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WBH Digest 2024-11-25: Books!

WBH Digest 2024-11-25: Books!

As part of the launch of John J. Reilly's The Perennial Apocalypse I am cross-promoting John's books with Hans Schantz' 2024 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Based Book Sale. 2024 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Based Book Sale by Hans G. Schantz Running Now Through Tuesday December

WBH Digest 2024-06-12: They Come Out at Night

WBH Digest 2024-06-12: They Come Out at Night

There have been a bunch of interesting books either released or looking to raise crowdfunding recently that I wish to highlight. Hopefully you can find something interesting out of all the authors I keep tabs on. I keep hearing that Shagduk is a book worth reading, and here is the

WBH Bi-Monthly Digest 2024-05-10: Wizard War

WBH Bi-Monthly Digest 2024-05-10: Wizard War

This Bi-Monthly Digest features two Kickstarters, a memory of Manly Wade Wellman, the way in which the foundation myth of the West is poisoned, and a thread on how fantasy approaches magic. First up is JD Cowan's Star Wanderers. I've liked a lot of Cowan'

Northrop Frye on Literal and Descriptive Phases

Northrop Frye on Literal and Descriptive Phases

After our brief introduction to the Second Essay in the Anatomy of Criticism, we will turn to the phases of literary symbolism. This will get very abstract, very quickly, because we are going to try to describe things are that are nearly indescribable. Bear with me, the only way out

Northrop Frye's Second Essay: The Theory of Symbols

Northrop Frye's Second Essay: The Theory of Symbols

In the first essay, which Frye subtitled "Historical Criticism", Frye created his categories by looking at the historical development of heroes and themes. In the second essay, Frye will turn to the different contexts in which we interpret symbols. Since Frye spends a lot of time coming up

Mongol Moon by Mark Sibley

Mongol Moon by Mark Sibley

Mongol Moon by Mark Sibley is a throwback to my youth, when Tom Clancy was one of the most popular authors in the world and you could see people toting massive tomes with Clancy's name emblazoned on the cover everywhere. Clancy got his start in technologically detailed spy

My Brother's Keeper by Tim Powers

My Brother's Keeper by Tim Powers

Tim Powers latest, My Brother's Keeper, is a tale of misplaced charity causing a multigenerational curse. It is also a secret history of the Brontë family, and as usual, Powers' explanation for their troubles is such a good story that it threatens to replace whatever else you