Raritania

Like "lifestyle" the word "deserve" has come to be grossly misused, overused and abused, replacing many another word an...

The plot of William Haggard's Slow Burner (reviewed here ) centers on a British program to develop civil nuclear power in the hopes of ...

I remember that when reading Ian Fleming's James Bond novels I was struck by how much the character and his outlook, his associated imag...

Boston: Little, Brown, 1965, pp. 192. WARNING: MILD SPOILERS Until recently I had read only one novel by William Haggard, mainly because ...

New York: University of Cambridge Press, 2006, pp. 382. Before delving into a discussion of Edgerton's book, it is important to rememb...

Looking back it is clear that Star Wars was not the first science fiction film--nor the first space-themed science fiction megahit. ( 2001 ...

I first saw Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (1958) on Bravo before its lamentable turn to particularly disgusting versions of the ...

Recently thinking about the G.I. Joe cartoon I was struck by how strong the similarities and connections to the Bond films are --G.I. Joe ar...

New York: Putnam, 2002, pp. 272. Just as after the over-the-top High Time to Kill Raymond Benson swung all the way around to a more groun...

New York: Putnam, 2001, pp. 272. WARNING: MILD SPOILERS Reading Never Dream of Dying the book's title struck me as the most Fleming...