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When Guy Davenport looks at the world, the world changes, sometimes just a little and sometimes a lot. And no reader is the same after reading his or her first Davenport essay or story. He is a writer perfectly described by the term “singular,” and in praising his work, from fiction to poetry, from translations to essays, critics all over the world have noted his unique manner, his remarkable erudition, and his startling humor. He is the finely realized perfection of high modernism blended with an American sensibility as old as Emerson’s. For The Death of Picasso, Davenport has gathered twenty-seven essays and stories from throughout his career, more than one-third of which have never before appeared in book form. The whole stands as the author’s choice of the pieces he would have us read today if we are curious about what he’s been up to all this time. The result is an exciting and invigorating selection, a testament to one of the prose masters at work today.
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Somewhat disappointed.......2004-04-08
Having previously read and reread Guy Davenports' Geography of the Imagination, I was prepared to say that anything written by him would be worth reading. However, I was disappointed that a man of such erudition would have to resort to some of the homoerotic passages in his The Death of Picasso. Despite this crtitcism, I find Davenport to be exciting because he constantly leads the reader to explore new subjects.
A Perfect Introduction to the Only Author I Re-Read.......2003-10-03
The title story of this generous new collection is one of my all-time favorites. I read voraciously, and have several favorite authors, but Davenport is the only one I habitually return to and re-read. DEATH OF PICASSO will introduce you properly to the MacArthur genius award recipient who remains largely unknown despite being arguably the nation's finest stylist. Guy Davenport's fictions are multi-layered delights. You can root around in them again and again, each time finding new nuggets and making new connections and cross-connections to his other work and to the larger world of fact and literature. D of P includes not just fictions but also criticism, which in Davenport's case mean not dull stuff for insiders but richly detailed and entertaining adventures. If you are looking for enormous talent and knowledge, displayed in writing that always delights, Davenport deserves your attention. The only thing lacking in D of P is his excellent drawings, which he has from time to time employed to add still another layer to his unique confections. Take a chance, buy this book. You may find that you have stumbled across the author you should have been reading all along.
The Best American Writer.......2003-09-15
Guy Davenport is the best living American writer; he compares to Joyce in terms of his technical ability. This book will be an excellent starting point for anyone ready for the possibility.
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OVER THE EDGE
Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed--that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue. Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his personal zoo, and Flinx and Pip were on the run again--this time into uncharted space, on a random course they hoped would foil their pursuers.
They found more than they bargained for when they landed on Midworld, a verdant planet covered by an immense jungle, hosting an incredible variety of plant and animal life--all of it unknown and all of it deadly. And now they were in real trouble. Their hiding place was in danger of discovery, and their only hope lay with this bizarre and untamed planet . . . if it didn't kill them first!
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Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed—that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue. Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his personal zoo, and Flinx and Pip were on the run again—this time into uncharted space, on a random course they hoped would foil their pursuers.
They found more than they bargained for when they landed on Midworld, a verdant planet covered by an immense jungle, hosting an incredible variety of plant and animal life—all of it unknown and all of it deadly. And now they were in real trouble. Their hiding place was in danger of discovery, and their only hope lay with this bizarre and untamed planet... if it didn't kill them first!
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Best of Both Worlds.......2007-06-16
My goodness! Take one of the best books ever written (Midworld) and throw in Flinx and his wonderful Pip, and you have a recipe for a best-seller. I drooled at the prospect of going back to Midworld, and when I saw Flinx was involved, I couldn't believe my eyes. Foster's descriptions of plants, animals, and the humans there (not to mention a great story) are just incredible. I don't know where he gets his ideas, but I envy his talent. I still consider Foster the King of Description.
Another Good One.......2006-02-22
I have been reading these series of books since I was in elementary school, and they are always consistently good reads and entertaining plot twists. If you have not read any in this series, almost all of them can stand alone as they are. This is another good one!
Fun with a carniverous planet.......2004-08-20
This 1996 entry in the popular science fiction "Flinx" series is non-stop action space-adventure from first page to last. Flinx, the product of illegal genetic experiments, who grew up an orphan on the streets, has the useful but stressful and uncontrollable ability to read emotions in those around him.
As the story opens, Flinx, 20 and the owner of an interstellar space craft with a unique drive, is at loose ends, looking for peace and quiet on a backwater world. But the local bully takes a shine to Flinx's longtime companion, an empathic and poisonous flying snake, or minidrag, and insists on buying it.
When the situation becomes life-threatening, Flinx and his snake, Pip, flee the planet, instructing the space ship to fly into random uncharted space. The ship takes them to a supposedly undiscovered planet, covered with jungle a mile thick. Flinx exits his lander - and is nearly killed by a huge, transparent flying creature.
But something draws him on to explore this lush and beautiful world where the flowers have hidden teeth and even the water may reach up and grab you. For the first time in years, his headaches are gone. Risking death with every cautious step, he is finally rescued from a most ingenious botanical predator by a band of humans - descendants of a lost colony ship long forgotten.
These humans have companions, not pets, but apparently native creatures whose lives are bound inextricably (unto death) with their particular human. And they and the humans have some sort of peculiar empathic relationship with the planet.
Meanwhile, Flinx's enemies are hot on his trail -- no sooner is one set apparently neutralized than another appears.
Foster has a lot of fun with the creation of this life-teeming world. Everything has a function and a place in the planetary, evolutionary scheme of things. And it appears this strange and marvelously dangerous place has some importance in the destiny that draws Flinx through this series. Readers will hope so anyway as Foster's latest creation offers an endless source of thrills and surprise.
Four Stars For ADF Fans.......2004-02-07
This is another novel from Foster's Humanx Commonwealth universe. Here, his series hero Flinx smashes headlong into Midworld, a strange super-green plant-dominated world that was the subject of a previous standalone non-Flinx novel. (One thing that ADF excels at is creating cool worlds with fully realized environments and deadly flora and fauna, such as in Cachalot and Sentenced To Prism.)
On account of evil scientists having messed with his fetal DNA or something, Flinx is this young guy that has a few mind powers rattling inside his skull. So he's got this empathic ability plus a few other latent talents. Also his best friend is a non-sentient Alaspinian mini-drag, basically an extremely venomous flying snake with its own low-grade empathy skill. In any case, a rich psychotic merchant on a backwater colony world sees Pip the mini-drag and demands to buy her, but Flinx refuses to sell, and then has to flee when the merchant goes all postal. Luckily, Flinx has this rockin' spaceship that he acquired in an earlier novel from some super-aliens, so he zooms off in a random direction and ends up on Midworld, a planet which is not on any Commonwealth charts and which is the home to a small long-lost now-adapted group of human settlers.
There, a wandering Flinx meets a trio of the neo-natives and agrees to help them, since an accident has separated them from their Home Tree and they need assistance in getting back. But then the monomanical merchant catches up, because no one can say no to him. And much else happens from that point, including an appearance from the most excellent AAnn, which are these neat yet evil reptiloids that live to conquer everything, but with extreme politeness, accompanied by a gestural language component that allows them to convey nuances like third-degree regret or fifth-degree smugness.
A lot of the good stuff here has to do with the fact that virtually every creature and plant on Midworld is hyper-dangerous, so your best bet is to burn everything on sight, except that of course the vegetation is adapted to counteract this as well and you would be met with explosive results. Anyway, you'd best believe that people are dying left and right, getting decaptitated or infested with parasites or dissolved into goo. Dude, this would make a fantastic straight-to-cable movie!
So I liked it, although ADF's often-florid writing style and intermittently omniscient narration might take some getting used to. But I've been reading this guy since I was, what? maybe 15 or something? I think he rules. And he does a pretty good job with characters and can throw a few plot twists and stuff, so I can definitely recommend his material for those looking for a fairly quick and romping read. (Avoid the trilogy about the founding of the Commonwealth, though--it's fairly weak.)
Flinx finds new friends and saves them as they save him.......2001-11-11
Flinx ends up in Midworld after fleeing a planet being chased by a local merchant/crazy who for some reason feels he must possess Pip. As usual, Flinx finds new friends and saves them as they save him. The Midworld flora and fauna were very interesting, however, the whole story was a little thin. Basically, Flinx ponders the reality of the great evil he has learned of, while admiring the beauty of this new planet. Obviously, Mid-Flinx is merely a placeholder while Foster ponders how to wrap up his big idea about the nature of evil. Also, this is the last Flinx book to date...so it doesn't look like we'll find out the answer for a while.
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Mid-Flinx
Alan Dean Foster
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MID-FLINX
Alan Dean Foster
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
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Book Description
This generation pays the bill for climate change…
On the fiftieth anniversary of Earthday, humanity can no longer bring antiquated systems to bear against the problem that has been washing over the species for decades. These children, having inherited a bullwork against the changing climate now stare at the beast of our making and the Greenhouse Laws are invoked. The malevolent bastard child of Kyoto, the Greenhouse Laws limit energy usage by eliminating automobile transport without a permit, travel without a pass, availability of heat, refrigeration and clean water; it reduces communication to a trickle and requires every citizen to report monthly wattage. Non approved energy consuming activity by the population has become illegal--a lack of energy brings forth a lack of freedom. Of course there are always Privileges.
Carlos Jordan is seventeen when the Greenhouse Laws are enacted. For this generation the payments due for climate change can no longer be deferred. The children of this new millennium, once faced with their first installment--the Greenhouse Laws--soon see the dye is cast. The second payment is too costly: the winnowing away of civilization and our species. We follow Carlos into adulthood amid the social migration and chaos of rabid storms, the rising seas, rampant disease and a breakdown of infrastructure. As he watches love and family disintegrate into myth, Ambassador Jordan can only perform triage for a dying species.
What is left to humanity when energy becomes priceless?
Customer Reviews:
True Literature by an American Author........2004-11-19
A compelling novel that takes a journey into our future and provides insight into the fate of the human species should we continue to ignore the environmental retaliation of Gaia. We live in such interesting times and to read a novel reflecting the possible consequences of our current actions is incredible. I loved the book and found it both engrossing and interesting.
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Eat Your Vegetables!
Some people are vegetarians because they think a meat-free diet is good for you. Some believe it’s good for the planet. Others just want tasty food; they want it cheap, they want it easy, and they want it now. Whatever your reasons, check out this book’s 135 great-tasting vegetarian recipes, including:
Gingered Chinese Greens Stir-Fry • Banana Bread • Moroccan Stew • Beer and Aztec Rice • Chipotle-Black Bean Chili • Curry in a Hurry • Roasted Vegetable Rush • Miso-Happy Soup •Yogurt Fruit Shake • French Toast 2000 • Pita Pizza Crust • Cremini Mushroom Burger • Broiled Zucchini Parmesan • Rice Pudding Cereal • Coffee Brazil • Chapati with Confetti Salad • And much, much more!
So stop scrounging around for something to eat. With this book, you can put a great-tasting meal together in little or no time.
Customer Reviews:
One of the best.......2007-09-09
I love this book. This is where I go first for cheap, delicious, and easy meals. I've given copies to many friends and all agree, they don't know how they got along without it.
A Disappointment.......2007-07-16
I was extremely disappointed with this book. I only found 1 or 2 recipes that looked good, most of the recipes look like they would be tasteless and not filling. There is a lot of recipes for pizza and stir fry, which I don't need a cookbook for. I was expecting more variety.
There is like 10 recipes for coffee??
Heck yeah!.......2007-03-11
Of all the vegetarian cookbooks I own, this is the one I turn to the most. I'm actually not a student or a vegetarian, just a idiot in the kitchen who hates leftovers, so this book is perfect for me! The portions are small, the ingredient lists are short, and the directions are clear. What more could you want?
Since I enjoy reviews by people that have actually tried some of the recipes, I'll share the ones I've tried.
Grilled Sandwich with Mushrooms and Onions- Amazing! In fact, I may just make another one after I get through writing this review.
Green Chili Quesadilla - I made this two nights ago, and my husband and I loved it. Those who like to cook may not even consider this complicated enough to be considered a "recipe," but for me, it's like a whole new world.
Pepper and mushroom pizza - Of all the pizza recipes in this book, this was my favorite!
Baked apples - These taste great by themselves or over waffles.
Baked bananas- yum.
Okay, so there were a few recipes that didn't work out so well, probably because of user error:
Sushi- I can't remember what happened, but I think I was missing a critical ingredient. Anyway, it didn't taste so good, but in all honesty, all my at home sushi attempts have failed.
Roasted Vegetable Rush - I'd recommend boiling those potatoes for longer. Also, the garlic couldn't hold up to my oven's schorching heat. And I just flat out don't like rosemary.
Overall, I highly recommend this book for purchase, particularly if you're only cooking for one or two people. If you have a great deal of experience in the kitchen, this book will probably be too simplistic for you. This book would also be a great gift for those going off to college or for teenagers deciding to be vegetarians. Enjoy!
Some of my favorite poems.......2007-02-26
From 'Taco Salad:'
"If you don't feel like washing lettuce,
make the salad anyway -
and forget the greens.
This salad is too good
to miss.
Don't let the long
ingredient
list
scare you--
the salad takes only minutes to prepare.
1 teaspoon
1 teaspoon
1 teaspoon --
vegetable oil.
Exactly what it's meant to be.......2007-02-12
This was one of my first cook books that my parents gave me several years ago when I was in college and in my first apartment. The recipes are wonderfully simple to follow, and usually very inexpensive. It even allows the novice cook to venture into more unique foods.
It is true that many of the recipes lack much seasoning or flavor, but this also allows the cook to experiment a little at a time with seasoning, which is what I did. (A little garlic can go a long way!!!) I also have so many vegetarian cookbooks that break the bank with one recipe when lots of expensive spices or unique ingredients are called for. This helped me a great deal in learning how to cook, and I still use many of the recipes in here. I love the falafel recipe, and I use it often for groups of friends, who give it rave reviews.
You just can't beat the simplicity of these recipes!
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I don't know if people will ever be able to talk to animals the way Doctor Doolittle could, or whether animals will be able to talk back. Maybe science will have something to say about that. But I do know people can learn to "talk" to animals, and to hear what animals have to say, better than they do now. --From Animals in Translation
Why would a cow lick a tractor? Why are collies getting dumber? Why do dolphins sometimes kill for fun? How can a parrot learn to spell? How did wolves teach man to evolve? Temple Grandin draws upon a long, distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experiences with autism to deliver an extraordinary message about how animals act, think, and feel. She has a perspective like that of no other expert in the field, which allows her to offer unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas.
People with autism can often think the way animals think, putting them in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Grandin is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. The sweep of Animals in Translation is immense and will forever change the way we think about animals.
*includes a Behavior and Training Troubleshooting Guide
Among its provocative ideas, the book:
argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness--and that animals do have consciousness applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees"--a talent as well as a "deficit" explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them--a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearlyexplains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal geniuscompares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid
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Fascinating and practical........2007-08-24
I am a one-to-one teacher for a teenager with Aspergers and my husband and I are also farmers. I have learned more about how it must feel to live with Aspergers from this book than any text book I have previously read. This book has had a profound impact on my understanding and empathy as a teacher and friend.
I have also been fascinated with the reasoning behind animal behaviors within their own environment. This book has given me concrete information that I can use and helped to explain why my gut feeling in certain instances with animals actually has a factual basis.
The "light-bulb" moments in this book have been continual from cover to cover. This book will stay in my personal library permanently.
Excellent Book for Pet Owners.......2007-08-14
I started reading this book out of curiosity, but it turned out to be serendipitous. Our older dog had recently died at 14, and we didn't realize that our younger dog had concluded that she was now the alpha dog until I started seeing her newly problematic behaviors (including lots of growling at people, which she never did before) on the pages of this book. I used the theories I read about to demonstrate to her that I was the dominant one, and within a few weeks, the problem was gone.
Aside from this practical use, I found the book extremely interesting and often funny.
Animals in Translation.......2007-07-16
Animals in Translation is an amazing book. This book states that by looking at human autism, we can better under animals, the way they think, the way they behave, and how they see the world. The author is an animal scientist who works primarily with slaughter houses. She is also autistic.
Before reading this book, I had very little comprehension about the way that autistic people see the world. I simply had no idea that seeing the world in a visual way was that much different than the way that I think. I now see that this different way of thinking has a lot of really interesting benefits, particularly when it comes to understanding other visual thinkers like the animals around us. As I read this book, I started to comprehend how much detail in life we normally ignore. So much of what we need to understand animals is simply looking at life from their perspective, both literally and figuratively speaking.
Informative and intuitive.......2007-07-03
I picked up this book for two reasons: I am a health care professional who deals extensively with children on the autistic spectrum, and at the same time a boggled owner of a very fearful pekingese mix whom I had adopted from a rescue shelter. Who would've known there was a great overlap in understanding both populations? This was a wonderful, enlightening book that I couldn't put down once I started reading. It was thoroughly engrossing, understanding animals and sensory-processing challenged children from the view who has intimate knowledge of their plight. This is an informative, intuitive book that analyzes behaviors in animals and people with autism, gives meaning to them, and makes them understandable to us.
This is a great read for people who deal with persons with autism behaviors, for people who love animals, and for all who would like to delve deeper in to our human - and animal, and autistic-like - natures.
Must read.......2007-05-30
Lots of information about human and animal emotions and behavior. Easy to read.
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What's a cinderella stamp? Omnibus issue? Or a socked-on-the-nose cancel? Your stamp collecting customers will find the answers to these and many other hobby questions in All About Stamps, An Illustrated Dictionary of Philatelic Terms.
Featuring most English terms with quick, clean definitions, All About Stamps is designed to be easily read and understood by collectors of all levels. Extremely well illustrated with hundreds of crisp, clear photos, this handy philatelic reference presents the essence of the hobby without the clutter of country identifiers and confusing, outdated text.
-Features most English philatelic terms with concise definitions.
-Heavily illustrated with hundreds of crisp, clear photos.
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Design and Make Bedroom Furnishings (Design and Make Series)
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Texture and textiles are a versatile solution to decorating problems. Forty-five lavishly photographed original designs—including quick and easy sofa throws, window treatments, and cushions—suit all budgets and styles. Advice on measuring, estimating, and cutting fabric; stitching seams and hems; and making piping ensure professional results every time.
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excellent sewing instructions.......2007-02-08
The sewing instructions are so clearly presented that one with minimal sewing experience should achieve excellent results. The designs presented are fairly basic -- that's why I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 -- but the book provides plenty of inspiration for most purposes. For me, this one is a "keeper" as a reference book.
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As an actor, manager, and playwright, Colley Cibber was among the most influential members of the 18th century London theater. Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is an indispensable account of the era's plays, playwrights, and actors, affording drama lovers and historians an incomparable glimpse of the beginnings of modern theater.
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