Book Reviews

Review: The Water Lily Pond Water lilies

Review: The Water Lily Pond

Mike Schilling October 2, 2023

The Water Lily Pond is a 2016 science fiction novel by our own Michael Siegel.

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The Rise and Fall of Progressive Rock

Roland Dodds June 30, 2017

David Weigel's new book on the rise and fall of prog rock is an excellent journey into...

Living By Faith, Dwelling In Doubt: A Conversation IFRL-Mindiv-alex-knight-199368-unsplash

Living By Faith, Dwelling In Doubt: A Conversation

Tod Kelly November 25, 2013

Kyle Cupp and Tod Kelly discuss Kyle's new book. Along the way, Kyle waxes on his approach...

Book Review: The Dangerous Wane of American Communitarianism IFRL-TLC-Scenery-annie-spratt-1064383-unsplash

Book Review: The Dangerous Wane of American Communitarianism

Conor P. Williams June 18, 2012

(This is not intended as part of the League’s ongoing Inequality Symposium, but it’s not wholly unrelated...

‘The First Law’ Trilogy Is Fantasy At Its Finest IFRL-TLC-Scenery-scott-webb-25833-unsplash

‘The First Law’ Trilogy Is Fantasy At Its Finest

Erik Kain May 10, 2012

I’ve finished Joe Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, and Last Argument of Kings. And may I...

Book Review: The Magician King IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.nocturne-blue-and-silver-battersea-reach-12

Book Review: The Magician King

Erik Kain September 14, 2011

Lev Grossman’s The Magicians posed the question “What if your childhood fantasy turned out to be real?”...

Review: A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tate.a-disaster-at-sea-40

Review: A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Erik Kain August 8, 2011

Many spoilers after the leap.

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Gays and the French Resistance

Will January 5, 2010

From Standpoint Magazine:

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The Art of Magic in Fiction: An Interview with Lev Grossman

Erik Kain December 29, 2009

Fantasy is a genre dominated by sword-and-sorcery epics, mysterious dragons, and tyrannical sorcerers. Few fantasy novels have...

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Bad Matt Taibbi impersonators make for bad book reviews

Will October 29, 2009

I’m not a huge Ayn Rand fan, but GQ really should hire someone a bit more coherent...

Chris in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"Arrested at Home Depot with a group of immigrants" just makes it sound like he was looking for day…
Jaybird in reply to J_A on Easter with Family and Getting the Lamb RightI mean the "mangia sauce".
InMD in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025No, he was arrested the first time in 2019 with a group of people at a Home Depot, 2 of whom were (a…
InMD in reply to DavidTC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I've said he needs to be returned and if the Trump admin ultimately refuses to comply with clear as…
Chris in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Ooooooof. Sorry, that's all I can say to this. He may have entered the country illegally, but when h…
InMD in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Sure they need to make it right but all that means is bringing him back and giving him his hearing.…
DavidTC in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025So the whole 'this is a torture prison that the United States has repeatedly found is a torture pris…
Saul Degraw in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. There is no evidence besides the Trump administration and Bukele and online right-wingers saying…
J_A in reply to Jaybird on Easter with Family and Getting the Lamb RightBy the ingredients it looks like salt, a bit of water and some (perhaps roasted) flour
DavidTC in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I don't think that that should be argued that way. I think it is, and should be, perfectly legal to…