is the Crocotta, ties up Sam and Stewie, then kills the tech and eats his spirit. He goes to the phone company basement and confronts Stewie, but is hit over the head by Clark. Research later shows that the calls are coming from a Crocotta, and Sam suspects Stewie. Clark is a phone company supervisor, and he takes them to tech Stewie Meyers who helps them with a number. One call is even from John Winchester to Dean. Sam and Dean encounter Clark Adams while investigating deaths related to unusual phone calls, where the callers claim to be spirits. It can appear human, but when it feeds it unhinges its jaw and its large, sharp teeth are visible. The true appearance of the crocotta is unknown. They can imitate the voice of a loved one, and tries to convince its victim to commit suicide or come to them, so it could kill them, so that it can swallow the victim's soul.Ĭrocotta also live in filth, and they are renowned for saying "come to me", so much so they are sometimes recognized simply from this line. In the modern age, at least one Crocotta has evolved to contact people by phone or computer. One Crocotta, noted this while bragging, stating how it was usually forced to wait for days, and even then, people were wise to its kind's tricks, and he was lucky to get two souls a year. It is commonly described in legend as luring people by calling their name, drawing them deeper into the forest until it can devour them. Not only are they teammates and friends, they are also neighbours now. The book starts out with them being teammates and then skips a few months, in which they apparently built a built a strong friendship. I just wished there would have been more about their actual friendship in the book. This was a nice short "friends to lovers" story. I'll be checking out this author's other work! I would have liked to see the team's reaction to finding out Alexei and Mike were a couple. And with Mike's virgin ways, Alexei fears he'll feel the same way. Most guys aren't okay with Alexei's need to be in control in the bedroom. It wasn't until Mike confesses to being attacked after being seen kissing a man that the truth comes out.Īlexei has some specific tastes when it comes to the bedroom. The progression of their relationship from friends to more felt real. Neither one knows the other is gay.Įven though this was a novella, I didn't feel like it was insta-love between Alexei and Mike. He's just too afraid to come out to his parents.Īlexei is also on the Ice Cats team. They keep trying to set him up with the local women. He's in the closet but feels a lot of pressure from his parents. Considering this was a novella, I thought this was a really solid read. She weaves steadily and thinks of little else. In the tower she weaves day and night her “magic web with colours gay.” She knows there is a curse upon her if she looks down at Camelot, although she does not know what the curse is. The reapers pile up their sheaves and whisper that it is the fairy Lady singing. Only early morning reapers hear her cheerful song that reaches down to the river that winds to Camelot. Heavy barges followed by slow horses pass by the island, but no one has ever seen the Lady wave or stand at the window. On the island are four gray walls and four gray towers, and within is the Lady of Shalott. The willows “whiten,” and little breezes blow forever around the island. The people gaze at the way lilies blow around the island of Shalott. On either side of the river are fields of barley and rye, and through them a road winds to Camelot. |