Philip Glass's "music with repetitive structures", E. P. Thompson's sci-fi novel, elephants, whales, F. W. Maitland, Norman Cantor’s Inventing the Middle Ages, and scathing academic reviews.
'Like many men'? I for one am not particularly fascinated by whales – or elephants and other such large animals. Write about rabbits next time. Hath it not been said unto us, 'less is more'?
The conclusion of Terry Eagleton’s review of The God Delusion stands as one of the most blistering attacks ever directed at a reviewed author:
> "But Dawkins could have told us all this without being so appallingly bitchy about those of his scientific colleagues who disagree with him, and without being so theologically illiterate. He might also have avoided being the second most frequently mentioned individual in his book – if you count God as an individual."
Incidentally, this is one of my two favorite reviews of all time. The other is a piece by none other than Jorge Luis Borges, titled Las alarmas del Doctor Américo Castro.
'Like many men'? I for one am not particularly fascinated by whales – or elephants and other such large animals. Write about rabbits next time. Hath it not been said unto us, 'less is more'?
The conclusion of Terry Eagleton’s review of The God Delusion stands as one of the most blistering attacks ever directed at a reviewed author:
> "But Dawkins could have told us all this without being so appallingly bitchy about those of his scientific colleagues who disagree with him, and without being so theologically illiterate. He might also have avoided being the second most frequently mentioned individual in his book – if you count God as an individual."
Incidentally, this is one of my two favorite reviews of all time. The other is a piece by none other than Jorge Luis Borges, titled Las alarmas del Doctor Américo Castro.