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Entries from August 25th, 2009

Black Static 12

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Nina Allen’s “My Brother’s Keeper” is an evocative ghost story, where the ghost is secondary to the main thrust of the story about time and childhood secrets. It works well, apart from one slightly clunky moment where the narrator quite literally trips over and is injured by the buried past.
“Bryson Feeds Families” by TF Davenport [...]

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The Resurrectionist, by Jack O’Connell

August 9th, 2009 · No Comments · books

This is the first book I’ve read by Jack O’Connell. It won’t be the last.
It’s the story of Sweeney, a pharmacist by trade, and his son Danny. Danny is in a coma following an accident, and Sweeney has taken a job at the Peck Clinic, an unusual forbidding institution that offers the hope of [...]

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Physics Is The New Rock ‘n’ Roll

August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

“When we see the universe around us we see atoms, subatomic particles of all kinds. Today we realize that all these subatomic particles with all these Greek names can be summarized as nothing but notes, musical notes, on a vibrating superstring. The notes on the string correspond to the subatomic particles like electrons and quarks. [...]

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