Book Review: “The Waste Books” by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

"Merchants have a waste-book (Sudelbuch, Klitterbuch, I think it is in German) in which they enter from day to day everything they have bought and sold, all mixed up together in disorder; from this it is transferred to the journal, in which everything is arranged more systematically;  and finally it arrives in the ledger...This deserves … Continue reading Book Review: “The Waste Books” by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Fanfiction: Wishes and Request for Recommendations

Sometimes, there is such compelling possibilities with a background group or character, that is only briefly mentioned or used as a backdrop in a book, I wish the author had developed them more fully. For example, I'd love to read more about the Zetetic Elench from Iain M. Banks' Culture series and Quellcrist Falconer and Quellists … Continue reading Fanfiction: Wishes and Request for Recommendations