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Matthew is on page 219 of 1330 of Les Misérables

Hugo claiming to have found Valjean's handwritten record of a troubling dream and reproducing it for the reader in full ("Forms Suffering Takes During Sleep") is a literary gag worthy of Melville or Joyce.

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Matthew is starting The Last Ring-Bearer

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Matthew is starting The Last Ring-Bearer

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Matthew is starting Wizardry and Wild Romance

"If the bulk of American sf could be said to be written by robots, about robots, for robots, then the bulk of English fantasy seems to be written by rabbits, about rabbits and for rabbits." (p. 203, 204)

— Jan 19, 2026 12:32PM Add a comment

Matthew is on page 70 of 142 of The Einstein Intersection

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Matthew is on page 164 of 285 of In Search of the Unknown

"The swift Southern twilight had already veiled the forest as I stepped out of the cabin to smoke a cigar and promenade a bit and cogitate. A last trace of color lingering in the west faded out as I looked; the gray glimmer deepened into darkness, through which the white lake vapors floated in thin, wavering strata across the water."

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Matthew is 60% done with Fantastic Night

Dreary.

— Sep 07, 2025 03:58PM Add a comment

Matthew is 50% done with In Search of Theater

Phenomenal. This will stay with me.

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Matthew is on page 115 of 285 of In Search of the Unknown

"I beg my reader’s pardon, but my reader will see the necessity for the author’s absolute accuracy in insisting on detail, because the story that follows is a dangerous story for a scientist to tell, in view of the vast amount of nonsense and fiction in circulation masquerading as stories of scientific adventure." (Ch. XIII)

— Sep 07, 2025 03:57PM Add a comment

Matthew is on page 140 of 243 of Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)

The references to pizza, Walkmen, conga lines and the like grate, but I'm trying to stay on board with Pratchett's vision.

— Jul 07, 2025 11:18AM Add a comment

Matthew is on page 168 of 592 of Letters to Felice‎

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Matthew is on page 70 of 285 of In Search of the Unknown

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Matthew is on page 95 of 168 of Green-Wood

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Matthew is on page 25 of 285 of In Search of the Unknown

Halyard was in his library, cleaning a revolver, when I entered.

"Your room is next to mine," he said; "pleasant dreams, and kindly refrain from snoring."

— May 14, 2025 02:15PM Add a comment

Matthew is on page 70 of 128 of The Door in the Wall

This is pretty dull stuff.

— Jan 04, 2025 08:54PM Add a comment

Matthew is starting The Devil is an Ass (Drama Classics)

"On the first sight I lov'd you: since which time,
Though I have travell'd, I have been in travel
More for this second blessing of your eyes."

— Dec 25, 2024 07:16PM Add a comment

Matthew is on page 356 of 559 of The Secret History

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Matthew is on page 156 of 400 of Saint Joan of Arc

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Matthew is on page 260 of 559 of The Secret History

Contract work in editorial took me away from this, and now I'm finding it difficult to get back in. We'll see if I finish this.

— Oct 31, 2024 07:27AM Add a comment

Matthew is on page 25 of 400 of Saint Joan of Arc

An impressive, spirited beginning. Sackville-West's narration is witty, bitchy, and alive, yet also built upon the back of sturdy scholarship. "Charles VII could not help being born a backboneless creature"...

— Oct 31, 2024 07:26AM Add a comment

Matthew is 25% done with King Henry VI, Part 3

Revisiting this as I'll be directing 10-year-olds in it this August.

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