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Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare - Review

Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare
Leviathan or, The Whale is a Sebaldesque triumph, in which the author meditates on his obsession with whales. The narrative is filtered through a reading of, and a quest for, Moby-Dick, but along the way it digresses down dozens of delightful byways, from Hamlet’s observation of a cloud that [...]

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Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury - Review

Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is Playing & Leviathan ‘99 by Ray Bradbury
… Arizona’s deserts continue to inspire him: in the first of these two novellas, a young reporter discovers Summerton, a sepia-toned oasis of pastoral life tucked away amid the tumbleweeds. In the second, a cosmic version of Moby Dick, outer space is [...]

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