Discover Paradise Lost Back to the new Discover feature It’s been a while since I have had time to write a new Discover book feature. Partly it is just that this eco-fiction project is entirely voluntary. I also work full-time … Continue reading →
Discover Lost Horizon Back to the new Discover feature I was happy to find this old book at the Value Village in Burquitlam. I have this book on Kindle, but can’t pass up such a classic hard copy in good … Continue reading →
Discover Minus Tide Back to the new Discover feature Over a decade ago, when I was chief editor of Jack Magazine, issues would have themes, whether South African poetry or Gregory Corso or Philip Whalen or science fiction and fantasy–all … Continue reading →
Discover A White Umbrella in Mexico Back to the new Discover feature I found this book among a collection of “The Works of F. Hopkinson Smith” at Brown’s Books in Burnaby. I didn’t buy the whole collection but simply chose … Continue reading →
Discover The Faith of a Coast Salish Indian Back to the new Discover feature These days we would say First Nations, but during anthropologist Diamond Jenness’s day–this book first published in 1955–the term Indian was widely used when referring to … Continue reading →
Discover On the Beach Back to the new Discover feature Nevil Shute’s On the Beach is credited as an example of fiction that changed the way we think about a major world problem or issue, in this case nuclear war … Continue reading →
Discover In Search of Captain Zero Back to the new Discover feature The story behind this book is that I discovered it when I lived in California. I wish I could remember where I found this book, but I just … Continue reading →
Discover Eco-fiction Back to the new Discover feature Michael Bernanos’s The Other Side of the Mountain is an awesome book, which I ordered used from Amazon Canada. The genre is weird fiction–I learned of the book from author Jeff VanderMeer … Continue reading →
Discover Eco-fiction Back to the new Discover feature Eco-fiction is a little gem that I believe is out of print. You can find a used copy on Amazon, Abe Books, and other places, or perhaps in your local used bookstore. … Continue reading →
Discover A Child’s Garden of Verses Back to the new Discover feature This beautiful book of children’s poetry, another I found at the bookstore in Port Moody, was originally published in 1885 and “reflects a Scottish poet’s vision of the … Continue reading →
