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(Jeeves, #4)" href="/book/show/16382.Very_Good_Jeeves_"> Very Good, Jeeves! <span class="darkGreyText">(Jeeves, #4)</span> </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/7963.P_G_Wodehouse">Wodehouse, P.G.</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 1585677469 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9781585677467 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 1585677469 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 304 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.30 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 13,192 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1930 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Apr 20, 2006 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="16382" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/16382?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage16382_false"></span> <span id="successMessage16382_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview6423839440">I never know quite how to review Wodehouse except to say that he has become something of a vacation from the cynical nonfiction to which I normally gr</span> <span id="freeTextreview6423839440" style="display:none">I never know quite how to review Wodehouse except to say that he has become something of a vacation from the cynical nonfiction to which I normally gravitate. Despite the fact that <i>Very Good, Jeeves!</i> was first published in 1930, it is still uproariously funny. And yet I’m not sure it would appeal to everyone—especially not those few Americans who abhor the BBC generally and British humor specifically. But for anglophiles like myself I highly, highly recommend it.</span> <a data-text-id="review6423839440" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/6423839440">2</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/6423839440?resource_type=Review">32</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1a4c733a41d264f9d832442451a9e03cd"> <span class="date_started_value">Apr 08, 2024</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1a4c733a41d264f9d832442451a9e03cd"> <span class="date_read_value">Apr 12, 2024</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="April 12, 2024"> Apr 12, 2024 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Hardcover </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/6423839440">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_6376600431" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field 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</div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 253 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.13 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 103,413 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Feb 1951 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> 1951 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="15853289" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/15853289?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage15853289_false"></span> <span id="successMessage15853289_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview6376600431"><i>The Illustrated Man</i> is everything you’d expect (and more!) from an assemblage of vintage science fiction short stories. It has interplanetary coloniza</span> <span id="freeTextreview6376600431" style="display:none"><i>The Illustrated Man</i> is everything you’d expect (and more!) from an assemblage of vintage science fiction short stories. It has interplanetary colonization and alien invasions and human transport through vacuum tubes (see also <i>The Jetsons</i>) and hostile civilizations on Mars and hostile civilizations on Venus and <u>everybody</u> gets from point A to point B in a “rocket.” <br /><br />The format is such that the tale of <i>The Illustrated Man</i> is both the first story and the last story of the collection. I see this done fairly often now, especially in cinema (<i>The Asylum</i>, <i>Creepshow</i>, etc.), but I suspect that this was highly innovative and unusual for 1969.<br /><br />As expected, some of the speculative science of this collection is dated and laughable (the outpost on Jupiter comes to mind), but there are also imaginative concepts that foretold the coming of Levin’s <i>The Stepford Wives</i> (1972) and Star Trek TNG’s malfunctioning holodeck (1987-1994).<br /><br />Bradbury (so far) has never disappointed me.</span> <a data-text-id="review6376600431" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/6376600431">0</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" 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none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Hardcover </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/6376600431">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5346448703" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="117846"> <a href="/book/show/117846.2001"><img alt="2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)" id="cover_review_5346448703" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1606208693l/117846._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)" href="/book/show/117846.2001"> 2001: A Space Odyssey <span class="darkGreyText">(Space Odyssey, #1)</span> </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/7779.Arthur_C_Clarke">Clarke, Arthur C.</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 255 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.17 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 325,590 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Apr 28, 1968 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Aug 01, 1993 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="117846" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/117846?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage117846_false"></span> <span id="successMessage117846_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5346448703">The film <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (1968) is not an adaptation of this book, nor is this book (1968) a “novelization” of the film. According to Clarke’s b</span> <span id="freeTextreview5346448703" style="display:none">The film <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (1968) is not an adaptation of this book, nor is this book (1968) a “novelization” of the film. According to Clarke’s brief but eloquent introduction in the ‘25th Anniversary Edition,’ both were written simultaneously and both were inspired by the author’s short stories <i>The Sentinel</i> (1951) and <i>Encounter in the Dawn</i> (1953). <br /><br />There are a few variations between the two mediums, the biggest of which is in monolith placement—the film has the cryptic behemoth orbiting Jupiter, while the novel sets it firmly on the surface of Iapetus (one of Saturn’s many moons). The novel also clears up some of the ambiguities for which the film is often criticized (actor Rock Hudson reportedly walked out of the New York City premiere muttering, “<i>What is this bullshit!?</i>”).<br /><br />All-in-all, Clarke delivers an amazing, albeit sexist, vision of the then-future/now-past dawning of the new millennium. He correctly predicted the advent of the iPad (<i>Apple</i>, 2010) and of reusable rocket boosters (<i>SpaceX</i>, 2011). If there is a knock on <i>2001</i>, it is its decidedly masculine take on an otherwise remarkable future [see also: <i>Star Trek: The Original Series</i>].</span> <a data-text-id="review5346448703" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5346448703">0</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5346448703?resource_type=Review">20</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv16df56d5d4ce14d86828b7130638aa924"> <span class="date_started_value">Feb 14, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv16df56d5d4ce14d86828b7130638aa924"> <span class="date_read_value">Feb 20, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="February 14, 2023"> Feb 14, 2023 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5346448703">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5122958412" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="56515495"> <a href="/book/show/56515495-dolina-strachu-the-valley-of-fear"><img alt="Dolina Strachu. The Valley of Fear" id="cover_review_5122958412" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1609594195l/56515495._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="Dolina Strachu. The Valley of Fear" href="/book/show/56515495-dolina-strachu-the-valley-of-fear"> Dolina Strachu. The Valley of Fear </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Doyle, Arthur Conan</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 8327481568 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9788327481566 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 8327481568 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 418 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.96 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 51,720 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Feb 27, 1915 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Feb 27, 2019 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="56515495" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/56515495?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage56515495_false"></span> <span id="successMessage56515495_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5122958412">“It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?”<br/><br/>Much like <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, the first Sherlock Holmes adventure</span> <span id="freeTextreview5122958412" style="display:none">“It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?”<br /><br />Much like <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, the first Sherlock Holmes adventure, <i>The Valley of Fear</i> has a Part 1 set in England and a Part 2 set in America. And, also just like <i>Scarlet</i>, the second half is a prologue to the first. It is a template that seems to work.<br /><br />For weeks now I have immersed myself in Sir Arthur’s stories. I can’t say that he engages me the way a Nietzsche or a Chomsky would, but I’m finding myself inexplicably returning to 221B Baker Street again and again. </span> <a data-text-id="review5122958412" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5122958412">5</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5122958412?resource_type=Review">14</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv108d5dd8481264e0a9f3b9f2c28090f2c"> <span class="date_started_value">Nov 30, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv108d5dd8481264e0a9f3b9f2c28090f2c"> <span class="date_read_value">Jan 07, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="November 23, 2022"> Nov 23, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5122958412">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5121529462" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="57867644"> <a href="/book/show/57867644-the-best-loved-adventure-of-sherlock-holmes---the-speckled-band"><img alt="The Best Loved Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band" id="cover_review_5121529462" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1677851115l/57867644._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Best Loved Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band" href="/book/show/57867644-the-best-loved-adventure-of-sherlock-holmes---the-speckled-band"> The Best Loved Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Doyle, Arthur Conan</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0998108421 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780998108421 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0998108421 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 84 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.02 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 13,830 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1892 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Mar 20, 2021 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="57867644" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/57867644?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage57867644_false"></span> <span id="successMessage57867644_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5121529462">A short Sherlock Holmes classic in which the “whodunnit” is fairly obvious but the “howtheydunnit” takes a little more concentrated contemplation.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5121529462">2</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5121529462?resource_type=Review">7</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1dafb22631fd64ac3bf349d85aad562cf"> <span class="date_started_value">Nov 23, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1dafb22631fd64ac3bf349d85aad562cf"> <span class="date_read_value">Jan 04, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="November 23, 2022"> Nov 23, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5121529462">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5115611758" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="5957653"> <a href="/book/show/5957653-a-study-in-scarlet"><img alt="A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)" id="cover_review_5115611758" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348246212l/5957653._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)" href="/book/show/5957653-a-study-in-scarlet"> A Study in Scarlet <span class="darkGreyText">(Sherlock Holmes, #1)</span> </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Doyle, Arthur Conan</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0199554773 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780199554775 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0199554773 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 200 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.14 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 471,867 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Dec 27, 1887 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Apr 15, 2009 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="5957653" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/5957653?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage5957653_false"></span> <span id="successMessage5957653_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5115611758">“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.” ~Sherlock Holmes, <i>A Study i</i></span> <span id="freeTextreview5115611758" style="display:none">“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.” ~Sherlock Holmes, <i>A Study in Scarlet</i><br /><br />It is with <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> that Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) established the template for Sherlock Holmes. Four novels and 56 short stories later, Holmes became the yardstick by which all detective/crime fiction was measured. If you are going to investigate the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes, it is elementary that you start here at the beginning.<br />__________________________________<br /><br />*Because I have a tendency to gravitate toward the most controversial aspects of everything I read, I feel I must call attention to Doyle’s horribly low opinion of Mormon theology. Part Two of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> is set in Utah, 1847, and portrays Brigham Young and his settlement party of Latter-day Saints as a malevolent band of murderous cutthroats. The characterizations are so disparaging, so nasty, that even I, an “unbeliever,” started to feel sorry for Mormons.<br /><br />“…all I said about the [Mormon] band and the murders is historical so I cannot withdraw that, though it is likely that in a work of fiction it is stated more luridly than in a work of history. It's best to let the matter rest" ~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</span> <a data-text-id="review5115611758" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5115611758">4</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5115611758?resource_type=Review">20</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1f4dce7b2c495498f8fe76ddc67b57edc"> <span class="date_started_value">Nov 21, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1f4dce7b2c495498f8fe76ddc67b57edc"> <span class="date_read_value">Jan 03, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="November 20, 2022"> Nov 20, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5115611758">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5115589684" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="2847447"> <a href="/book/show/2847447-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles"><img alt="The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)" id="cover_review_5115589684" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327784979l/2847447._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)" href="/book/show/2847447-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles"> The Hound of the Baskervilles <span class="darkGreyText">(Sherlock Holmes, #5)</span> </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Doyle, Arthur Conan</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0141034327 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780141034324 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0141034327 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 214 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.13 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 367,069 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Mar 25, 1902 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Mar 04, 2008 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="2847447" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/2847447?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage2847447_false"></span> <span id="successMessage2847447_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5115589684">“There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.”<br/><br/>Easily my favorite Sherlock Holmes mystery (so far). This one has el</span> <span id="freeTextreview5115589684" style="display:none">“There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.”<br /><br />Easily my favorite Sherlock Holmes mystery (so far). This one has elements of supernatural horror as well as Holmes’ characteristic crime-solving panache. 5 stars.</span> <a data-text-id="review5115589684" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5115589684">0</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5115589684?resource_type=Review">5</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1f34e89387d1a4e4ab81f95201d202e52"> <span class="date_started_value">Nov 23, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1f34e89387d1a4e4ab81f95201d202e52"> <span class="date_read_value">Jan 06, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="November 20, 2022"> Nov 20, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5115589684">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5034687048" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="30747851"> <a href="/book/show/30747851-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-other-short-stories"><img alt="The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Short Stories" id="cover_review_5034687048" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1466851784l/30747851._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Short Stories" href="/book/show/30747851-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-other-short-stories"> The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Short Stories </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/28525.Washington_Irving">Irving, Washington</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 1680294733 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9781680294736 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 1680294733 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 166 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.78 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 146,241 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1820 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> 2016 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="30747851" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/30747851?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage30747851_false"></span> <span id="successMessage30747851_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5034687048">“…he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more </span> <span id="freeTextreview5034687048" style="display:none">“…he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was—a woman.”<br /><br />Two odd realities that popped into my head as I read about “The Headless Horseman” for the umpteenth time:<br /><br />1) the pumpkin is significant<br />2) <i>Scooby-Doo</i> (episode 5, 1976) is surprisingly true-to-form</span> <a data-text-id="review5034687048" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5034687048">2</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5034687048?resource_type=Review">10</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1b76de1897fef427b83d27b5f29966065"> <span class="date_started_value">Dec 06, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1b76de1897fef427b83d27b5f29966065"> <span class="date_read_value">Jan 10, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="October 08, 2022"> Oct 08, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5034687048">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5034676918" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="24237736"> <a href="/book/show/24237736-the-painted-veil"><img alt="The Painted Veil" id="cover_review_5034676918" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1432914964l/24237736._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Painted Veil" href="/book/show/24237736-the-painted-veil"> The Painted Veil </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/4176632.W_Somerset_Maugham">Maugham, W. Somerset</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> B0DLZQHHLG </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 234 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.97 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 48,932 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Apr 1925 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Apr 1949 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="24237736" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/24237736?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage24237736_false"></span> <span id="successMessage24237736_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5034676918">“Lift not the painted veil which those who live call life.” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1824<br/><br/>Novels like <i>The Painted Veil</i> and <i>Wuthering Heights</i> are about as</span> <span id="freeTextreview5034676918" style="display:none">“Lift not the painted veil which those who live call life.” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1824<br /><br />Novels like <i>The Painted Veil</i> and <i>Wuthering Heights</i> are about as close to the “romance” genre as I get. I can’t say these books are uplifting, on the contrary, both are downright depressing. So why are both so readable? Maybe dysfunctional relationships make better copy? Are they more cerebral? Or are they just train wrecks from which I cannot look away? <br /><br />I do admire the way Somerset Maugham writes women. Authors like Daniel Clowes (<i>Ghost World</i>) and Stuart Woods (<i>Desperate Measures</i>) seem to struggle with it but Maugham makes it look easy. Kitty Garstin, Maugham’s protagonist, is dimensional and blemished and real. I didn’t like her, at least not at first, but I felt I knew her. She is a character that will stick with me for a long, long time.<br /><br />“Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.”</span> <a data-text-id="review5034676918" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5034676918">2</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5034676918?resource_type=Review">28</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv11672ece2f4464834988d6505b58307d4"> <span class="date_started_value">Dec 06, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv11672ece2f4464834988d6505b58307d4"> <span class="date_read_value">Jan 09, 2023</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="October 08, 2022"> Oct 08, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Mass Market Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5034676918">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5034671156" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="22087188"> <a href="/book/show/22087188-the-thin-man"><img alt="The Thin Man" id="cover_review_5034671156" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1400085456l/22087188._SX50_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Thin Man" href="/book/show/22087188-the-thin-man"> The Thin Man </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/16927.Dashiell_Hammett">Hammett, Dashiell</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 259 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.91 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 36,834 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Dec 1934 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Jul 08, 1996 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="22087188" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/22087188?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage22087188_false"></span> <span id="successMessage22087188_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5034671156">Okay, maybe this is just the orange juice (vodka) talking but the whole cannibalism tangent near the beginning was just weird—yes, it’s fascinating, b</span> <span id="freeTextreview5034671156" style="display:none">Okay, maybe this is just the orange juice (vodka) talking but the whole cannibalism tangent near the beginning was just weird—yes, it’s fascinating, but still weird. Imagine a Billy Wilder film noir feature (e.g. <i>Sunset Boulevard</i>) with eight minutes of Dario Argento (e.g. <i>Suspiria</i>) inexplicably spliced in. Yes we all enjoyed the excursion, but it had no earthly connection to the plot. None. Nada. Zilch. WTF Hammett??<br />_______________________________<br /><br />“So Charles pulls down a volume from the shelf, and has the boy read a section about Alfred Packer, who may or may not have killed and eaten his companions in the Rockies in 1873… And then the plot resumes and everyone goes on, and no mention of it was ever made again, and I'm left asking - what was THAT all about?” ~Jeff Grubb, <i>The Cannibal and the Thin Man</i>, 2012<br /><br />“The murders in the book aren't too descriptive, particularly in comparison with today's standards… It is the four page story about cannibalism in the United States that Wynant's son Gilbert reads that pushes the violence into the moderate zone. Why Hammett felt this part was important to the story plot I'll never know…” ~Sara M., <i>Library Hospital</i>, 2009<br />_______________________________<br /><br />NOTE: This cannibal conundrum is mostly tongue-in-cheek (pun intended).</span> <a data-text-id="review5034671156" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5034671156">3</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5034671156?resource_type=Review">26</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1f4decd8f1d8e45dd990085e93e1cfcb6"> <span class="date_started_value">Nov 03, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1f4decd8f1d8e45dd990085e93e1cfcb6"> <span class="date_read_value">Nov 04, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="October 08, 2022"> Oct 08, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Hardcover </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5034671156">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_5034666925" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="35926096"> <a href="/book/show/35926096-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court"><img alt="A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" id="cover_review_5034666925" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1502089437l/35926096._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" href="/book/show/35926096-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court"> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/1244.Mark_Twain">Twain, Mark</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0393284174 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780393284171 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0393284174 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 584 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.77 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 105,740 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1889 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Mar 21, 2018 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="35926096" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/35926096?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage35926096_false"></span> <span id="successMessage35926096_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview5034666925">“A democracy will survive until it has an established church.” ~Mark Twain<br/><br/>I sometimes have a hard time getting fired-up over literary fiction unless I</span> <span id="freeTextreview5034666925" style="display:none">“A democracy will survive until it has an established church.” ~Mark Twain<br /><br />I sometimes have a hard time getting fired-up over literary fiction unless I can find elements of nonfiction within the story to engage with. Twain, one of my favorite authors, always delivers ample engagement. <br /><br />“I was training a crowd of ignorant folk into experts, experts in every sort of handiwork and scientific calling. These nurseries of mine went smoothly and privately along undisturbed in their obscure country retreats for nobody was allowed to come into their precincts without a special permit for I was afraid of the church…” (chapter 10, <i>The Beginnings of Civilization</i>)<br /><br />If you are familiar with the 1949 film adaptation of <i>A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court</i> (Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, yada, yada, yada) but haven’t yet read the novel you are in for a surprise. The film is a whimsical, musical, technicolor romp. The novel is not.<br /><br />“…I was afraid of a united church, it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable. And then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.” (ibid)<br /><br />Published in 1889, Twain’s novel chronicles the adventures of a 19th century engineer who somehow gets transported back to the 6th century. Finding himself amidst the likes of King Arthur and Sir Lancelot and Lady Guinevere, he decides, after a little thought, to take full advantage of his situation. Twain’s Yankee sets himself up as an incredibly talented wizard and then proceeds to introduce 1880’s technology to a population of knights, serfs and feudal lords. <br /><br />“It being my conviction that any Established Church is an established crime, an established slave-pen…” (chapter 16, <i>Morgan Le Fay</i>)<br /><br />Twain’s reiterations are indicative of his commitment to the separation of church and state. It is a blatantly obvious theme but one that is seldom discussed and often overlooked. Why? <br /><br />"Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it is nursed, cradled, preserved for that; it is an enemy to human liberty, and does no good which it could not better do in a split-up scattered condition." (chapter 18, <i>The Queen’s Dungeons</i>)<br /><br />Mark Twain was as much of a philosopher as he was a novelist. An intellectual realist and a bit of a heretic hiding in plain sight.</span> <a data-text-id="review5034666925" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/5034666925">16</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/5034666925?resource_type=Review">49</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv183014c618fae4e05aec0bf4e0749bff5"> <span class="date_started_value">Nov 04, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv183014c618fae4e05aec0bf4e0749bff5"> <span class="date_read_value">Nov 17, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="October 08, 2022"> Oct 08, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/5034666925">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4971047273" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="5668974"> <a href="/book/show/5668974-the-lurking-fear-and-other-stories"><img alt="The Lurking Fear and Other Stories" id="cover_review_4971047273" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1293963374l/5668974._SX50_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Lurking Fear and Other Stories" href="/book/show/5668974-the-lurking-fear-and-other-stories"> The Lurking Fear and Other Stories </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/9494.H_P_Lovecraft">Lovecraft, H.P.</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> B0DT12C32B </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 223 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.04 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 3,702 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1923 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> 1947 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="5668974" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/5668974?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage5668974_false"></span> <span id="successMessage5668974_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4971047273">The mental images conjured up by Lovecraft’s prose are a hundred times more disturbing than any CGI laden film adaptation could ever hope for. The bes</span> <span id="freeTextreview4971047273" style="display:none">The mental images conjured up by Lovecraft’s prose are a hundred times more disturbing than any CGI laden film adaptation could ever hope for. The best (most frightening) horrors are the ones we don’t see.</span> <a data-text-id="review4971047273" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4971047273">2</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4971047273?resource_type=Review">14</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1fbbb97f575f840538f54a1d9fc2632da"> <span 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<td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="1039510"> <a href="/book/show/1039510.Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl"><img alt="Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: The Givens Collection" id="cover_review_4918963002" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347367900l/1039510._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: The Givens Collection" href="/book/show/1039510.Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl"> Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: The Givens Collection </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/4369397.Harriet_Ann_Jacobs">Jacobs, Harriet Ann</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0743460561 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780743460569 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0743460561 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 272 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.16 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 55,861 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Feb 24, 1861 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> May 27, 2003 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="1039510" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/1039510?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage1039510_false"></span> <span id="successMessage1039510_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4918963002">“After the alarm caused by Nat Turner’s insurrection had subsided, the slaveholders came to the conclusion that it would be well to give the slaves en</span> <span id="freeTextreview4918963002" style="display:none">“After the alarm caused by Nat Turner’s insurrection had subsided, the slaveholders came to the conclusion that it would be well to give the slaves enough of a religious instruction to keep them from murdering their masters.” ~Harriet Ann Jacobs, 1861<br />________________________________________<br /><br />“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.” ~Ephesians 6:5<br /><br />“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.” ~Colossians 22-25<br /><br />“All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves.” ~1 Timothy 6:1-2<br /><br />“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.” ~Titus 2:9-10<br />________________________________________<br /><br />“There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious. If a pastor has offspring by a woman not his wife the church will dismiss him if she is a white woman, but if she is colored it will not hinder his continuing to be their good shepherd… Old Satan’s church is here below, but up to God’s free church I hope to go.” ~Harriet Ann Jacobs, born 1815 - died 1897 (rest in peace)</span> <a data-text-id="review4918963002" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4918963002">0</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4918963002?resource_type=Review">11</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv15665c6a15c814c53a3f1cec6e56e27a1"> <span class="date_started_value">Aug 16, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv15665c6a15c814c53a3f1cec6e56e27a1"> <span class="date_read_value">Aug 20, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="August 14, 2022"> Aug 14, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4918963002">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4845072986" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="31839193"> <a href="/book/show/31839193-the-yellow-wallpaper"><img alt="The Yellow Wallpaper" id="cover_review_4845072986" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1473067183l/31839193._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Yellow Wallpaper" href="/book/show/31839193-the-yellow-wallpaper"> The Yellow Wallpaper </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/29527.Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman">Gilman, Charlotte Perkins</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 1536989495 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9781536989496 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 1536989495 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 42 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.08 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 321,927 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1892 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Aug 12, 2016 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="31839193" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/31839193?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage31839193_false"></span> <span id="successMessage31839193_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4845072986">Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story is on par with anything Edgar Allan Poe ever wrote. It is shudderingly unsettling, decidedly brilliant and impo</span> <span id="freeTextreview4845072986" style="display:none">Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story is on par with anything Edgar Allan Poe ever wrote. It is shudderingly unsettling, decidedly brilliant and importantly feminist.</span> <a data-text-id="review4845072986" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4845072986">6</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4845072986?resource_type=Review">22</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv13c09fdf3d0574e9e9710cb2dede8a4ad"> <span class="date_started_value">Jul 18, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv13c09fdf3d0574e9e9710cb2dede8a4ad"> <span class="date_read_value">Jul 19, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="July 13, 2022"> Jul 13, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4845072986">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4789627519" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="38375685"> <a href="/book/show/38375685-the-planet-of-the-apes"><img alt="The Planet of the Apes" id="cover_review_4789627519" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1527325006l/38375685._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Planet of the Apes" href="/book/show/38375685-the-planet-of-the-apes"> The Planet of the Apes </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/3400721.Pierre_Boulle">Boulle, Pierre</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0099496771 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780099496779 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0099496771 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 224 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.99 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 46,654 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1963 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> 2005 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="really liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">really liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="38375685" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/38375685?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage38375685_false"></span> <span id="successMessage38375685_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4789627519">Published in 1963, <i>La Planète des singes</i> is an ingenious take on the evolution of life and, ultimately, man’s self destructive arrogance and cruelty. </span> <span id="freeTextreview4789627519" style="display:none">Published in 1963, <i>La Planète des singes</i> is an ingenious take on the evolution of life and, ultimately, man’s self destructive arrogance and cruelty. Pierre Boulle turns Darwin’s theory on its ear by imagining a world where apes rule supreme. Endowing gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans with human characteristics paints a truthful and decidedly unflattering self portrait of mankind.<br /><br />*Those of us old enough to remember the 1968 American film adaptation will see many dissimilarities between Pierre Boulle’s novel and Rod Serling’s screenplay. Both work well for their specific medium, though I much prefer Boulle’s ending over Serling’s clichéd but iconic ‘Lady Liberty on the beach.’</span> <a data-text-id="review4789627519" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4789627519">0</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4789627519?resource_type=Review">15</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv13a3c75e459ae4e2aabdcb5bdc71d0c82"> <span class="date_started_value">Jul 06, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv13a3c75e459ae4e2aabdcb5bdc71d0c82"> <span class="date_read_value">Jul 08, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="June 17, 2022"> Jun 17, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4789627519">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4753687058" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="410238"> <a href="/book/show/410238.Little_Nemo_in_the_Palace_of_Ice_and_Further_Adventures"><img alt="Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice and Further Adventures" id="cover_review_4753687058" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328865720l/410238._SX50_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice and Further Adventures" href="/book/show/410238.Little_Nemo_in_the_Palace_of_Ice_and_Further_Adventures"> Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice and Further Adventures </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/224293.Winsor_McCay">McCay, Winsor</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0486232344 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780486232348 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0486232344 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 32 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.21 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 81 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Jun 01, 1976 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Jun 01, 1976 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="liked it"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">liked it</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p0"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="410238" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/410238?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage410238_false"></span> <span id="successMessage410238_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4753687058">Winsor McCay (b.1866-d.1934), for those unfamiliar, was a master cartoonist and animator. Although he did other strips, he is best known for his ‘Litt</span> <span id="freeTextreview4753687058" style="display:none">Winsor McCay (b.1866-d.1934), for those unfamiliar, was a master cartoonist and animator. Although he did other strips, he is best known for his ‘Little Nemo’ which ran in full page panels (you see kids, we used to have these publications called “newspapers”…). Nemo, McCay’s creation, was a child who dreamed semi-coherently and in sequence. At the end of every strip Little Nemo would wake-up safe at home, his parents apparently oblivious to his dream state adventures. <br /><br />As sheer art, this is fantastic. By the standards of any era, McCay was an imaginative genius. I don’t think anyone could thoroughly look at the history of comics and not acknowledge Nemo as an instrumental milestone in the evolution of the art form. It’s simply brilliant.<br /><br />Nevertheless, when looking at Nemo with 2022 eyes, there are a few old fashioned comic devices that are no longer comical. Child abuse and animal abuse pop up here and there—racist caricatures, however, are rampant(!). If you are unaware of how appalling POC portrayals were in 1907, prepare to be repulsed. It’s just that bad.</span> <a data-text-id="review4753687058" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4753687058">4</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4753687058?resource_type=Review">8</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1c430a89dd3cb4960b21127cd6fef09cb"> <span class="date_started_value">May 30, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1c430a89dd3cb4960b21127cd6fef09cb"> <span class="date_read_value">Jun 05, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="May 30, 2022"> May 30, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4753687058">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4745637287" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="41221629"> <a href="/book/show/41221629-anne-of-green-gables"><img alt="Anne of Green Gables" id="cover_review_4745637287" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552981318l/41221629._SX50_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="Anne of Green Gables" href="/book/show/41221629-anne-of-green-gables"> Anne of Green Gables </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/5350.L_M_Montgomery">Montgomery, L.M.</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 0241374855 </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9780241374856 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 0241374855 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 448 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 4.32 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 1,049,671 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Jan 01, 1908 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Mar 07, 2019 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="41221629" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/41221629?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage41221629_false"></span> <span id="successMessage41221629_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4745637287">Redheaded adolescent drama-queen gets (mistakenly) adopted by a childless Canadian couple residing on Prince Edward Island… <br/><br/>Who would have thought tha</span> <span id="freeTextreview4745637287" style="display:none">Redheaded adolescent drama-queen gets (mistakenly) adopted by a childless Canadian couple residing on Prince Edward Island… <br /><br />Who would have thought that puffed sleeves and liniment cake could be so riotously entertaining? A five star rating seems grossly insufficient but it is the best that I can do.</span> <a data-text-id="review4745637287" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4745637287">14</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4745637287?resource_type=Review">29</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv18c28a4a248944007a53f336f3912fe81"> <span class="date_started_value">Jul 18, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv18c28a4a248944007a53f336f3912fe81"> <span class="date_read_value">Jul 22, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="May 25, 2022"> May 25, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4745637287">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4745620702" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="20638258"> <a href="/book/show/20638258-the-call-of-the-wild"><img alt="The Call of the Wild" id="cover_review_4745620702" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390764946l/20638258._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="The Call of the Wild" href="/book/show/20638258-the-call-of-the-wild"> The Call of the Wild </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/1240.Jack_London">London, Jack</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> B0DT1DLG8Q </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 172 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.91 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 452,006 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> 1903 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> Jan 01, 2001 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="20638258" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/20638258?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage20638258_false"></span> <span id="successMessage20638258_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4745620702">**spoiler alert** A word or two on animal cruelty: I almost departed early from this one. Jack London’s depiction of a sled dog’s life in the Canadian</span> <span id="freeTextreview4745620702" style="display:none">**spoiler alert** A word or two on animal cruelty: I almost departed early from this one. Jack London’s depiction of a sled dog’s life in the Canadian Yukon (circa 1890) is graphic and gut-wrenchingly brutal. <i>Call of the Wild</i> has no shortage of cruel, sadistic, heartless assholes. If you’re going to journey into London’s universe you should prepare yourself to be appalled . <br /><br />Now that I’ve warned you about the darkness, we can attempt to cast a little light. <i>Call of the Wild</i> isn’t really about dogs—well, no more so than <i>Watership Down</i> is about rabbits or <i>Animal Farm</i> is about hogs. The gist and heart of this novel is to be found in its connotations.<br /><br />There are several schools of thought on London’s subtext. One is that <i>Call of the Wild</i> is an exposition of “Christian virtues,” specifically work ethic and ‘sacred redemption.’ I call complete BS on that one. Too many of the so-called Christians here are wielding clubs and whips and dolling out concussions and cracked ribs. “Spare the rod and spoil the dog” is a liability, not a virtue. <br /><br />It seems to me that that London’s anthropomorphic canines lean more Darwinian than Lutheran. Buck, our Saint Bernard-Shepherd mutt-hero, is in a near constant state of de-evolution. His reversion back to his wolf heritage is key to his survival. At one point he even dreams of an alliance with an arboreal “hairy man,” an obvious archetypal reference. <br /><br />The cruelty and harsh exploitation of animals, something that personally sickens me, is key to Buck’s progression as a character. It wasn’t until I was able to reconcile that in my mind that I could begin to appreciate what Jack London penned here. This concluded better than it began and it was, in the end, well worth the price of admission. 5 stars.</span> <a data-text-id="review4745620702" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4745620702">4</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4745620702?resource_type=Review">24</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv1bdb8e44f47df48919b6edd14cce7e511"> <span class="date_started_value">Jun 14, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv1bdb8e44f47df48919b6edd14cce7e511"> <span class="date_read_value">Jun 16, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="May 25, 2022"> May 25, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4745620702">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4743994724" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="20612717"> <a href="/book/show/20612717-pudd-nhead-wilson"><img alt="Pudd'nhead Wilson" id="cover_review_4743994724" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499379639l/20612717._SY75_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="Pudd'nhead Wilson" href="/book/show/20612717-pudd-nhead-wilson"> Pudd'nhead Wilson </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/1244.Mark_Twain">Twain, Mark</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> B0DLT9QFN2 </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 320 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.75 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 18,929 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> May 10, 1893 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> 1986 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="20612717" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/20612717?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage20612717_false"></span> <span id="successMessage20612717_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4743994724">“A home without a cat—and a well fed, well petted and properly revered cat—may be a perfect home perhaps, but how can it prove title?” ~Mark Twain, Pu</span> <span id="freeTextreview4743994724" style="display:none">“A home without a cat—and a well fed, well petted and properly revered cat—may be a perfect home perhaps, but how can it prove title?” ~Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson<br /><br />It is ironic that this book was first banned by institutions that thought Twain was promoting southern racist tenets, and then later banned by those who realized he was lambasting those tenets in exaggerated parody. Such is the nature of exquisite satire. Twain was a beacon of sanity in an era of ignorance and inhumanity. If I believed in the existence of God I would thank him for gifting us this witty and insightful genius. </span> <a data-text-id="review4743994724" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4743994724">7</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4743994724?resource_type=Review">27</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_started_amzn1grreading_sessionv184c9f448ee3f471285382888741c298f"> <span class="date_started_value">May 25, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_read"><label>date read</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> <div class="editable_date date_read_amzn1grreading_sessionv184c9f448ee3f471285382888741c298f"> <span class="date_read_value">May 26, 2022</span> </div> </div> </div></td><td class="field date_added"><label>date added</label><div class="value"> <span title="May 25, 2022"> May 25, 2022 </span> </div></td><td class="field owned" style="display: none"><label>owned</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field format" style="display: none"><label>format</label><div class="value"> Mass Market Paperback </div></td><td class="field actions"><label>actions</label><div class="value"> <div> <a class="nobreak" href="/review/show/4743994724">view (with text)</a> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr id="review_4743873355" class="bookalike review"> <td class="field checkbox"><label>checkbox</label><div class="value"> </div></td> <td class="field position" style="display: none"><label>position</label><div class="value"></div></td> <td class="field cover"><label>cover</label><div class="value"> <div class="js-tooltipTrigger tooltipTrigger" data-resource-type="Book" data-resource-id="62593616"> <a href="/book/show/62593616-orlando"><img alt="Orlando" id="cover_review_4743873355" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663197730l/62593616._SX50_.jpg" /></a> </div> </div></td> <td class="field title"><label>title</label><div class="value"> <a title="Orlando" href="/book/show/62593616-orlando"> Orlando </a></div></td> <td class="field author"><label>author</label><div class="value"> <a href="/author/show/6765.Virginia_Woolf">Woolf, Virginia</a> </div></td> <td class="field isbn" style="display: none"><label>isbn</label><div class="value"> 139881072X </div></td> <td class="field isbn13" style="display: none"><label>isbn13</label><div class="value"> 9781398810723 </div></td> <td class="field asin" style="display: none"><label>asin</label><div class="value"> 139881072X </div></td> <td class="field num_pages" style="display: none"><label>num pages</label><div class="value"> <nobr> 240 <span class="greyText">pp</span> </nobr> </div></td> <td class="field avg_rating"><label>avg rating</label><div class="value"> 3.88 </div></td> <td class="field num_ratings" style="display: none"><label>num ratings</label><div class="value"> 104,045 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub" style="display: none"><label>date pub</label><div class="value"> Oct 11, 1928 </div></td> <td class="field date_pub_edition" style="display: none"><label>date pub edition</label><div class="value"> 2022 </div></td> <td class="field rating"><label>Kevin's rating</label><div class="value"> <span class=" staticStars notranslate" title="it was amazing"><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10">it was amazing</span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span><span size="15x15" class="staticStar p10"></span></span> </div></td><td class="field shelves"><label>my rating</label><div class="value"> <div class="stars" data-resource-id="62593616" data-user-id="0" data-submit-url="/review/rate/62593616?stars_click=false" data-rating="0" data-restore-rating="null"><a class="star off" title="did not like it" href="#" ref="">1 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was ok" href="#" ref="">2 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="liked it" href="#" ref="">3 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="really liked it" href="#" ref="">4 of 5 stars</a><a class="star off" title="it was amazing" href="#" ref="">5 of 5 stars</a></div> <span id="reviewMessage62593616_false"></span> <span id="successMessage62593616_false"></span> <div> <a class="smallText actionLinkLite" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">add to shelves</a> </div> </div></td><td class="field review" style="display: none"><label>review</label><div class="value"> <span id="freeTextContainerreview4743873355">The solemnity of circumstance… I’ve read so many 5-Star books of late that I am starting to doubt my own cynicism. And now here comes Virginia Woolf w</span> <span id="freeTextreview4743873355" style="display:none">The solemnity of circumstance… I’ve read so many 5-Star books of late that I am starting to doubt my own cynicism. And now here comes Virginia Woolf with her gender-bending, imperishable protagonist and I find I cannot possibly rein in the starfest; not here, not now, not yet.</span> <a data-text-id="review4743873355" href="#" onclick="swapContent($(this));; return false;">...more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div></td><td class="field notes" style="display: none"><label>notes</label><div class="value"> <span class="greyText">Notes are private!</span> </div></td> <td class="field comments" style="display: none"><label>comments</label><div class="value"> <a href="/review/show/4743873355">2</a> </div></td> <td class="field votes" style="display: none"><label>votes</label><div class="value"> <a href="/rating/voters/4743873355?resource_type=Review">16</a> </div></td> <td class="field read_count" style="display: none"><label># times read</label><div class="value"> 1 </div></td><td class="field date_started" style="display: none"><label>date started</label><div class="value"> <div class="date_row"> 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