"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

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I think that's what frustrates me so much. He can write very compelling, fascinating analysis about Shakespeare and other material he considers to be part of the canon. Unfortunately, he dismisses entire genres as unworthy of consideration -- as the potential downfalls of civilization, in fact.

All that is to say, I agree with you about his work on Shakespeare. :) The man knows his stuff!