Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea:

The Vast Unknown: in which Professor Arronax decides to stay on board the Nautilus. Really does feel like a possible alternate ending of the original novel, witch both Arronax' and Nemo's voices spot-on.

VersaillesI never got around to writing a review of the third season, which I didn't enjoy nearly as ( Read more... )

The Guardian lists memorable awful dinner parties in fiction and somehow misses out The Charioteer's example. Now as opposed to several friends of mine, I'm not that enamored with The Charioteer, but the party at Alec's and Sandy's is hands down one of Mary Renault's most memorable, best written set pieces and any such list that leaves it out is ( Read more... )