Articles tagged "h.g. wells"

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We Few, We Happy Few, We Bandaged Brothers: Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody and the Quest for Self

by Kevin M. Brettauer

[13.Nov.09] :. A touching, heartfelt meditation on identity and isolation in a small town, Jeff Lemire is able to redress an H.G. Wells classic and make it as timely and disturbing as ever.

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The Island of Mr. Lemire: Why The Nobody Matters

by Kevin M. Brettauer

[12.Nov.09] :. The twin themes of identity and individuality have been persistent, domineering forces in storytelling, and, indeed, everyday life since the days of cave paintings in the cradle of civilization. For...

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Arcade Fire and H.G. Wells: The Lies Machine

by Colin Snowsell

[11.Aug.08] :. Pop music may still travel in revolutions, but not along a fixed course maintaining an even degree of distance from its point of origin. Like a moon intolerant of its gravitation pull, each cycle drifts us further and further from the cycle before it.

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Olaf Stapledon: Of His Time, and Others

by L.B. Jeffries

[16.Nov.07] :. To sit and complain about the lack of credit Stapledon receives is to undermine the very principle for which he was writing about: mankind's yearning for community.

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