The book is Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1985 by Penguin Random House. I read the Vintage International 1992 paperback edition. I read it in April of 2024. The phrase blood meridian is never specifically mentioned, but there are allusions to it. "The sun was just down and to the west lay reefs of... Continue Reading →
"He could almost see his magnificent father, here ...in the mind's eye—if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride of place and rule his own domains!" -- The Odyssey (p81 Homer) Every man should get a job, start a family,... Continue Reading →
The book is The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell. It was originally published in 2006 by Harper Collins. I read the 2007 paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to a Viking character named Svein. He's the main villain of this installment of Cornwell's Last Kingdom series. I'm reading this book series because... Continue Reading →
The book is Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published by Random House in 1979. I read the paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to the main character Cornelius Suttree. He's a man who lives in Knoxville Tennessee. He lives on a little house boat on the river as a fisherman.... Continue Reading →
The book is The Odyssey by Homer. It was originally an oral tradition story told long before it was written down. But it was most likely first composed in the 8th or 7th century BC. I read the Robert Fagles translation in the Penguin Deluxe Classics 1998 paperback edition, in the 2009 boxset edition that includes The Iliad and The Aeneid. I read it... Continue Reading →
The book is Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was originally published in 1955 by George Allen & Unwin. I read the 2020 Harper Collins illustrated hardback edition with illustrations by Alan Lee. I read it in December of 2023. The title refers to Aragorn. He finally returns to Gondor to take his rightful place as king. ... Continue Reading →
The book is The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was originally published in 1954 by George Allen & Unwin. I read the 2020 Harper Collins illustrated hardback edition with illustrations by Alan Lee. I read it in December of 2023. According to Tolkien's own illustration for the cover the two towers are depicted to be Minas Morgul... Continue Reading →
The book is In the House of Tom Bombadil by C.R. Wiley. It was originally published 2021 by Canon Press. I read the 2021 paperback edition. I read it in December of 2023. The title refers to the Lord of the Rings character Tom Bombadil. Wiley mentions how everything changes when Frodo and the hobbits enter Tom's... Continue Reading →
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