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Aug. 13th, 2018 09:46 pm1. Apparently there's a nonfiction book about Arthur Conan Doyle solving a crime using the methods of detection he developed for Sherlock Holmes.
Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer is a nonfiction book about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s involvement with the case of Oscar Slater, a man who was falsely imprisoned for murder in 1909. This book provides a glimpse into the world of criminal justice during the early 1900s. It gives limited insight into Arthur Conan Doyle, other than painting him as a person of many contradictions. However, it does a very good job of showing how fear of the “other” caused Slater, like many others, to become a scapegoat for Victorian and post-Victorian fears in a way that is all too relevant to our own times .
Hmm.
2. Seven Deadly Sins -- the subversive character-centric fantasy Japanese Anime that I've been watching.
It's adult. Not for the kiddies. ( Read more... )
3. Received this week's Entertainment Weekly...and it was the Fall Movie Edition. I didn't realize they were doing some of these films. I'm rather out of the loop. Too many things to keep track of.
( Fall Movies That Sparked My Interest )
Some weird stuff in there. And I didn't list everything.
Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer is a nonfiction book about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s involvement with the case of Oscar Slater, a man who was falsely imprisoned for murder in 1909. This book provides a glimpse into the world of criminal justice during the early 1900s. It gives limited insight into Arthur Conan Doyle, other than painting him as a person of many contradictions. However, it does a very good job of showing how fear of the “other” caused Slater, like many others, to become a scapegoat for Victorian and post-Victorian fears in a way that is all too relevant to our own times .
Hmm.
2. Seven Deadly Sins -- the subversive character-centric fantasy Japanese Anime that I've been watching.
It's adult. Not for the kiddies. ( Read more... )
3. Received this week's Entertainment Weekly...and it was the Fall Movie Edition. I didn't realize they were doing some of these films. I'm rather out of the loop. Too many things to keep track of.
( Fall Movies That Sparked My Interest )
Some weird stuff in there. And I didn't list everything.