The selection of J.D. Vance on Monday as Donald Trump’s running mate is a direct result of the political media’s failure to understand class in America. For his 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance was venerated by many journalists and book critics as a powerful voice repres...
Dying Earth by Jack Vance Largely a Sci-fi work about earth when the Sun is diminishing. Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe First person science/fantasy, that if he wasn’t considered a master already, established Wolfe as a God of fiction. Severian remains one of the great characte...
Dying Earth by Jack Vance Largely a Sci-fi work about earth when the Sun is diminishing. Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe First person science/fantasy, that if he wasn’t considered a master already, established Wolfe as a God of fiction. Severian remains one of the great characte...
TED演讲者 :J.D. Vance | J·D·万斯 演讲标题 :Americas forgotten working class | 被遗忘的美国工人阶级 内容概要 :J.D. Vance grew up in a small, poor city in the Rust Belt of southern Ohio, where he had a front-row seat to many of the social ills plaguing America: a heroin epidemi...
By John S. Vance. THE TREASURY OF THE FAITH SERIES. (Burns, Oates and Washbourne; 2/‐ per volume.): N uda V eritas . THE TREASURY OF THE FAITH SERIES. (Burns, Oates and Washbourne; 2/‐ per volume.): V ignettes of M emory . By Lady Violet Greville. THE TREASURY OF THE ...
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On Tuesday, September 10, at 2 pm we will be discussingHillbilly Elegyby J. D. Vance. This is the second Tuesday of the month, as usual. To RSVP, please emailtonilin@aol.com. The meeting will take place on Zoom or Google Meet.You will be sent the link upon RSVP. ...
ByJack Vance This series takes place in the Elder Isles—a mythological pre-Arthurian place, below the Atlantic. Here, magical folk like faeries and sorcerers live. The first novel in the series,Lyonesse: Suldrun’s Garden, follows Prince Aillas of Troicinet—who, after being betrayed, must...
Hillbilly ElegyBy J.D. Vance J.D. Vance came from culture of poverty in Appalachia - where gun violence was an acceptable way to settle arguments, and young parents put soda in their baby's bottles. He ultimately graduated from Yale Law School, something no one from his town could have ...
The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance look at the expression on that flower Such a WEIRD book. I always marvel at how oldish science fiction throws you headfirst into a new world and leaves you there to sink or swim. I am not well versed with the classics of this genre, but I do feel...