Once there he meets his father (who had vanished when Tarl was a child) and becomes immersed in Gorean society. Hero Tarl Cabot is a university professor in the USA (as was the author) who gets whisked off to Gor in a flying saucer type thing. Plot-wise this is typical sci fi/fantasy fare, with a definite nod to Edgar Rice Burroughs. Like many pulp fiction works, they challenge the modern reader to answer the question – is it okay that I’m enjoying this horrible book? I was fascinated by the books as a teenager, for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who has seen the covers of the Star books editions in the UK, but I don’t think I actually read any of them until I was well into adulthood. The most recent, ‘Avengers of Gor’ is number 36 in the series. Despite being in his late 80s now, Norman is still writing the books, albeit at a much slower rate than he did in their heyday. The mix of pulp fantasy and misogynist philosophy made the books very popular in the 70s and 80s and has even spawned a Gorean sub-culture which lurks both online in places like ‘Second Life’. Set in a fantastic and brutal “Counter Earth”, they describe a society where slavery is a natural part of life (for both slaves and their owners) and women typically submit to men in S&M style relationships. To say that John Norman’s ‘Gor’ books are problematic is an understatement. Read this and more crime, thriller, horror and pulp reviews on
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He holds the interests of all beings capable of suffering to be worthy of equal consideration and that giving lesser consideration to beings based on their species is no more justified than discrimination based on skin color. In Animal Liberation, Singer argues against what he calls speciesism: discrimination on the grounds that a being belongs to a certain species. Singer allows that animal rights are not the same as human rights, writing in Animal Liberation that "there are obviously important differences between humans and other animals, and these differences must give rise to some differences in the rights that each have." Ryder to describe the exploitative treatment of animals. He popularized the term " speciesism" in the book, which had been coined by Richard D. Following Jeremy Bentham, Singer argued that the interests of animals should be considered because of their ability to experience suffering and that the idea of rights was not necessary in order to consider them. Singer himself rejected the use of the theoretical framework of rights when it comes to human and nonhuman animals. It is widely considered within the animal liberation movement to be the founding philosophical statement of its ideas. Print ( Hardcover and Paperback) and eBookĪnimal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals is a 1975 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer. I take a book at a time, start writing, finish it and then. I don’t count the number of books I have written nor write while considering that. “No secret, just hard work,” Singh laughs. “Six books in the first two years,” she beams.So, what’s the secret of her prolific output? Singh, who has lived across India while growing up and now lives in New York, debuted in 2011 with but was noticed with the 2012 romance If It’s Not Forever. “I really don’t over-think before or while writing. Singh, who started writing at 19 and is in India for the launch of her new book Every Time It Rains says agonising over blank pages is not for her. One has no reason to disbelieve her, given that at 25 she has just launched her 10th novel. New York-based Nikita Singh is in India for the launch of her new book Every Time It Rains.(Image courtesy: Nikita Singh Facebook) “Whenever I have a story, I write it,” she says. For Nikita Singh, more famous as the writer of best-selling romance novels like Love Facebook and If It’s Not Forever… It’s Not Love, the writing process is quite spontaneous. Instructed to pay close, sustained attention to their inner world, survivors can experience flashbacks, dissociation, and even retraumatization. But the reality is not so simple.ĭrawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation-practiced without an awareness of trauma-can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. This means that anywhere mindfulness is being practiced, someone in the room is likely to be struggling with trauma.Īt first glance, this appears to be a good thing: trauma creates stress, and mindfulness is a proven tool for reducing it. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life: the majority of us will experience a traumatic event in our lifetime, and up to twenty percent of us will develop posttraumatic stress. From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. The Company uses Cookies on the Site to collect data from those who visit the Site and use services on the Site. However, you can set or adjust your browser’s setting for avoiding using or transmitting some data for Cookies and/or deleting data stored in the Cookies at any time. Most of the browsers support the use of Cookies. Cookies will store details of the website's browsing behaviour and what is frequently chosen by you and your browser. 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Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.ĭespite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook’s differences are impossible to ignore. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. The Island of Sea Women By: Lisa See The Deets: It took me the rest of the month to get through my final read, The Night Circus, because, well, I didn’t really love it and I was prioritizing time with my travel companions over time with my books. Actually, four of the five books that I read last month were all finished in Santorini by July 12, before we met up with everyone. Since we were with friends and family for more than half of the month, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to read. We didn’t stop moving, and we didn’t stop laughing. We were visiting my cousin in London and traveled with our friends throughout Italy: 3 days each in Praiano and Taormina, 2 days each in Siracusa and Modica, and finally met up with Garrett’s parents in Germany. In July, Garrett and I were in Greece (Athens and Santorini), the U.K (London), Ireland (Garrett spent 24 hours in Dingle for my cousin’s stag party), Italy (Praiano on the Amalfi Coast and Taormina, Siracusa, and Modica in Sicily), and Germany (Bacharach and Munich). Harley Quinn can do anything in the DC Universe. Her stories have taken her far from her roots as the Joker’s henchwoman. With Mad Love, Timm & Dini created a singular three-dimensional comics character who has the freedom to evolve beyond their initial status quo. Timm & Dini established Harley Quinn so clearly that readers understood not only who Harley was, but also who Harley could be. The complexity of Mad Love is the reason why Harley has been able to evolve so many different times over the past few decades. After being lauded with praise and winning both an Eisner and a Harvey Award for Best Single Issue, the two creators later adapted it in The New Batman Adventures (the final season of Batman: The Animated Series). This is where, for the first time, Timm & Dini outlined the now-iconic origin story of Harley Quinn and the full depths of her relationship with the Joker. Mad Love was the first comic to feature Harley, and it remains the most foundational. But it all starts with Batman: The Animated Series creators Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, and the powerful Harley Quinn story they crafted in Batman Adventures: Mad Love. Harley Quinn is a relatively new player in the world of comicbook characters, but has quickly exploded across the world of pop culture through animation, comics, video games, and movies. Mort notices a hazy, sizzling "Dome of Reality" steadily advancing on Keli in Sto Lat. Mort wants to confess but falters, and Death sends him out again on The Duty. Keli enlists the young wizard Cutwell to remind people that she is not dead, but people believe what they know, rather than what they see and hear. Allowed to solo, Mort prevents Princess Keli's assassination and learns that history considers her dead and that the ramifications of his action are dire. He is perplexed to be able to walk through solid walls. The first time he accompanies Death on "The Duty"-harvesting souls, Mort tries to interfere and is told that people's fates are in the hands of the gods. There he meets old Albert, Death's reclusive butler, and Ysabell, Death's unattractive, adopted daughter. Mort, an awkward, well-intentioned, and inquiring young farm boy apprentices to Death and accompanies him to his home in another dimension. Death spares his wayward apprentice and returns to work. In Death's absence, Mort prevents an assassination and needs strong magic to repair the rift in history. Mort, by Terry Pratchett, is a satirical comedy about how Death takes young Mort from the fields, teaches him to collect souls, and takes a holiday to experience human pleasures. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.Īgainst such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won't be easy, either. And they've invited the people of Earth to join them. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance-an alliance against the Colonial Union. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race. |