The Reading Room
Don BeckChatting about the wonder of fantasy, science fiction, and classic literature.
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Okay, so the Substack gurus tell me that the first trick to becoming a billion-subscriber, platinum-level superhero is to write titles that positively hypnotize readers, forcing them to devour your article against their will.
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Holy Apocalypse! “A Canticle for Leibowitz”
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How to Fix Epic Fantasy
Okay, I’m calling it: I can’t stomach epic fantasy anymore.
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Cozy Perfection: “The Wind in the Willows”
Having just read The Wind in the Willows for the first time—and consequently becoming an instant fan—I whipped off an enthusiastic article on why it’s a classic…
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Mole and Ratty, Badger and Toad
Over the past decade, only three novels have floored me:
- The first was nine years ago when I finally got around to Watership Down. I was so taken by it that immediately I read it again, cursing that it took me until age 47 to meet Haze...
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Fiction writer. Fiction reader. Fantasy, sci-fi, and lit nerd. Orthodox Christian. I see life for what it truly is--enchanted.
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