Winter 2007
It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs."
from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1831)
Welcome to the convulsive birth prangs of The Modest Proposal!
In This Issue...
Review of The Omnivore's Dilemma
Hot topic science gets an ear-full from our vegetarian/biologist.
On 'The Ecstasy of Influence,' and The Modest Proposal
Lethem, the Internet, and our piece of the pie.
Review of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
A monolithic work of pop-economics examined.
Review of Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land
Recent historical scholarship on the grand scale.
Review of London: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)
A bounded review of a book about the infinite city.
