Category Archives: book reviews

Notes from Nowhere: Erewhon’s Prophetic Foresight

Posted on March 19, 2021 by seanarthurjoyce

Review of Erewhon by Samuel Butler “Reason uncorrected by instinct is as bad as instinct uncorrected by reason.”[1] —Samuel Butler As a work of social satire, Erewhon[2] is sheer genius, packed with perceptive, often hilarious insights into human nature. As … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic: ‘Plagues and Peoples’ Offers Hope

Posted on March 5, 2021 by seanarthurjoyce

We all know the old proverb about the only two sure things in life being death and taxes. But we could add a third certainty: plagues and pandemics, though obviously that would fit in the ‘death’ category. Rather than being … Continue reading →

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Analog Sea a Delightful Return to Deeper Currents

Posted on October 10, 2019 by seanarthurjoyce

Every so often I’ll come across a collection of poetry that stands head and shoulders above the torrent of mediocrity being published these days. When it does, I feel it deserves a much wider audience than poetry typically gets. With … Continue reading →

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