"that flighty temptress"

[eldritchhobbit]

* Julie Phillips' biography of a science fiction legend, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for best biography of 2006.

* From Marvel Comics land: R.I.P., Captain America?

* Harold Bloom has gone off again on Harry Potter. (This is not the first time: see here and here, for example.) In the process, he asserted, "I cannot think of a major work I have not ingested." Somehow, I get the suspicion that our definitions of "major work" would differ.

* And last but not least, re: my own recent news, here are couple of press releases about my husband, making it official:
* Yesterday's press release (LRC)
* Last week's press release (BU)


"...let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure."
Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Comments

[mamomo.livejournal.com]

As someone who loves lit crit and canonical literature, I still cannot stand Harold Bloom. When he's writing about something that he actually likes (usually Shakespeare), he can be an engaging read, but most of the time he's too busy looking down his nose at everything. I love books by dead white European guys more than most people, but I also love pop culture and I hate when people are snobbish about it or insist that it's what's wrong with society. I could rant about this all day, but I'll spare you. ;)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yep, we're definitely on the same page!