BookShelves eBook Reader๐ This Day in Literature โ March 25
Published on this day: The Great Gatsby (1925)
Fitzgerald's masterpiece was a commercial failure โ he died thinking it forgotten.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 24
Remembered today: Jules Verne (1905)
The father of science fiction predicted submarines, space travel, and the internet.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 21
Published on this day: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel that Lincoln reportedly said started the Civil War.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 20
Born on this day: Henrik Ibsen (1828)
Father of modern drama. A Doll's House shocked audiences and changed theater forever.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 14
Published on this day: The Hobbit concept (1930)
Tolkien scribbled 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' on a blank exam paper.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 12
Born on this day: Jack Kerouac (1922)
Beat Generation icon who typed On the Road on a continuous 120-foot scroll of paper.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 9
Born on this day: Vita Sackville-West (1892)
Poet, novelist, and garden designer who inspired Virginia Woolf's Orlando.
๐ This Day in Literature โ March 3
Born on this day: Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
Also the birthday of literature itself โ it's World Book Day in the UK!
Optimistic FuturesAfter 7 years in Portugal I finally visited the famed Livraria Lello in Porto last week. (It was February and raining, so the queues were acceptable.) The interior was as beautiful as I expected, but their selection of books was surprising. I shared pics and my thought in this blog post: https://judybackhouse.com/fiction/an-old-bookshop-for-old-authors/
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TheEdinburghBookshopWe've made a shelf just for classic #ScienceFiction in the SF section, here are three Joe has loved over the years:
The Illustrated Man: as a youngster, this short story collection was my gateway into the works of Ray Bradbury (still reading him today)
I Am Legend, Matheson's slim classic (oft-filmed, never really quite getting the book) captures that era of Cold War paranoia, fear and isolation
Wasp, a delightful, slightly anarchic adventure romp, beloved by Terry Pratchett. A highly resourceful agent is dropped on an enemy planet to cause distractions (the way a wasp can distract a much larger creature). The humour is like a forerunner of Harrison's later Stainless Steel Rat.
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