What have I been reading?<\/p>\n
I’ve been on a Revolutionary War kick of late. Or at least, of that era. Currently atop the desk–Redcoats and Rebels<\/i>, by Christopher Hibbert, which offers a British perspective on the conflict. Also recently read, General Howe’s Dog<\/i>, by Caroline Tiger, about, besides General Howe’s Dog (obviously), the battle of Germantown.<\/p>\n
I’ve also been working my way through Ahistory<\/i>, Lance Parkin’s exhaustive chronology of Doctor Who<\/i> in its multimedia incarnations. Every page has at least a dozen interesting somethings<\/i> about the Doctor and his universe. The book is nothing short of impressive.<\/p>\n
And just for fun, I’ve been working on Edison’s Conquest of Mars<\/i>, by Garrett P. Serviss. ECoM<\/i> is the unauthorized sequel to H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds<\/i>, published in a Boston newspaper in 1898 (just weeks after their unauthorized serialization of Wells’ novel–copyright laws were somewhat more lax a century ago). Serviss has an interesting hook for his story–Thomas Edison reverse engineers the Martian war machines and builds a space fleet so Earth can invade Mars before the Martians can launch a second, victorious attack on Earth. It’s sluggish reading in the sense that, as a newspaper serialization, the book is incredibly<\/i> repetitive, and the writing hasn’t aged particularly well. It’s interesting as a curiosity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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