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Coetzeehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/transcription.pngtranscription2022-12-15T00:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/02/06/finnish-weird-at-its-best-troll-by-johanna-sinisalo/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/troll-285x300.jpgtroll-285x300https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/troll1.jpgtrollTroll - A Love Story, by Johanna Sinisalo; Copyright 2000 by Johanna Sinisalo; English translation copyright by Herbert Lomas, 2003; 278 pp., paperback ABOUT TROLLS --There is a whole body of memes about trolls. There are cute troll dolls, like in the 2016 animated movie, Trolls, and the more “realistic” trolls, hairy, ferocious, living in forests, and confined by the emissions of electricity pylons, that feature in the 2010 Norwegian “found footage” film Trollhunter. For the Trollhunter film’s final scene, a clip of former Norwegian Prime minister Jens Stoltenberg speaking about an oil field outside Norway called the “Troll Field”, was edited to create the appearance of him admitting the existence of trolls.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/3_troll.png3_trollhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ennen_pc3a4ivc3a4nlaskua.jpghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/peikko-2.jpgpeikko-2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/johanna-sinisalo-by-katja-lc3b6sc3b6nen_2013.jpgjohanna-sinisalo-by-katja-losonen_2013Johanna Sinisalo by Katja-Losonen, 20132022-12-13T19:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/02/16/hard-hitting-alt-history-novel-underground-airlines-by-ben-h-winters/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ideas-trump-front-page.pngideas-trump-front-pageA fake news front page - The Boston Globe’s version of non-fiction “alternative history”, referenced by Ben Winters on his website. Note the small print on the bottom: “Editor’s note - This is Donald Trump’s America. What you read on this page is what might happen if the GOP front­run­ner can put his ideas into practice, his words into action. Many Americans might find this vision appealing, but the Globe’s editorial board finds it deeply troubling. Read our editorial on Page K2 for more on the dangers of Trump’s vision.” Well, it is now President Trump.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hard-four-map.jpghard-four-mapMap of the imaginary “Hard Four” slavery states.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/5-underground-airlines.png5-underground-airlineshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/underground-airlines-2.jpgunderground-airlines-2Alternative cover design.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/winters_underground_airlines-660x1024.jpgwinters_underground_airlines-660x1024Underground Airlines, by Ben H. Winters, published by Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company, New York, U.S., July 2016 (1st ed.), 327 pp., hard cover.2022-12-11T20:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/02/03/the-tricky-business-of-fan-fiction-versus-copyright-part-3-of-3-the-little-prince/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/illustration1.jpgillustration1Isn’t it a bit odd to pick up a teenager in a weird outfit sleeping by the side of the road? Oh well, otherwise he might have died. - Illustration in black and white by Ollie Brock for The Return of the Young Prince.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/illustration-3.jpgillustration-3The dog that almost died - Illustration in black and white by Ollie Brock for The Return of the Young Prince.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/illustration-2.jpgillustration-2The bit of grass that taught him everything - Illustration in black and white by Ollie Brock for The Return of the Young Prince.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/blurb1.jpgblurbThe sticker on the front id of the iconic picture of The Little Prince on his asteroid, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The text reads: “The Long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller.” Just goes to show - never trust a blurb.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/4-the-young-prince2.png4-the-young-princehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-return-of-the-little-prince.jpegthe-return-of-the-little-princeThe Return of the Little Prince, by Ysatis DeSaint-Simon, paperback, 116 pages, published by Authorhouse, Feb. 1 2004https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ag-roemmers1.jpgag-roemmersA.G. Roemmershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/karina_rabolini_y_alejandro_roemmers_222902359.jpgkarina_rabolini_y_alejandro_roemmers-jpg_222902359The headline says: Alejandro Roemmers, the new love of Rabolini2022-12-11T20:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/01/23/fan-fiction-versus-copyright-the-aleph/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pablo-katchadjian.jpgpablo-katchadjianPablo Katchadjian (Photo: GoodReads)2022-12-11T19:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/01/16/the-tricky-business-of-fan-fiction-and-copyright-1-of-4/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2-fan-fiction21.png2-fan-fiction2The header for this and other posts contain images from both original and fan fiction/sequels by other authors. In this case, Tintin and Snowy (left) come from Rodier’s version, the Little Prince (adapted, centre) comes from the original by De Saint-Exupéry, and the Young Prince (right) comes from A.G. Roemmers’ version. All three images have been used under the terms of “fair use”: “In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and ‘transformative’ purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work.” (Rich Stim, Stanford University Libraries). The main image, of Paris, France, is by M.F. O’Brien, used with permission.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-little-prince.jpgthe-little-prince"The Little Prince", by Antoine de Saint-Exupéryhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-aleph_borges.jpgthe-aleph_borgesThe Aleph, by Jose Luis Borges, in his collection of short stories.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/main-kampf.jpgmain-kampfMain Kampf, by Adolf Hitler, can now be republished since the copyright has expired.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tintin-and-the-alph-art_herge.jpgtintin-and-the-alph-art_hergeTintin and Alph-Art, by Hergé (Georges Remi)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-return-of-the-young-prince.jpgthe-return-of-the-young-princeThe Return of the Young Prince, by A.G. 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Swoophttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/matt-owens.jpegMatt Owenshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/matt-owns-facebook.jpegMatt Owns Facebookhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/chassepot_to_famas.jpegChassepot_to_FAMAShttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/screen-shot-2022-03-09-at-11.19.38-am.jpegScreen Shot 2022-03-09 at 11.19.38 AMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/screen-shot-2022-03-09-at-11.19.38-am-2.jpegScreen Shot 2022-03-09 at 11.19.38 AM 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/screen-shot-2022-03-09-at-11.19.38-am-3.jpegScreen Shot 2022-03-09 at 11.19.38 AM 32022-03-10T22:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/12/01/getting-the-hang-of-the-chinese-novel/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/edfest-shengyun-large.jpgEdFest-ShengYun-largeSheng Yun is an assistant research professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the contributing editor at the Shanghai Review of Books. She graduated from Fudan University in 2008 with the doctoral degree on Chinese classics (doctoral thesis: Texts from Early China under Modern Scrutiny). She translated several classical music books including Harold C. Schonberg’s Great Conductors and Norman Lebrecht’s Book of Musical Anecdotes. She is translating Clive James’s Cultural Amnesia at the moment. She is a judge of the Irish Literature Translation Prize since 2014, a member of standing committee of Shanghai International Literary Week for Shanghai Book Fair. She occasionally writes for the London Review of Books. (Rtrvd. 2017-09-27)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20-chinese-novels.png20 Chinese novelshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ma-jian.pngMa JianIn April 2012, in a dramatic act of protest at the London Book Fair, Chinese author Ma Jian smeared red paint across his face to demonstrate his anger at the choice of China as the event’s “market focus". 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Lazuko Victor Vasnetsov, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1990, ISBN 5-7370-0107-5https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-snow-maiden-zvorykin.jpgThe Snow Maiden, ZvorykinThe classic rendition of the Snow Maiden, by Boris Zvorykin, from “The firebird, and other Russian fairy tales”, with illustrations by Boris Zvorykin; edited and with an introduction by Jacqueline Onassis, 1978.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/12-the-snow-child.png12 The Snow Child2022-02-23T02:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/09/04/giants-at-the-end-of-the-world-finnish-weird-anthology/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/22-giants-at-the-end-of-the-world.png22 Giants at the end of the worldhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-slip-of-the-keyboard.jpgA slip of the keyboardTerry Pratchett In His Own Words - A Slip of the Keyboard, foreword by Neil Gaiman, Penguin Random House UK, 2015.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/giants-at-the-end-of-the-world-1.jpgGiants at the end of the world 1Giants at the End of the World, edited by Johanna Sinisalo and Toni Jerrman. Collection copyright Worldcon 75 & the editors 2017, Published by Worldcon 75/Maa ja ilma ry, ISBN 978-952-93-9155-4 2022-02-23T02:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/06/29/depicted-like-a-painting-the-one-eyed-man-by-l-e-modesitt-jr/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16-the-one-eyed-man.png16 The One-Eyed Manhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/le-modesitt-talking-with-tom.jpgle-modesitt-talking-with-tomL.E. Modesitt, Jr., in Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and L.E. Modesitt Jr., by Stefan Raets, Dec 11, 2012, on Tor.comhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/the-one-eyed-man-by-le-modesitt-jr.jpgThe One-Eyed Man by LE Modesitt JrThe One-Eyed Man, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Originally published 2013, Publisher: Tor Science Fiction, Reprint edition: July 29, 2014, 364 pp. hard cover) "The colony world of Stittara is no ordinary planet. For the interstellar Unity of the Ceylesian Arm, Stittara is the primary source of anagathics: drugs that have more than doubled the human life span. But the ecological balance that makes anagathics possible on Stittara is fragile, and the Unity government has a vital interest in making sure the flow of longevity drugs remains uninterrupted, even if it means uprooting the human settlements. Offered the job of assessing the ecological impact of the human presence on Stittara, freelance consultant Dr. Paulo Verano jumps at the chance to escape the ruin of his personal life.” (Text from front jacket flap)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/one-eyed-man1.jpgone-eyed man1Cover illustration for The One-Eyed Man, by John Jude Palencar.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wyeth-web2_christinas-world.jpg16.1949Andrew Wyeth. Christina’s World. 1948. 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(Analysis by Ben Blatt of Slate.com)2022-02-22T18:34:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/05/02/imprecision-with-purpose-this-census-taker/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8-this-census-taker1.png8 This Census-Takerhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/the-kraken.jpgthe krakenhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/this-census-taker1.jpgthis census-taker1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/this-census-taker2.jpgthis census-taker2Illustration by Vincent Chong for the Subterranean Press edition of This Census-Taker.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/un-lun-dun.jpegUn Lun Dunhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/house-on-the-hill.jpghouse-on-the-hillThis illustration from the book blogger website Out There Books on This Census-Taker is called “House on the hill”. What that refers to the boy’s house on the hill, I don’t know. 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Illustrations by Paul Kidby. Recipes by Tina Hannan and Stephen Briggs. Copyright Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs 1999. (Series: Discworld Series; Paperback; publisher: Transworld Publishers; revised ed. edition November 1, 2001; 176 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/28-fictional-fiction1.png28 Fictional Fiction1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/28-fictional-fiction2.png28 Fictional Fiction2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2560px-the_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_galaxy.svg_.png2560px-The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy.svgRendition of the Guide, based on its description in the novel “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-08-05-at-10.49.07-am.jpgNanny Ogg’s Cookbook, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.The opening pages of the book has amusing “notes” by Nanny Ogg’s publisher, “J.H.C. Goatberger”, warning against publication because of her previous book, “The Joye of Snacks”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/the-world-of-poo.jpgThe World of Poo, by Terry PratchettTerry Pratchett presents Miss Felicity Beedle’s The World of Poo. Author: Terry Pratchett, assisted by Bernard and Isobel Pearson. Copyright Terry Pratchett 2012. (Hardcover; publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition, October 13, 2015; 128 pp.)2021-10-22T18:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/10/22/a-man-on-the-roof-of-a-70-storey-building-wolf-hall-by-hilary-mantel/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-by-george-saunders.jpegA Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saundershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/screen-shot-2021-10-06-at-2.52.06-pm.jpegThomas Cromwell, attributed to Hans Holbein the YoungerThomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (c.1485-1540), oil painting, formerly attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, 1530, Collection: Petworth House and Park, West Sussex, UK)2021-10-22T16:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/06/18/a-small-poem-about-spring/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pexels-photo-6287291.jpegchef making fresh dough in bakeryPhoto by Klaus Nielsen on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/chef-making-fresh-dough-in-bakery-6287291/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2021-10-15T23:33:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/08/21/the-people-are-revolting-are-they/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pexels-photo-8768932.jpegcity sunny art francePhoto by K2 Production on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/city-sunny-art-france-8768932/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2021-10-15T01:36:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-sonnet-lover-by-carol-goodman/2021-10-14T17:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/01/25/what-tickles-your-funny-bone-rhett-and-link-caption-the-new-yorkers-cartoons/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23-humour.png23 humour2021-10-01T20:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/09/10/listen-to-this-feel-it/2021-09-10T18:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/10/01/a-poem-about-a-declaration/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/pexels-photo-2086748.jpegsea of clouds sunrise wallpaperPhoto by Rahul Pandit on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-of-clouds-sunrise-wallpaper-2086748/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/pexels-photo-1435849.jpegseveral soaring seagullsPhoto by Engin Akyurt on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/several-soaring-seagulls-1435849/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2021-10-03T06:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/09/24/revealing-the-real-story-behind-modern-pop-music-john-seabrook-interview/2021-09-02T00:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/04/25/rooted-a-mono-rhyme-poem/2021-07-19T03:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/07/24/the-origins-of-waiting-for-the-barbarians/2021-07-16T15:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/10/18/amazing-interconnectedness-the-garden-of-evening-mists-by-tan-twan-eng-now-a-major-film/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-garden-of-evening-mists-film-poster.jpgThe film poster of The Garden of Evening Mists.The film poster of The Garden of Evening Mists.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/36-the-garden-of-evening-mists.png36 The Garden of Evening Mistshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/thegiftofrain.jpgTheGiftOfRainThe Gift of Rain, by Tan Twan Eng (2007)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/garden-of-evening-mists1.gifGarden of evening mists1The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng (Publisher: Weinstein Books; original edition Sept. 4, 2012; paperback, 352 pages. Alternative cover design: publisher: Myrmidon - Canongate, UK; 2012 https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-13-at-12.37.20-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2019-10-13 at 12.37.20 PM“The Garden of Evening Mists”, by Tan Twan Eng (Publisher: Weinstein Books; original edition Sept. 4, 2012; paperback, 352 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-13-at-12.47.36-pm.jpgThe film tie-in cover of “The Garden of Evening Mists”, by Tan Twan Eng.The film tie-in cover of “The Garden of Evening Mists”, by Tan Twan Eng.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/54236815_2132964326799231_6793480918909583360_o.jpgCopies of The Canons edition from publisher Canongate+Myrmidon of “The Garden of Evening Mists”.Copies of The Canons edition from publisher Canongate+Myrmidon of “The Garden of Evening Mists”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4736.jpgIMG_4736Japanese Garden in the Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Bc, Canada (Photo by MF O’Brien Sept. 2019)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4738.jpgIMG_4738Japanese Garden in the Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Bc, Canada (Photo by MF O’Brien Sept. 2019)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8299.jpgIMG_8299Japanese Garden in the Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Bc, Canada (Photo by MF O’Brien Sept. 2019)2021-07-15T02:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/07/09/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer/2021-07-09T17:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/03/19/complete-and-intense-immersion-the-mirror-and-the-light-by-hilary-mantel/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-1475036.jpegred textilePhoto by Engin Akyurt on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-textile-1475036/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-5206142.jpegold stone steps in salt minePhoto by Julia Volk on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/old-stone-steps-in-salt-mine-5206142/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-350755.jpeggrayscale low angle view of cathedralPhoto by Mike on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-low-angle-view-of-cathedral-350755/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-2397651.jpegunderwater photography of oceanPhoto by Jeremy Bishop on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/underwater-photography-of-ocean-2397651/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-4611005.jpeglight flight bird artPhoto by Gareth Willey on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/light-flight-bird-art-4611005/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-133682.jpegbody of water at daytimePhoto by Mabel Amber on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/body-of-water-at-daytime-133682/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-2183445.jpegperson holding hand mirrorPhoto by Lisa Fotios on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-holding-hand-mirror-2183445/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-photo-3109807.jpegpurple abstract artPhoto by Anni Roenkae on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/purple-abstract-art-3109807/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2021-06-19T22:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2021/05/21/hell-hath-no-wrath-like-a-disappointed-star-trek-fan/2021-06-19T22:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/06/03/the-buried-giant-by-kazuo-ishiguro/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/arnold_bc3b6cklin_-_die_toteninsel_i_basel_kunstmuseum.jpgArnold_Böcklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_I_(Basel,_Kunstmuseum)Isle of the Dead (German: Die Toteninsel) is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Böcklin produced several different versions of the mysterious painting between 1880 and 1886. Here we can see the silent boatman, the single passenger, and the island of the dead to which they are going.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1024px-arthur-pyle_sir_gawaine_the_son_of_lot_king_of_orkney.jpg1024px-Arthur-Pyle_Sir_Gawaine_the_Son_of_Lot,_King_of_Orkneyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/out-of-mind-by-j-bernlef.jpgout of mind by j. bernlefHersenschimmen, by J. Bernlef (translated as Out of Mind)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/9-the-buried-giant1.png9 The Buried GiantAdaptation of endpaper art of tree by Neil Gover; photo of tree in Kew Gardens, London, 2008, by Mike O’Brien.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kazuo-ishiguro_hay-festival-2015.jpgKazuo-Ishiguro_Hay Festival 2015Kazuo Ishiguro at the Hay [Book] Festival in 2015 (Kazuo Ishiguro Photo: Charles Hopkinson/Telegraph)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/the-buried-giant_kazuo-ishiguro.jpgthe buried giant_kazuo ishiguroThe Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage Canada, 2016 (my copy)2021-06-18T22:32:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/05/17/an-idea-that-asks-to-be-murdered-killing-commendatore-by-haruki-murakami/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1822797a-7728-44ab-9238-12a985933f24.jpeg1822797A-7728-44AB-9238-12A985933F24https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/43ed3c4a-1211-451b-a88c-e16b11248e9b.jpeg43ED3C4A-1211-451B-A88C-E16B11248E9Bhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5f65ddbd-e1c1-49ee-942a-6a89eb8e090f.jpegA pretty accurate depiction of the fictional painting, by artist/illustrator Kanchana. (Credit: @literaryartjournal)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/055ccbab-4eaa-450f-b764-9ddc2e317c0b.jpegHaruki Murakami (credit: Nathan Bajar for The New York Times)Haruki Murakami (credit: Nathan Bajar for The New York Times)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1938ae02-fd97-4d24-80bb-0a606e81177d.png1938AE02-FD97-4D24-80BB-0A606E81177DKilling Commendatore, by Haruki Murakami (translated into English by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen; Publiication date Feb. 24, 2017; published in English Oct. 9, 2018; English publisher: Knopf; 704 pp. (US))2021-06-04T02:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/06/14/the-long-hard-road-to-getting-a-book-published-josiah-bancroft-responds-to-eager-fans/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/21-books-of-babel-1.png21 Books of Babelhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wac18574.jpgwac185742021-05-27T20:39:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/07/06/high-calibre-writing-arm-of-the-sphinx-by-josiah-bancroft/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/28-arm-of-the-sphinx.png28 Arm of the Sphinxhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/josiahbancroftportrait03.jpgJosiahBancroftPortrait03Josiah Bancroft (Photograph taken by Kim Bricker, 2017. kimbrickerstudio@gmail.com)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/motto1.jpgMotto1Motto from Chapter Seven of “Arm of the Sphinx”, p. 144https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/arm-of-the-sphinx-by-josiah-bancroft.jpgArm of the Sphinx, by Josiah Bancroft“Arm of the Sphinx”, by Josiah Bancroft (The Books of Babel, Book 2, published by Orbit on March 13, 2018)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/senlin-ascends-by-josiah-bancroft.jpgSenlin Ascends, by Josiah Bancroft“Senlin Ascends”, by Josiah Bancroft (The Books of Babel, Book 1, published by Orbit, January 16, 2018)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-hod-king-by-josiah-bancroft.jpgThe Hod King, by Josiah BancroftThe Hod King (The Books of Babel, Book 3, by Josiah Bancroft; paperback; publisher: Orbit; Jan. 22, 2019; 624 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sphinx1.jpgSphinx1The Stone Cloud ship - illustration from “Arm of the Sphinx”, by Josiah Bancroft. Illustration by the author himself, Josiah Bancroft.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sphinx2.jpgSphinx2The Tower of Babel - illustration from “Arm of the Sphinx”, by Josiah Bancroft. Illustration by the author himself, Josiah Bancroft.2021-05-27T20:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/licensing-and-disclaimer/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cc-license.pngCc licensehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/13-site-map.png13 Site map2021-05-27T20:35:09+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2016/10/31/the-famished-road-by-ben-okri/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/the-meaning-of-life.jpgthe-meaning-of-lifeIllustration by artist Edward Monkton, and comment by the blogger onegoangirl: “This Monday’s illustration caught my eye because I’ve finally finished reading the surreal, fantastical, Booker prize winner The Famished Road by Ben Okri. It’s a profound read, in some of the most gorgeous descriptive prose I have ever read, but it’s also overwhelming and at times overbearing, like Life itself!! So it’s with a sense of relief that I read the final page and turned to [illustrator and comedian] Mr. [Edward] Monkton who has his own take on Life matters and philosophy of the most import and thankfully doesn’t need close to 600 pages in which to present it. Sometimes…a line drawing is all you need.” [Ironically, Okri describes exactly the same scene as in this drawing in his novel...]https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/night-howler-2.jpgnight-howler-2Dija Nwana (Night Howler) Hand-built porcelain sculpture by ceramic artist Eugene Hön. Comment by the artist: “The literary sources were The famished road, by Ben Okri and Indaba my children by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa and numerous books on African mythology, narratives and legends. Both these two authors refer to spirits that invade humans and cause evil in the land. Ben Okri describes his main character’s encounter with the spirit world as follows and I quote, ‘[...] I realised for the first time that many of the customers were not human beings. [...] They seemed a confused assortment of different human parts. It occurred to me that hey were spirits who had borrowed bits of human beings to partake of human reality. They say spirits do that sometimes. They do it because they get tired of being just spirits. They want to taste human things, pain drunkenness, laughter, and sex. Sometimes they do it to spread mischief and sometimes to seduce grown-ups or abduct children into their realm. The moment I saw them as spirits, drinking palm-wine without getting drunk, confused about the natural configuration of the human body, everything made sense.’ (Okri 1991:136)”https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sight_if.jpgsight_ifComment from the artist, Tanja Wilmot, on this lovely illustration of The Famished Road: “I had in mind a line from The Famished Road by Ben Okri, which has lived in my notebook for years. In this image, the line has a completely new context. “Constellations were visible in the sky, each star a different colour, luminous and pulsing."https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/roadide-hawkers.pngroadide-hawkersNigerian roadside hawker in traditional wrapper. Also called a lappa, or pagne. This is how Azaro’s “Mum” was described.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nigerian_ladies.pngnigerian_ladiesNigerian women in modern outfits, consisting of boubous and head ties.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nigerian_ladies2.pngnigerian_ladies2Nigerian women in traditional head ties, blouses and wrappers.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/plantain_peppersoup_with_periwinkle_from_the_south-south_region_of_nigeria.pngplantain_peppersoup_with_periwinkle_from_the_south-south_region_of_nigeriaThe family eats mostly peppersoup and, as a special luxury, goat stew. Peppersoup is shown here with plantains. Peppersoup is a West African soup that is prepared using various meats, chili peppers and nutmeg as primary ingredients. It is a spicy soup that has a light, watery texture. It is considered to be a delicacy by some people in Western Africa, and some West Africans believe that the soup has medicinal qualities.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nigeria.pngnigeriaLocation of Nigeriahttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nigeria-gin-filling-drums.pngnigeria-gin-filling-drumsAzaro’s Dad seems to live entirely on the cheap, home-made type of gin called “ogogoro”, So many people have been poisoned by it that it is now banned in Nigeria. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/220px-mamadou_tandja_2005.png220px-mamadou_tandja_2005Former Nigerian president, Mamadou Tandja, wearing a grand boubou, also called an agbada, a flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa. It is known by various names, depending on the ethnic group wearing them: agbada (Yoruba, Dagomba), babban riga (Hausa), mbubb (Wolof), k'sa or gandora (Tuareg), darra'a Maghrebi Arabic, grand boubou (in various Francophone West African countries) and the English term of gown. 2021-05-26T00:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/07/20/mental-floss-on-a-grand-scale-deaths-end-by-cixin-liu/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8-cell-simple.gif8-cell-simplehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8-cell-simple-4d.gif8-cell-simple 4DThis object is the 4D equivalent of a cube, known as a tesseract. Created by Jason Hise with Maya and Macromedia Fireworks. Rtrvd. 2017-07-08https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/18-deaths-end.jpg18 Death's Endhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/18-deaths-end2.png18 Death's End2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/18-deaths-end.png18 Death's Endhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/spaceelevatornice1.jpgspaceelevatorniceVisualization of a space elevator concept by Katherine Burgess, Ross Gregorive, Mason Roberts, Kevin Thompson, Matt Uleman, from “Space Elevator - PHYS 310”, on www.energyphysics.wikispaces.com. rtrvd. 2017-07-07https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/liu-cixin.jpgLiu CixinImages from the covers of the Liu Cixin trilogy, “Remembrance of Earth’s Past"https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/three-body-problem-film-poster.jpgThree Body Problem film poster“The Three-Body Problem” film poster, which depicts the secret military base in China. 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(From Me, p. 24, photograph by Greg Norman)Elton John and his partner and friend, Bernie Taupin, in 2018. (From Me, p. 24, photograph by Greg Norman)2021-05-26T00:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/12/27/required-reading-the-emperor-of-all-maladies-by-siddhartha-mukherjee/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/200px-the_gene_an_intimate_history_cover.jpg200px-The_Gene_An_Intimate_History_coverIn 2016, Mukherjee published The Gene: An Intimate History (ISBN 978-1476733500). 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The operator of the ski resort up the mountain from their lands, renamed the Hemlock Ski Resort “Sasquatch Mountain Resort” to tie into the name of their local partner, the Sts’ailes. The name recognizes the significance of the Sasquatch in Sts’ailes culture, as well as the business-to-business agreement between the two parties. The word “Sasquatch” is an anglicized pronunciation of “sasq’ets,” a Sts’ailes word that tells a story of how Sasquatch is a primary caretaker of the land.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/eddie-julians-map.pngEddie Julian's map“Eddie Julian’s map of the Fraser River”, p. 2, one of the maps of the locations in the novel, drawn by the author.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-devils-run-3-of-3.jpg13 Devil's Run 3 of 3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-27-at-3.37.44-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2020-05-27 at 3.37.44 PMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cib_logo_vert-cmyk.jpgCIB_logo_VERT-CMYKThe emblem of the Sts’ailes (or Chehalis) First Nation, of a Sasquatch. The ski resort up the mountain from their lands was renamed “Sasquatch Mountain Resort” to tie into the name of their local partner.2021-01-13T18:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/06/05/real-world-meets-realism-is-it-fact-or-fiction-part-2-of-3/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wolf-hall-by-hilary-mantel.jpgWolf Hall, by Hilary MantelThe perfect balance: “Wolf Hall”, by Hilary Mantel: Wonderful historical accuracy but also great feeling and marvellously accomplished style. It’s in a class of its own in terms of the combination of art and realism in Fiction.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/barbara-cartland-a-heart-in-the-highlands.jpgBarbara Cartland, A Heart in the HighlandsBarbara Cartland’s historical romances: Good inventiveness, but quite historically inaccurate. This is history as it mostly never happened. The novels are filled with heaving-bosomed beauties, strong-jawed noblemen and repressed passion, repressed that is until the final pages. But huge fun to read.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/loving-frank-1.jpg“Loving Frank”, by Nancy Horan“Loving Frank”, by Nancy Horan: On balance, this historical novel errs on the side of historical accuracy. It is very accurate and true to the reports of the time, but the characters are not depicted as engaging, and the book does not make you want to find out more about the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, its main subject.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stolo_with_dipnets-wiki.jpgstolo_with_dipnets-wiki2021-01-13T18:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/legal-and-risk-considerations-in-book-reviews/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/48-legal-and-risk-1.jpg48 Legal and risk2020-12-31T20:37:24+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2015/05/29/references-inspirations-book-titles/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pretty.jpgPretty in a rowhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2-mt-st-helens.jpgMount St. Helenshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1-birds.jpgBirds in the Chihuly Garden2020-12-31T19:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/poems-by-bear-of-little-brain/snow-falling-from-cedars/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/snow-falling-from-cedars.jpgSnow Falling from Cedarshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_0938-1.jpgIMG_0938https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dsc01140.jpgDSC01140https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-8.jpghaiku-8https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-7.jpghaiku-7https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-6.jpghaiku-6©M Bijman 2012https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-5.jpghaiku-5https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-4.jpghaiku-4https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-3.jpghaiku-3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haiku-2.jpghaiku-22020-12-31T17:35:34+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/poems-by-bear-of-little-brain/love-and-the-sea/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/love-and-the-sea.pngLove and the Seahttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2017-02-01-at-4-54-35-pm.jpgStella Ignatius©M. Bijmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/michael-on-the-beach.jpgmichael-on-the-beach©M.F. O'Brienhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/vilancoulos.jpgvilancoulos©M.F. O'Brienhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sonnet.jpgsonnet©M. Bijmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/before-going-abroad.jpgbefore-going-abroad©M. Bijmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2017-02-01-at-4-29-48-pm.jpgscreen-shot-2017-02-01-at-4-29-48-pm©M. Bijmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2017-02-01-at-4-27-33-pm.jpgscreen-shot-2017-02-01-at-4-27-33-pm©M.F. 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Duhigghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pexels-photo-1741230.jpgpexels-photo-1741230https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/henry-bemiss.gifhenry bemisshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/things-book-lovers-do-2-2.jpgCartoon by Adrienne Hedger from hedgerhumor.comCartoon by Adrienne Hedger from hedgerhumor.comhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-lovers-768x1024-1.jpgCartoon by Adrienne Hedger from hedgerhumor.comCartoon by Adrienne Hedger from hedgerhumor.com2020-08-13T16:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/book-banners/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20-the-last-days-of-new-paris.png20-the-last-days-of-new-parisThere is something large and weird stalking Paris, France.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19-the-noise-of-time.png19-the-noise-of-timeShostakovich is looking depressed. Russian morbidity - to be expected?https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-the-famished-road.png18-the-famished-roadShacks, shanty-towns, misery and magic.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17_the-heart-goes-last.png17_the-heart-goes-lastBlue teddy-bears can be terrible.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/16-report-from-the-interior.png16-report-from-the-interiorDissolute youth goes to Paris to find himself. How boring can it get?https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15-sjon2.png15-sjon2Sjón. Seriously distracting. ‘Nuff said.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/print-books-evolve1.pngPrint books evolvehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/a-year-in-books1.pngA year in bookshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/22-and-the-mountains-echoed1.png22 And the Mountains Echoedhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/21-remembrance1.png21 Remembrance2020-07-25T19:05:33+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2017/10/04/wrathful-icelandic-sheep-from-the-mouth-of-the-whale-by-sjon/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jean-lc3a9on_gc3a9rc3b4me_-_diogenes.jpgJean-Léon_Gérôme_-_DiogenesDiogenes by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1860https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20-from-t-he-mouth-of-the-whale2.jpg20 From t he Mouth of the Whale22020-07-25T01:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/09/17/revenge-served-cold-in-the-snow-the-blue-fox-by-sjon/2020-07-24T23:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/09/18/the-whispering-muse-by-sjon/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19-the-whispering-muse.jpg19 The Whispering Muse2020-07-24T22:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2014/10/17/poor-vlad-tepes-sadly-misrepresented-the-historian-by-elizabeth-kostova/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/elizabeth-kostova_-credit-deborah-feingold.jpgelizabeth-kostova_-credit-deborah-feingoldElizabeth Kostova (Photo by Deborah Feingold)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/countdracula6.jpgGary Oldman as DraculaGetting closer to the real thing: Gary Oldman as Count Dracula in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", 1992 film, directed by Francis Ford Coppolahttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wladislaus_dragwlya.jpgWladislaus_Dragwlya"Wladislaus Dragwlya", Vlad Dracula's signature; Arhivele Statului Sibiu, Arhivele Naţionale Săseşti, Urkunden U 454 / 3 32https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vlad-tepes.jpgVlad TepesThe Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III, c. 1560, reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime. 16th century oil painting, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vlad-the-last-confession.jpgVlad the last confessionVlad - The last confession, by C.C. Humphrieshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the-historian-by-elizabeth-kostova.jpgTHE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth KostovaThis Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova2020-07-24T16:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/poetry-by-a-bear-of-little-brain/2020-07-24T01:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/02/22/the-hods-are-revolting-but-we-love-them-anyway-the-hod-king-by-josiah-bancroft/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hodking-header.pngHodKing-headerhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8-the-hod-king2.png8 The Hod King2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/skfarrell.jpgSK+Farrellhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8-the-hod-king.png8 The Hod Kinghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1488287066946.jpg1488287066946https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_9923.jpgIMG_9923https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dirigible1.jpgdirigible+12020-07-01T16:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/06/18/a-strange-and-moving-book-dead-astronauts-by-jeff-vandermeer/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/43-the-strange-bird.png43 The Strange Birdhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dead-astronauts4-2.jpgDead Astronauts, extract 2Dead Astronauts, extract 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dead-astronauts1-2.jpegDead Astronauts1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dead-astronauts4-1-e1593280357546.jpgDead Astronauts, extract 2Dead Astronauts, extract 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dead-astronauts3-1-1.jpgDead Astronauts, extract 1Dead Astronauts, extract 1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dead-astronauts.jpgdead astronautsDead Astronauts - A Novel, by Jeff Vandermeer (Series: Borne (Book 2); Hardcover; Publisher: MCD; December 3, 2019; 336 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/14-dead-astronauts.jpg14 Dead Astronautshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sjon2.jpgSjon2CoDex 1962, by Sjónhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dead-astronauts2.jpgDead Astronauts22020-06-29T18:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/10/21/the-problem-with-this-years-booker-prize-selection/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-11-17-at-11.31.11-am.jpgScreen Shot 2019-11-17 at 11.31.11 AMFirst page fromhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/margaret-atwood-the-testaments-1.jpgMargaret Atwood-The Testamentshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/girl-woman-other.jpgGirl woman otherhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/37-booker.png37 BookerOne of the most political pieces I’ve ever written. As a chess move, it would’ve toppled my king.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/quichotte-by-salman-rushdie-2.jpgQuichotte by Salman Rushdiehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bernardine-evaristo-girl-woman-other.jpgBernardine Evaristo-Girl, Woman, Otherhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lucy-ellman-ducks-newburyport2.jpgLucy Ellman-Ducks, Newburyport2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/chigozie-obioma-an-orchestra-of-minorities.jpgChigozie Obioma-An Orchestra of Minoritieshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/elif-shafak-10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world.jpgElif Shafak-10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange Worldhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-21-at-3.10.32-pm.jpgGirl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine EvaristoGirl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo2020-06-29T18:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/12/20/a-perfect-little-gem-the-strange-bird-by-jeff-vandermeer/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bird-wing-1.pngbird winghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/43-the-strange-bird.png43 The Strange BirdA fox and a strange bird on a strange planet.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-strange-bird-by-jeff-vandermeer.jpgThe Strange Bird by Jeff VandermeerThe Strange Bird - A Borne Story, by Jeff Vandermeer (Paperback; publisher: MCD x FSG Originals; Feb. 27 2018; 128 pages) Language: English2020-06-27T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2019/12/31/2019-journey-through-books/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screen-shot-2019-12-24-at-12.41.11-pm-1.jpgScreen Shot 2019-12-24 at 12.41.11 PMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screen-shot-2019-12-24-at-12.19.14-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2019-12-24 at 12.19.14 PMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dec2-2.jpgDec2 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-christmas-letter.jpgThe Christmas Letterhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/seasons-greetings3.pngSeason's Greetings32020-06-27T18:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/29/if-its-cute-tentacled-and-ravenous-dont-bring-it-home-borne-by-jeff-vandermeer/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/a-strange-bird-by-jeff-vandermeer.jpgThe strange bird by Jeff VandermeerThe Strange Bird - A Borne Story, by Jeff Vandermeerhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/jeff_vandermeer_borne_final_b1.jpgjeff_vandermeer_borne_final_B1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/27-borne.png27 Bornehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/borne.jpgBorneBorne, by Jeff Vandermeer. (Publisher: MCD; reprint edition February 27, 2018; paperback: 368 pages; first edition, hardcover, April 25, 2017) Language: Englishhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bestiary-1.pngBestiary 1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bestiary-2.pngBestiary 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bestiary-3.pngBestiary 3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/borne-art-winners-splash.jpgborne-art-winners-splashBorne Fan Art Contest Gallery - the winners, Judged by Jeff VanderMeer (Source: MCD X FSG)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/jeff-vandermeer.jpgJeff VandermeerJeff Vandermeer from his website (Author photo by Kyle Cassidy)2020-06-27T18:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-visual-presentation-and-poetic-diction/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/viggo-mortensen.jpegViggo MortensenFrom Coincidence of Memory, by Viggo Mortensen, Perceval Press, 2002, 20042020-06-27T17:27:45+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-genres/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/04251302.png042513022020-06-27T17:23:18+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2020/05/22/real-world-meets-realism-will-the-real-robinson-crusoe-please-stand-up-part-1-of-3/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-devils-run-1-of-3.jpg13 Devil's Run 1 of 3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-devils-run-2-of-3.jpg13 Devil's Run 2 of 3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/440px-voyage-to-the-south-sea-and-round-the-world-edward-cooke.jpgFrontispiece of Edward Cooke’s book which relates Alexander Selkirk’s own account of being a castaway.Frontispiece of “A voyage to the South Sea and Round the World”, which includes a firsthand account of castaway Alexander Selkirk’s adventure, written by Edward Cooke, published in 1712.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/serkirk_being_taken_aboard_the_duke.jpgAn engraving of “the rescued [Alexander] Selkirk, seated at right, being taken aboard the ship, “Duke“An engraving of “the rescued [Alexander] Selkirk, seated at right, being taken aboard the ship, “Duke“, from “Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors”, by Edward E. Leslie, published in 1998.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/alexander_selkirk_title_page.jpgTitle page from “The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe”Title page from “The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe” (1835), by an unknown author.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/princess_caraboo_javasu_mary_hi-1-.jpg“Princess Caraboo of Javasu (Mary Baker)”“Princess Caraboo of Javasu (Mary Baker)”, 1817 (oil on panel) by Bird, Edward (1722-1819), Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, UK.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/robert-knox-crushed_by_elephant.pngImage from Robert Knox’s book of Image of the punishment of being crushed by an elephant.Image of the punishment of being crushed by an elephant from “An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon together With somewhat Concerning Severall Remarkable passages of my life that hath hapned since my Deliverance out of Captivity”, by the English trader and sailor Robert Knox, published in 1681.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sliding-scale-fiction-to-non-fiction-2.pngsliding scale fiction to non-fictionAs unscientific as this venn diagram is, this is the way I distinguish between different types of writing - some are pure fiction, some are a mixed breed, and some are pure facts. As for the news? These days, who knows? We’re back in the age of “Princess Caraboo” and sensationalism.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/devils-run-cover-front.pngDevil's Run cover front“Devil’s Run", by Gordon Mohshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/back-cover-with-bookmark.pngBack cover with bookmarkThe book, showing the back cover design, with the distinctive bookmark on top.2020-06-06T19:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/05/15/going-off-the-rails-too-many-alterations-in-the-tv-version-of-altered-carbon/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12.1-altered-carbon.jpg12.1 Altered Carbonhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22rei22-and-22tak22-as-children-in-the-tv-version-of-the-story.-no-kovacs-your-mothers-corpse-is-not-about-to-be-dumped-into-a-pit.jpgRei and Tak as children in the TV version of the story. No, Kovacs, your mother’s corpse is not about to be dumped into an acid pool.Rei and Tak as children in the TV version of the story. No, Kovacs, your mother’s corpse is not about to be dumped into an acid pool.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/quellcrist-falconer-played-by-renc3a9e-elise-goldsberry-.jpgQuellcrist Falconer, played by Renée Elise GoldsberryIs that the Quell from the book? Not by a long shot.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/episode-7-nora-inu.jpgEpisode 7, Nora Inuepisode 7 of Altered Carbon TV show - No, Kovacs, that is not your sister.2020-05-06T22:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/05/02/the-grossest-and-most-poetic-scenes-of-violence-ever-altered-carbon-by-richard-morgan/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-altered-carbon.jpg12 Altered Carbonhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jole-kinneman-as-takeshi-kovacs-smoking.gifJoel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs smokingHis new sleeve belonged to a smoker. So “Takeshi Kovacs” smokes too.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/altered-carbon-by-richard-morgan.jpgAltered Carbon by Richard MorganAltered Carbon by Richard Morgan (mass market paperback edition, published by Del Ray, 2006)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/joel-kenneman-showing-the-stack-in-his-nexk.jpgJoel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs showing the stack in his neckJoel Kinnaman as “Takeshi Kovacs” about to reduce a sleeve to shreds. Note the blue glow of the “stack” embedded in his neck.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/broken-angels.jpgBroken Angels“Broken Angels, A Takeshi Kovacs Novel” (2003)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/woken-furies.jpgWoken Furies“Woken Furies, A Takeshi Kovacs Novel” (2005)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/download-blues.jpgDownload Blues“Altered Carbon: Download Blues - A Takeshi Kovacs Graphic Novel” (Moci books, hardcover) by Richard K. Morgan (Author), Rik Hoskin (Author), Ferran Sellares (Artist); publisher: Dynamite Entertainment; July 9 2019; 128 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/joel-kinnaman.jpgJoel KinnamanJoel Kinnaman as “Takeshi Kovacs” in the Netflix series, freshly woken from the download into his new body.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/altered-carbon-netflix.jpgAltered-Carbon-NetflixScene from the TV show of Altered Carbon (Source: Behind the Scenes of Altered Carbon’s Dizzying Dystopia, by Laura Bradley, Feb. 5, 2018, in Vanity Fair)2020-05-06T22:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2013/12/09/mary-poppins-is-not-nice/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19-1-mary-poppins.png19.1 Mary Poppinshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19-mary-poppins.png19 Mary Poppinshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/showbiz_olympic_mary_poppins_1.jpgshowbiz_olympic_mary_poppins_1Lots of Mary Poppinses flying away with their umbrellas in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. I’m certain half the world had no idea what that meant!https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jenny_agutter_frederick_trefather-railway-children-film-pictures-screencaps-vintage-edwardian.jpgjenny_agutter_frederick_trefather railway children film pictures screencaps vintage edwardianActress Jenny Agutter reunited with her father played by Iain Cuthbertson, in “The Railway Children” film. Aaaawwww! Sob!!https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/01261202.jpg01261202Mr. Banks getting ready for the office , from the illustration by Mary Shepardhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/saving-mr-banks.jpgSaving Mr Bankshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mary-poppins.jpgmary poppins, puffin books, 1962Mary Poppins, by PL Travershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pl-travers-and-camillus_daily-mail-co-uk1.jpgPL Travers and Camillus_Daily Mail.co.ukP.L. Travers and her adopted son, Camillus.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/michael-being-measured.jpgMichael being measuredJane and Michael being measured, from the Disney film https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mary-poppins-1.jpgMary Poppins 1She looked like a wooden Dutch doll.2020-05-06T20:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/04/26/funny-witty-amusing-books-for-light-relief/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-faceless-old-woman.jpgThe Faceless Old Woman“The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home”, by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (Series: Welcome to Night Vale, Book 3; hardcover; publisher: Harper Perennial; March 24, 2020; 384 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/otafuku.jpgOtafukuhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/10-funny-novels-1.jpg10 funny novels 1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-04-25-at-3.34.36-pm.jpgColumns by David Sedaris in “The New Yorker”Columns by David Sedaris in “The New Yorker” https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/merde-actually.jpg“Merde Actually”, by Stephen Clarke“Merde Actually”, by Stephen Clarkehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/merde-in-europe.jpg“Merde in Europe”, by Stephen Clarke“Merde in Europe”, by Stephen Clarkehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hrt-husband-replacement-therapy-by-kathy-lette.jpgHRT Husband Replacement Therapy by Kathy Lette“HRT Husband Replacement Therapy” by Kathy Lette (out next week!)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/whos-a-good-boy-1.jpgWho's a good boyWho’s a Good Boyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-year-in-the-merde.jpg“A Year in the Merde”, by Stephen Clarke (New York, Bloomsbury, 2005)“A Year in the Merde”, by Stephen Clarke (New York, Bloomsbury, 2005)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/whos-a-good-boy.jpgWho's a good boy“Who’s a Good Boy?” by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (book of Season four of the podcast). It features a foreword by author Jonny Sun, introductions to each episode by Fink and Cranor, commentary by cast members and supporters, and illustrations by Jessica Hayworth. (Paperback; publisher: Harper Perennial; May 14, 2019; 304 pages)2020-04-28T16:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/04/13/horror-stories-for-today-epidemics-and-pandemics-in-fiction/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paul_fc3bcrst_der_doctor_schnabel_von_rom_coloured_version-1.jpgPaul Fürst, Der Doctor Schnabel von RomAbout the header: Engraving by Paul Fürst called “Dr. Schnabel von Rom”. The figure with the bird mask is my interpretation of a copper engraving depicting a “Doctor Schnabel” (meaning Dr. Beak), a plague doctor in seventeenth-century Rome, circa 1656. A plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. They wore the beak-like mask, which was filled with aromatic substances, to protect them from putrid air which they believed was the cause of sickness. (Source: Wikipedia)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/8-epidemics.jpg8 Epidemicshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-first-four-years.jpgthe first four yearsThe First Four Years, by Laura Ingalls Wilderhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sheltering-sky-1.jpgthe sheltering sky“The Sheltering Sky; Originally published: 1949; Publisher: John Lehmann; United States)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/love-in-the-time-of-cholera.jpgLove in the time of choleraLove in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez (Paperback; Publisher, Vintage; Reprint edition, Oct. 5 2007; 368 pages)2020-04-10T03:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/04/04/challenging-the-limits-of-physicality-frankissstein-a-love-story-by-jeanette-winterson/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7-fran-kiss-stein-1.jpg7 Fran Kiss Steinhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frankenstein-2.jpgFrankenstein 2A post-1831 3dirtion of Mary Shelle’s Frankenstein, where she is identified as “Mrs. Shelley” and the subtitle of the book is “Or the Modern Prometheus”. in Greek Myethology, n Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of humanity from clayhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shelley-mary-1886-b20119-06.jpgshelley-mary-1886-B20119-06The cover of a 1886 edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/27-film-frankenstein.jpg27-film-FrankensteinBoris Karloff portraying “the Creature” in the 1931 film “Frankenstein”. With this the creature was forever associated with a bolt through the head, visible stitching and clunky boots.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-terror.gifthe terrorA moment from Series 1 of The Terror, with a sailor confronted by the “Tuunbaq”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/s1_ac_poster1.jpgPromotional poster for the TV show, Altered Carbonhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frankissstein.jpgFrankisssteinFrankissstein - A Love Story, by Jeanette Winterson (Hardcover, publisher: Grove Press, October 1, 2019, 352 pages) https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frankensteindraft.jpgFrankensteinDraftDraft of Frankenstein ("It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld my man completed ...") 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Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters2020-03-29T00:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/01/24/a-perfect-combination-of-sci-fi-art-and-prose-above-the-timberline-by-gregory-manchess/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/4-above-the-timberline.jpg4 Above the Timberlinehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-15-at-2.45.03-pm-2.jpgEarly location in the adventure...https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_5062..1-2.jpgIMG_5062..1 2He got the Alpenglühen exactly right.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/manfeat.jpgManFeatGregory Manchess featured in Dream Becomes Reality: Greg Manchess Goes Above the Timberline, by Jack Bargerhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-15-at-2.48.05-pm.jpgLater location in the adventure...https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_5071.jpgIMG_5071There’s love in the freezing air.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_5061.jpgIMG_5061Hairy rhinos in the snow.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_5060.jpgIMG_5060A threatening airship with a dramatic camera angle.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_5062.jpgIMG_5062He got the Alpenglühen on the mountains exactly right.2020-01-22T16:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2020/01/13/from-one-book-discovery-to-the-next-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-screenplay/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/3-buster-scruggs-screenplay.jpg3 Buster Scruggs screenplayhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/scan-1.jpegScan 1Introduction to the colour plates sectionhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/above-the-timberline.jpgAbove the TimberlineAbove the Timberline, by Gregory Manchess (Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press; October 24, 2017; Language: English; ISBN-10: 1481459236; ISBN-13: 978-1481459235; Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.9 x 9 inches)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/scan.jpegScanOne of the beautiful paintings for the film and the screenplay, by Gregory Manchess.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-13-at-1.38.12-pm-1.pnghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-13-at-1.38.15-pm-2.pngcreen Shot 2020-01-13 at 1.38.15 PMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-13-at-1.38.20-pm-1.pnghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-13-at-1.38.35-pm-1.pnghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-13-at-1.38.25-pm-1.pnghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-13-at-1.38.15-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-01-13 at 1.38.15 PM2020-01-17T20:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/07/20/ten-reasons-why-people-dont-finish-reading-novels/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/adult-beautiful-blue-eyes-206563.jpgadult-beautiful-blue-eyes-206563https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_3942.jpgIMG_3942Read, unread, finished, unfinished, loved and unloved.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/valerie-minelli.jpgValerie MinelliDelightful and honest cartoon by Valerie Minelli, a.k.a. “Mrs. Frollein”). 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What doe sit mean? No idea.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/snakes-and-ladders-e1437238215245.jpgsnakes and laddersSnakes and Ladders, by Dirk Bogardehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/theashesofeden.jpgTheashesofedenStar Trek - The Ashes of Eden, by William Shatner et al, the first Star Trek novelhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ash-wednesday.jpgAsh WednesdayAsh Wednesday, by Ethan Hawkehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/winter-songs1.jpgWinter songsCanciones de Invierno - Winter Songs, by Viggo Mortensenhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/worst-person-ever-e1437238244610.jpgWorst person ever2020-01-08T22:11:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2014/12/29/a-year-in-books/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/a-year-in-books.pngA year in bookshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-quarry.jpgthe quarryhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/distrust-that-particular-flavor.jpgdistrust that particular flavorhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/amnesia.jpgamnesiaAmnesia, by Peter Careyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-minaturist.jpgthe minaturisthttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-truth.jpgThe Truthhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-family-fang-cover.jpgThe-Family-Fang-Coverhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/st-moritz.jpgSt. MoritzAn instantly recognizable De Limpicka image - “St. Moritz” - the smooth surfaces, dramatic shadows, saturated colours, the long limbs, the eyes rolled up in the head...https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-last-nude.jpgthe last nudeThe Last Nude, by Ellis Avery Riverbed Books, 2011https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-life-of-fanny.jpgThe life of FannyWritten by her daughter, The life of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson, published 1920 by Chatto & Windus, London 2020-01-08T22:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2015/04/17/making-money-unseen-academicals-by-terry-pratchett/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unseen-academicals.jpgunseen-academicalshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/making-money.jpgMaking moneyMaking Money, by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK, Corgi Edition, 2008)2020-01-08T21:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2015/08/01/go-set-a-watchman-by-harper-lee/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/220px-winthrop_praed.jpg220px-Winthrop_praedWinthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839) was an English politician and poet. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/220px-herbert_henry_asquith.jpg220px-Herbert_Henry_AsquithHerbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/220px-picture_of_algernon_c-_swinburne.jpg220px-Picture_of_Algernon_C._SwinburneAlgernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critichttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/a-streetcar-named-desire1.jpgA streetcar named desireA Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williamshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter1.jpgthe heart is a lonely hunterThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil.jpgMidnight-in-the-Garden-of-Good-and-EvilMidnight In the Garden Of Good And Evil, by John Berendthttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11-go-set-a-watchman.png11 Go Set A Watchmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/go-set-a-watchman.jpgGo Set a WatchmanGo Set a Watchman, the sequel or prequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, published about a year before her death. The provenance and quality of the novel have caused controversy.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/note-of-copy-go-set-a-watchman.jpgNote of copy Go set a Watchmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/to_kill_a_mockingbird.jpgTo_Kill_a_Mockingbird2020-01-08T20:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2015/11/11/of-wars-and-remembrance/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/at-the-front.jpgAt the fronthttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/poppy_300.jpgpoppy_300https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/umkhonto_we_sizwe_gal.jpgUmkhonto_we_Sizwe_GALhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/a-secret-burden.jpga secret burdenhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-11-at-1-52-31-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2015-11-11 at 1.52.31 PMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scan-3.jpgScan 3My first present from him was the traditional polished bullet on a long cord, to be worn as a necklace. Army guys made it for their girlfriends. I still have it.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scan-copy.jpgScan copyMy twin brother and I getting our first degree in 1983. He was taller than me but I was a few minutes older and called him Little Brother, “Broertjie”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scan-4.jpgScan 4Boyfriend in his fatigues. The next shot was of him firing his rifle. This was taken on the Angolan border. For a while, after he came back, he kept his rifle in his bedroom.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scan-2.jpgScan 2Little Brother in his fatigues with a kid from the townships. He was conscripted in 1985. He was a mild-mannered English Literature graduate who’d never so much as held a gun. He came back with what we would probably call PTSD. 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But for people who had traveled thousands of miles by horse-drawn cart, this was home, and a luxury to boot.2019-11-27T23:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/02/06/review-in-a-60-second-video-caroline-by-sarah-miller/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/screen-shot-gmm.jpgScreen Shot GMMhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/screen-shot-caroline.jpgScreen shot Caroline2019-11-27T23:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/02/07/share-the-stunning-view-of-the-starman-and-dont-panic/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7-starman.png7 Starmanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hitchhiker-s-guide-movie-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-545254_457_700.jpgHitchhiker-s-Guide--Movie--hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-545254_457_700Still from the film of The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy (2005).2019-11-27T23:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/02/27/review-in-a-48-second-video-you-took-the-last-bus-home-by-brian-bilston/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/poetry2.pngPoetry22019-11-27T23:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/03/05/60-second-review-of-the-last-kind-words-saloon/2019-11-27T23:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/03/12/to-read-if-youre-bone-tired-lonely-or-blue-insomniac-city-by-bill-hayes/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/oliver-sacks-and-bill-hayes1.jpgOliver Sacks and Bill HayesOliver Sacks and Bill Hayes - they were not often photographed together. (Image edited to fit theme of article. Original image from: My life with Oliver Sacks: ‘He was the most unusual person I had ever known’, by Bill Hayes, in The Guardian, 26 March 2017.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13-insomniac-city.png13 Insomniac Cityhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/insomniac-city.jpgInsomniac City"Insomniac City - New York, Oliver Sacks, and Me", by Bill Hayeshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/oliver-sacks-22studying-music22-photo-by-bill-hayes-from-22insomniac-city.jpgOliver Sacks Studying Music, photo by Bill Hayes from Insomniac City)For me, the most charming photo in the book - Oliver Sacks “studying music” like he used to do, photographed by Bill Hayes (Rtrvd. from “Bill Hayes: My unexpected love affair with neurologist Oliver Sacks", in “The Sydney morning Herald", 24 February 2017.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/charlie-chaplin-city-lights-gundlach-sonoma-film.jpgCharlie-Chaplin-City-Lights-Gundlach-Sonoma-filmCharlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in a scene from “City Lights”, 1931https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/charlie-chalin-in-city-lights-final-scene.jpgCharlie Chalin in city Lights, final sceneVirginia Cherrill as the blind flower seller recognizing the Tramp by his hands when she gives him a flower.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/131204175328-charlie-chaplin-tramp-city-lights-horizontal-gallery.jpg131204175328-charlie-chaplin-tramp-city-lights-horizontal-galleryCharlie Chaplin as the Tramp in “City Lights” - after having just been recognized by the girl he once saved. His face shows both agony and joy.2019-11-27T23:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/03/13/54-second-review-of-insomniac-city-by-bill-hayes/2019-11-27T23:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/03/19/5-the-creative-process-conclusions/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/7-creative-process-5_conclusions.png7 Creative process 5_Conclusionshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/7-creative-process-4_perf-enhancement.png7 Creative process 4_Perf enhancementhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/7-creative-process-3_redemptive-power-of-fiction.png7 Creative process 3_Redemptive power of fictionhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/7-creative-process-2_unreliable-narrators.png7 Creative process 2_Unreliable narrators2019-11-27T23:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/03/21/the-perks-and-perils-of-reanimating-oldies-but-goodies/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/14_bloom-county1.png14_Bloom Countyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_38192.jpg“Opus” plush toyMy “Opus” plush toy, carefully kept all these years. He is holding a dandelion and his hat has a label on it that says “Dandelion Preservation Society”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_38182.jpg“Frida Kahlo” pāreu“Frida Kahlo” pareo/pāreu - talk about a commercialized image.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image3.jpeg“Bloom County - Loose Tails”, by Berke Breathed.“Bloom County - Loose Tails”, by Berke Breathed. The cover of my very well-read and loved-to-pieces copy of the first Bloom County collection. Laid on some newspaper clippings of Breathed’s “Outland” strip, which also featured “Opus”. These were sent to me all the way to South Africa from the USA. Launch date: Dec. 8, 1980; end date Aug. 6, 1989, resumed on July 13, 2015.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bloom-county_brand-spanking-new-day.jpgBloom County_Brand spanking new dayBloom County - Brand Spanking New Day, by Berke Breathed (Series: Bloom County, paperback: 144 pages, publisher: IDW Publishing, September 26, 2017)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bloom_county_characters.jpegBloom_County_charactersMajor characters (from left to right): Oliver, Opus, Binkley, Steve Dallas, Portnoy, Milo, Bill, Hodge-Podge, and Milquetoast. (Source Wikipedia)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bloom-county.jpgBloom CountyBloom County Episode XI: A New Hope, by Berkeley Breathed - One of themes in the collection of cartoons is the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/frida-kahlo-doll.jpgFrida Kahlo dollhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-doll-on-the-website-of-the-frida-kahlo-corporation.jpgThe doll on the website of the Frida Kahlo Corporation2019-11-27T23:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/04/09/review-in-a-compact-video-bloom-county-by-berke-breathed/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/17_graphic-novels-and-comic-strips.png17_Graphic novels and comic strips2019-11-27T23:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/04/06/oh-dear-mary-poppins-returns-here-comes-the-spoonful-of-saccharine/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mrs-banks-in-tears.jpgMrs Banks in Tears“Mrs. Banks” - seen here crying on the stairs because Mary Poppins is gone - gives birth to “Annabel” in “Mary Poppins Comes Back”, to which “Mr. Banks” says: “You are a very stupid woman.” That’s typical Travers for you. (From “Mary Poppins Comes Back”, illustration by Mary Shepard)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mary-poppins-and-the-sun.jpgMary Poppins and the SunMary Poppins dancing with the sun in the sky - the only one who does not get burned by its brilliance. (From “Mary Poppins Comes Back”, illustration by Mary Shepard)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mary-poppins-returns-magazine-cover.jpgMary Poppins Returns magazine coverEmily Blunt as “Mary Poppins” on the cover of “Entertainment Magazine".https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mary-poppins-as-the-virgin-mary.jpgMary Poppins surrounded by devoted children.Mary Poppins and the Banks children looking distinctly like a painting by Sandro Botticelli, “Madonna of the Pomegranate” with Mary at the centre. All she’s missing is a halo. (From “Mary Poppins Comes Back”, illustration by Mary Shepard)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mary-poppins-comes-back.jpgMary Poppins comes Back“Mary Poppins Comes Back”, by P.L. Travers, originally published in 1935.2019-11-27T23:50:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/03/30/amazing-one-hit-wonder-lives-of-the-monster-dogs-by-kirsten-bakis/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/15_lives-of-the-monster-dogs2.png15_Lives of the Monster Dogs2My fan art from the dog on the cover of the April 1998 paperback edition by Grand Central Publishing.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lives-of-the-monster-dogs-2017.jpgLives of the monster dogs 2017Lives of the Monster Dogs - 2017 reprint (Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 05/09/2017; 320 pages; foreword by Jeff VanderMeer)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/15_lives-of-the-monster-dogs.png15_Lives of the Monster DogsMy interpretation of “Ludwig von Sacher” against a background of his origins in Canada. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-22-at-3-53-06-pm1.jpgFan fiction: "Return of the Monster Dogs"Fan fiction: "Return of the Monster Dogs"https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lives-of-the-monster-dogs_evan-cagle.jpgLives of the Monster Dogs_Evan CagleFan fiction illustration of Lives of the Monster Dogs by Evan Cagle. It shows Ludwig von Sacher talking to Cleo in his story.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-22-at-3-46-36-pm.jpgLives of the Monster Dogs, by Kirsten Bakis (screenshot of the home page of her website)"Lives of the Monster Dogs", by Kirsten Bakis (screenshot of the home page of her website)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-22-at-3-53-06-pm.jpgFan fiction: Return of the Monster DogsFan fiction: "Return of the Monster Dogs"https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lives-of-the-monster-dogs.jpglives of the monster dogsLives of the Monster dogs, by Kristen Bakis (Paperback: 291 pages, publisher: Sceptre; new edition January 15, 1998)2019-11-27T23:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/04/15/new-video-format-review-the-memory-palace-by-edward-hollis/2019-11-27T23:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/04/20/what-makes-a-literary-one-hit-wonder/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/literature-taxonomy-detailed.pngLiterature taxonomy detailedhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/literature-taxonomy.pngLiterature taxonomyA high-level taxonomy of Literature formshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/19-glass-books-of-the-dream-eaters.jpg19 glass books of the dream eatersThe Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, by G.W. (Gordon) Dahlquisthttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/19-one-hit-wonders1.png19 One-hit wondershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/4-alice-in-wonderland.jpg4 Alice in WonderlandIllustration by John Tenniel of “Alice” from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, by Lewis Carroll (1865)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/8-winnie-the-pooh.jpg8 Winnie the pooh“Winnie-the-Pooh”, by A.A. Milne (1926)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/in-search-of-lost-time.jpgin search of lost timeIn Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust (1908)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wh1.jpgWH1Illustrations of “Heathcliff” and “Kathy”, from stills of the 1939 black and white film version of the book, superimposed on photos of the Grove Hotel, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. (Images by M. Bijman, from “Feels Like Wuthering Heights”, Blurb Inc., 2011.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wh2.pngWH2Illustrations of “Heathcliff” and “Kathy”, from stills of the 1939 black and white film version of the book, superimposed on photos of the Grove Hotel, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. (Images by M. Bijman, from “Feels Like Wuthering Heights”, Blurb Inc., 2011.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wh3.pngWH3Illustrations of “Heathcliff” and “Kathy”, from stills of the 1939 black and white film version of the book, superimposed on photos of the Grove Hotel, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. (Images by M. Bijman, from “Feels Like Wuthering Heights”, Blurb Inc., 2011.)2019-11-27T23:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/04/30/hendrik-groen-stubbornly-clings-to-life-on-the-bright-side-by-anonymous-hendrik-groen/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/17_hendrik-groen.png17_Hendrik Groenhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hendrik-groen-2.jpgHendrik Groen 2Hendrik, contemplating life and the problems of digestion in old age.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hendrik-groen.jpgHendrik GroenImage from the TV series of the first diary of Hendrik Groen. Ironically, in an echo of what happens in the second diary, the producers of the second series have to find a new location to shoot, since the old age home where they shot the first series is being sold. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-10-at-10-42-23-am.jpgScreen Shot 2018-04-10 at 10.42.23 AM“Kurt Wallander” in the last episode, The Sad Bird.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/zolang-er-leven-is.jpgZolang er leven isZolang er leven is - Het nieuwe geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 85 jaar (Publisher: J.M. Meulenhoff; published Jan. 2016, 320 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/on-the-bright-side.pngOn the Bright SideOn the Bright Side, by Hendrik Groen, translated by Hester Velmans (Publisher: Michael Joseph; published 11 January 2018, 416 pp.)2019-11-27T23:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/05/04/the-one-the-only-the-greatest-literary-one-hit-wonders-video/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/18-video_one-hit-wonders.png18 video_One-hit wonders2019-11-27T23:49:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/05/11/freaky-bedtime-stories-from-night-vale-the-town-where-nothing-is-normal/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/19-night-vale1.png19 Night Valehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2-bad-channels-1992.jpg2 Bad Channels 1992“Bad Channels”, 1992. An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1-seed-people-1992.jpg1 Seed People 1992“Seed People”, 1992. The peaceful residents of Comet Valley fall under the spell of alien invaders plotting to germinate more of their kind.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/3-the-deadly-spawn-1993.jpg3 the deadly spawn 1993“The Deadly Spawn”, 1993. Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/4-them-1954.jpg4 Them! 1954“Them!”, 1954. The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization, leading to a horrible finale in the desert. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/5-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg5 Invasion of the body snatchers 1956“Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, 1956. A doctor returns to his small town practice to find several of his patients suffering the paranoid delusion that their friends or relatives are impostors. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/6-it-came-from-outer-space-1953.jpg6 It came from outer space 1953“It Came From Outer Space”, 1953. A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/fink-cranor-and-baldwin.jpgJoseph Fink, Cecil Baldwin and Jeffrey Cranor(Left to right) Joseph Fink, Cecil Baldwin and Jeffrey Cranor (From: Lauren Murphy, Welcome to Night Vale: a weird town where every conspiracy theory is true, in The Irish Times, Sept. 23, 2014, rtrvd. 2018-04-21)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/welcome-to-night-vale-banner.pngWelcome to Night Vale BannerGood night, Night Vale. Good night. O.K. Cecil. Going to bed now.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/welcome-to-night-vale-2.pngWelcome to Night Vale 22019-11-27T23:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/05/21/into-the-mind-of-an-author-ruuf-wangersen/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/23-ruuf-wangersen.png23 Ruuf Wangersen2019-11-27T23:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/05/26/romantic-novels-to-put-you-in-the-mood-for-love/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/21-modern-romances.png21 Modern Romanceshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/23-historical-romances-2.png23 Historical Romances 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/24-modern-romances-2.png24 Modern Romances 2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/22-historical-romances.png22 Historical Romanceshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/helena_wahlman-reading-3096.jpghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/josephine-trilogy.jpgJosephine-TrilogyThe Joséphine B. Trilogy, by Sarah Gullandhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gone-with-the-wind-by-margaret-mitchell.jpgGone with the wind by margaret mitchellGone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell (first edition cover)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/angc3a9lique-the-road-to-versailles-by-sergeanne-golon.pngAngélique - The Road to Versailles, by Sergeanne GolonAngélique - The Road to Versailles, by Sergeanne Golon (1968 edition with image from the TV series)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/angelique-marquise-of-the-angels.jpgAngelique Marquise of the AngelsAngélique - Marquise of the Angels, by Sergeanne Golon (the first book)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/victoria-by-knut-hamsun.jpgVictoria by Knut HamsunVictoria, by Knut Hamsun2019-11-27T23:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/01/75-seconds-video-review-more-about-the-future-of-pleasure-model-robots/2019-11-27T23:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/02/give-me-stockholm-or-give-me-death-midnight-sun-by-jo-nesbo/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20-midnight-sun.png20 Midnight Sunhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/vc3a1ldatgohppi_kunsavc3a1rri.jpgVáldatgohppi_KunsavárriFinnmark: View towards Váldatgohppi and Kunsavárri mountain in Porsanger, Norway; taken 1 August 2009, image by Wikimedia Commons user “Blue Elf”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_3208.jpgIMG_3208Iceland, 2017 (Image by M.F. O’Brien)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_3221.jpgIMG_3221Iceland, 2017 (Image by M.F. O’Brien)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/midnight-sun-by-jo-nesbo.jpgMidnight Sun by Jo NesboMidnight Sun, by Jo Nesbo. Translated from the Norwegian by Neil Smith. Originally published in Norway as Mere blod, by Aschehoug, 2015. (Paperback; publisher: Vintage Canada; June 7, 2016; 224 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/175px-norway_counties_finnmark_position-svg.png175px-Norway_Counties_Finnmark_Position.svgThe location of the Finnmark Plateau in Norway.2019-11-27T23:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/08/anthony-bourdain-is-dead-no-more-food-poetry/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/26-anthony-bourdain3.png26 Anthony Bourdainhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/appetites-2.jpgAppetites 2From Appetites - A Cookbook: “Sausage and pepper hero - “...the whole thing is a greasy, soggy, unmanageable mess that generally falls apart in my hands beofre I can eat it. And within an hour of consumption, I’m shitting like a mink. i know this from the first whiff, yet I am helpless to resist. Knowing full well the inevitable intestinal upheaval that will result, I sleepwalk, zombie-like, to my fate, willingly, happily towards nasty deliciousness.”2019-11-27T23:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/11/a-long-trip-without-a-decent-map-a-long-way-from-home-by-peter-carey/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/25-a-long-way-from-home.png25 A Long Way From Homehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/methode-times-prod-web-bin-862f47a6-f555-11e7-a789-003e705b951e.jpgmethode-times-prod-web-bin-862f47a6-f555-11e7-a789-003e705b951eIn the Redex Australia Trial cars raced on outback roads through a forgotten Aboriginal world (Image source: HOLTS AUTO, thetimes.co.uk)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/a-long-way-from-home-by-peter-carey.jpgA Long Way From Home, by Peter CareyA Long Way From Home, by Peter Carey (Publisher: Knopf; 1st edition February 27, 2018; hardcover: 336 pages)2019-11-27T23:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/18/a-different-kind-of-oasis-paradise-gardens-by-monty-don-and-derry-moore/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-gardens1.jpgP Gardens1(Image from Paradise Gardens, by Monty Don and Derry Moore)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-gardens-3.jpgP Gardens 3(Image from Paradise Gardens, by Monty Don and Derry Moore)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/24-paradise-gardens.png24 Paradise Gardenshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-07-at-3-16-01-pm.jpgThe lovely Monty Donhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/a-garden-is.pngA garden ishttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image1-2.jpgimage1-2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image2-1.jpgimage2-1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image1.jpgimage1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image2.jpgimage2(Image from Paradise Gardens, by Monty Don and Derry Moore)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image3.jpgimage32019-11-27T23:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/06/22/new-video-format-review-on-the-bright-side-the-new-diary-of-hendrik-groen/2019-11-27T23:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/07/27/its-4-not-3-arm-of-the-sphinx-by-josiah-bancroft/2019-11-27T23:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/08/10/the-scripts-work-does-the-novel-night-vale-by-joseph-fink-and-jeffrey-cranor/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/29-night-vale-the-novel.png29 Night Vale the novelhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/calculus-affair-sticking-plaster.jpgCalculus-Affair-sticking-plaster2019-11-27T23:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/08/13/todays-loose-rhymes-emails-and-airplanes/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/poem-21-staring-into-the-sun2.pngPoem 21 Staring into the Sunhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/exit-out-office-stressed-cartoon-business-man-going-363979821.jpgexit-out-office-stressed-cartoon-business-man-going-363979822019-11-27T23:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/08/27/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering-the-lost-icelandic-version-of-dracula/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/32-powers-of-darkness1.png32 Powers of Darknesshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-25-at-12-21-43-pm.jpgGoogle Ngram of “kidding”https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/at-home-with-the-marquis-de-sade.jpgat home with the Marquis de SadeOne of the more clinical and academic analyses of the Marquis de Sade, by Francine du Plessix Gray, 1998. It is more interesting reading than the novels written by the Marquis.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/the-vinland-map.jpgThe Vinland MapThe Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation: New Edition by R. A. Skelton (Author), Thomas E. Marston (Author), Mr. George D. Painter (Author)(Publisher: Yale University Press; January 24, 1996; hardcover; 368 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/scan2-3.jpgScan2 3The castle of Dracula as depicted by Ásmundsson in “Powers of Darkness - The Lost Version of Dracula”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/scan2-1.jpgScan2 1Part of the story as it appeared in “Fjalkonnen”. The header says “The Powers of Darkness - Novel - by Bram Stoker. The author presents.” https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/scan1.jpgScan1Ásmundsson, his wife and children, circa 1900.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/powers-of-darkness-by-de-roos.jpgPowers of Darkness by De RoosPowers of Darkness - The Lost Version of Dracula, byVladimar Ásmundsson and H.C de Roos (Publisher: Overlook Books; Feb. 7 2017; hardcover; 352 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dracula-bleh.gifdracula blehhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bela-lugosi-as-count-dracula.pngBela-Lugosi-as-Count-DraculaBela Lugosi as Count Dracula2019-11-27T23:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/09/04/a-precise-alternative-history-break-in-communication-by-jon-gliddon/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jon-gliddon-2.jpgjon Gliddon 2Jon Gliddon (Image from the Weston Mercury, Oct. 24, 2015, report by Dominic Booth)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/33-break-in-communication1.png33 Break in Communicationhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/break-in-communication.jpgBreak in CommunicationBreak in Communication, by Jon Gliddon (Publisher: The Choir Press; October 30, 2015; paperback; 208 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jongliddon-mudbloodbayonet-front-cover-0-edited-1_1.jpgjongliddon-mudbloodbayonet-front-cover-0-edited-1_1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jon-gliddon.jpgJon GliddonJon Gliddonhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/600px-tirpitz-2.jpg600px-Tirpitz-2A recognition drawing of the real battleship Tirpitz, prepared by the US Navy. Tirpitz was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine (navy) during World War II. She was named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). The British made more than 25 attacks on Tirpitz. She was finally destroyed on 12 November 1944.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/laying-cables.jpgLaying cablesThis picture shows cables being laid for a top-secret telegraph station at a cable being landed on Ascension Island, not Porthcurno - as was reported in local media. Oh well, it could’ve happened like that in Porthcurno, I suppose. (Image: Jon Gliddon/BNPS)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/440px-porthcurno_aerial_photo_tomcorser2005.jpg440px-Porthcurno_Aerial_photo_TomCorser2005Porthcurno coast where the cables come ashore to a small building at the top of the beach. In the novel, the final scenes are played out on the beach and those towering cliffs.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/porthcurno.jpgPorthcurnoPorthcurno Valley looking north showing the car park and a few of the former Engineering College buildings. (Image: Wikipedia)2019-11-27T23:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/09/07/the-creative-process-publishing-i-how-to-get-published/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/writers-and-artists-yearbook.jpgWriters' and Artists' yearbookWriters’ and Artists’ Yearbook 2018, David Lodge, editorhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/alice-walker-rejection-letter.jpgAlice Walker rejection letterAlice Walker rejection letterhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mad-magazibe-rejection-letter.jpgMAD magazibe rejection letterA very nice, funny rejection letter from MAD magazine. If only they were all this kind.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/john-cleese-connie-booth-rejection-letter.jpgJohn Cleese Connie Booth rejection letterJohn Cleese and Connie booth rejection letter for “Fawlty Towers”https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/galbraith-rejection-letter.jpgGalbraith rejection letterRobert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling) rejection letterhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/stan-lee-rejection-letter.jpgStan Lee rejection letterStan Lee rejection letterhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-choir-press1.jpgthe choir pressThe home page of The Choir Press website.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-choir-press.pngthe choir presshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/montag-press1.pngmontag pressMontag Press has the tagline: “Books worth Burning”. 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As if you didn’t know that already.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/disney-world.jpgDisney World in 2017. (Photo by David Roark)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-29-at-12-56-30-pm.jpgPromotion of Halloween 2018 in the Liseberg Theme Park in Gothenburg, Sweden.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mountain-at-shanghai-haichang-ocean-park-designed-by-legacy-_-gge-111.jpgShanghai Haichang Ocean Park (Concept art by Legacy/GGE)2019-11-27T23:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/10/04/indie-author-causes-uproar-in-the-french-publishing-industry-shrugs-it-off-as-a-matter-of-survival/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/36-marco-koskas.png36 Marco Koskashttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bande-de-franc3a7ais1.jpgBande de FrançaisBande de Français, by Marco Koskas (translated: “French Band”; paperback; published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 27 April 2018; language: Français; 223 pages)2019-11-27T23:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/10/15/one-minute-video-review-the-only-story-by-julian-barnes/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/angel-of-the-morning.jpgAngel of the morning2019-11-27T23:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/10/22/homage-to-the-bard-with-bloody-handed-bastards-and-gold-bars-macbeth-by-jo-nesbo/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/macbeth_of_scotland_holyrood.jpgMacbeth_of_Scotland_(Holyrood)A portrait of most likely the real Macbeth - Macbeth (Medieval Gaelic: Mac Bethad mac Findlaích; nicknamed Rí Deircc, "the Red King";[ c. 1005 – 15 August 1057) was King of Scots from 1040 until his death. It is painted by Jacob de Wet II, a Dutch artist working in Scotland from 1673. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/38-macbeth-by-jo-nesbo2.png38 Macbeth by Jo Nesbo2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/533436642-612x612.jpgsci-fi reinforced metal sage case full of gold bars. 3D render isolatedhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/38-macbeth-by-jo-nesbo.png38 Macbeth by Jo Nesbohttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jo_nesbo_1280x720.jpgjo_nesbo_1280x720Macbeth, by Jo Nesbo. Translated into English by Don Bartlett, 2018. (Hardcover; publisher: Knopf Canada; April 10, 2018; 464 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/macbeth2006poster.jpgMacbeth2006poster“Macbeth” is a 2006 Australian adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, directed by Geoffrey Wright, starring Sam Worthington in the title role. The play was changed to a modern-day Melbourne gangster setting, and is extremely violent, thought it largely maintains the language of the original play.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/yukio-ninagawas-22macbeth22.jpgYukio Ninagawa's MacbethYukio Ninagawa’s Japanese adaptation of “Macbeth”, 1980, Macbeth, set in the 16th century Japanese Civil War, with Yūko Tanaka and Masachika Ichimura. 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hardcover; publisher: MCD; First American edition September 11, 2018; 528 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sjon2.jpgSjon2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kingfish-november-1-1962.jpgKingfish, November 1, 1962Nuclear rocket detonation “Kingfish”, Nov. 1, 19622019-11-27T23:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/12/03/a-codex-of-an-icelandic-writer-and-his-roots-codex-1962-by-sjon/2019-11-27T23:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/12/07/a-codex-of-an-icelandic-writer-and-his-roots-codex-by-sjon-part-4-the-nuclear-fallout/2019-11-27T23:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/12/25/gentle-gallic-escapism-my-twenty-five-years-in-provence-by-peter-mayle/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/44-My-25-years-in-Provence2.png44 My 25 years in Provence2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Menerbes.jpgMenerbesPhoto of Menerbes - though Mayle lived in different places in Provence. He once had to escape to the USA due to book lovers and tourists besieging his house, but he came back to Provence but was more discreet about his address after that.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/44-My-25-years-in-Provence.png44 My 25 years in Provencehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/My-Twenty-Five-Years-in-Provence-by-Peter-Mayle.jpgMy Twenty-Five Years in Provence by Peter Mayle"My Twenty-Five Years in Provence", by Peter Mayle https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Peter-May-Washington-Post.jpgPeter May, Washington PostPeter Mayle, the British author known for his books set in Provence, France, died in a hospital near his home in the south of France. He was 78. 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This was made into a film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/04-a-dogs-life-peter-mayle.jpg04-a-dogs-life-peter-mayleA Dog’s Life, by Peter Mayle (Memoir, first published May 28, 1996; Paperback publisher: Vintage; reprint edition May 28, 1996; 208 pages)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/01-a-year-in-provence-peter-mayle.jpg01-a-year-in-provence-peter-mayleA Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle (Memoir, first published Jun 04, 1991; paperback publisher: Vintage; reprint edition June 4 1991, 224 pages.)2019-11-27T23:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2018/12/31/a-year-in-books-video-of-2018-on-seven-circumstances/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-3.18.54-PM-1.jpgScreen Shot 2018-12-28 at 3.18.54 PMA steady growth curve (Wordpress.com - Akismet stats)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-3.26.39-PM.jpgScreen Shot 2018-12-28 at 3.26.39 PMWhere the visitors come from (Wordpress.com - Akismet stats)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-3.20.20-PM.jpgScreen Shot 2018-12-28 at 3.20.20 PMA steady growth curve (Wordpress.com - Akismet stats)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-3.18.54-PM.jpgScreen Shot 2018-12-28 at 3.18.54 PMA steady growth curve (Wordpress.com - Akismet stats)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1954-1.jpgIMG_1954https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2018-12-24-at-1.48.56-PM.jpgScreen Shot 2018-12-24 at 1.48.56 PM2019-11-27T23:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2013/11/18/william-shakespeares-star-wars-verily-a-new-hope-by-ian-doescher/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/16-ws-star-wars1.png16 WS Star WarsYou never know what the rising mists in Colony Farm Park might reveal…(apologies to Lucasfilm).https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/the_hidden_fortress_poster.jpgThe Hidden Fortress movie posterThe original Japanese movie posterhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/reading.jpgIan Doescher at a reading of his book.Ian Doescher at a reading of his book, July 2913.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/william-shakespeares-star-wars.jpgWilliam Shakespeare's Star WarsLuke looking at a dead Stormtrooper's helmet recalls Hamlet looking at Yorick's skull (p.124). Suitably imaginative illustrations by Nicolas Delort in the book. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/starwars_final_72.jpgWilliam Shakespeare's Star WarsWilliam Shakespeare’s Star Wars, by Ian Doescher2019-11-27T19:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2014/10/20/death-and-the-flight-of-birds-in-the-discworld-reaper-man-by-terry-pratchett/2019-11-03T00:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2015/10/14/for-the-sake-of-prisoners-and-the-flight-of-birds/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/levels-of-life-1.jpglevels of lifeLevels of Life, by Julian Barneshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/j-barnes.pngJ Barneshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12-t-pratchett-j-barnes1.png12 T Pratchett J BarnesArtwork ©M Bijman 2015 J. Barnes photo: Paul Stuart, Twenty Twenty Agency | T. Pratchett photo: Kevin Nixon, SFX Magazine https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tao_yuanming_seated_under_a_willow.jpgTao_Yuanming_Seated_Under_a_WillowTao Yuanming Seated Under a Willow. Tani Bunchō, Japan, 1812https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/the-sense-of-an-ending.jpgthe sense of an endingThe Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barneshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/levels-of-life.jpglevels of lifeLevels of Life, by Julian Barneshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2.jpg2One of a series of prison portraits by photographer Lieven Drollet, in an exhibition called Geen schuld, wel straf (guilt, no, punishment, yes), which ran from 30 Oct. - 24 Dec. 2011, at Museum Dr. Guislain in Gent, Belgium. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/julian-and-pat-e1572740960673.jpgJulian and PatJulian Barnes and Pat Kavanagh: "You put together two people who have not been put together before . . . Sometimes it works, and something new is made, and the world is changed . . . I was thirty-two when we met, sixty-two when she died. The heart of my life; the life of my heart.” (From Levels of Life, by Julian Barnes)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nothing-to-be-frightened-of.jpgNothing to be frightened ofNothing to Be Frightened of, by Julian Barnes (Hardcover – Deckle Edge, September 2, 2008)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/reaper-man.jpgReaper Man2019-11-03T00:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2014/09/23/happy-autumn/2019-11-03T00:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/09/07/ooh-what-a-horrible-man-the-book-of-human-skin-by-michelle-lovric/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/34-book-of-human-skin-1.png34 Book of human skin2019-10-12T16:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/the-book-of-human-skin-by-michelle-lovric/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/carnevale.pngCarnevaleCarnevale, by Michelle Lovric2019-10-12T16:26:57+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2017/05/31/a-closed-and-common-orbit-by-becky-chambers/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13-1-a-closed-and-common-orbit.png13.1 A Closed and common Orbithttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grade-level-3-8.jpgGrade level 3.8P. 24 - “Jane 23, age 10"https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grade-level-4-2.jpgGrade level 4.2p. 204 – “Jane, age 14"https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grade-level-4-5.jpgGrade level 4.5P. 261 - “Jane, 18"https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tumblr_ofdeqzntef1qe3rqio1_r1_400.giftumblr_ofdeqznTef1qe3rqio1_r1_400Sidra watches the ocean go by on the Coriol Undersea. Fan art for Becky Chambers’ wonderful A Closed and Common Orbit. Sidra watches the ocean go by on the Coriol Undersea. Fan art for Becky Chambers’ wonderful A Closed and Common Orbit. (By Quinn Stephens on Tumblr) https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tumblr_oasl7a94ij1rbimbzo1_1280.jpgtumblr_oasl7a94IJ1rbimbzo1_1280Fanart by “Matchewie” on Tumblr.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/becky-chambers.jpgBecky ChambersBecky Chambershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a-closed-and-common-orbit-by-becky-chambers.jpgA closed and common orbit, by Becky ChambersA Closed and Common Orbit, by Becky Chambers, published by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company, 20162019-09-29T22:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/07/13/weird-and-funny-the-rapture-of-the-nerds-by-doctorow-stross/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17-rapture-of-the-nerds.png17 Rapture of the nerdshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17-rapture-of-the-nerds31.png17 Rapture of the nerds3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/charlesstross.jpgCharlesStrossCharles Stross (Photo by John Earle, in This sci-fi author thinks Amazon will cause an apocalypse, 08.02.14, wired.com.) https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cory-doctorow.jpgCory DoctorowCory Doctorow (Photo by Jonathan Worth, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, JonathanWorth.com.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rapture-of-the-nerds.jpgRapture of the nerdsThe Rapture of the Nerds, by C. Doctorow and C. Stross. (Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition: November 19, 2013; Paperback: 352 pp.) “Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system has largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander…and when that happens, it casually spams Earth's networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems. A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there’s always someone who'll take a bite from the forbidden apple. So until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: random humans, selected arbitrarily, charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic, misanthropic Welshman, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite an itchy technovirus, the apathy of the proletariat, and a couple of truly awful moments on bathroom floors.” (Text from front cover inside flap)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/opte-project-20150711-coords_1000x800.pngopte project 20150711.coords_1000x800THE INTERNET 2015 This is the first major release of the Internet map since 2010. Showing “Backbone” (highly connected networks) Date: July 11 2015 Color Chart: North America (ARIN) = dark blue; Europe (RIPE) = Lime green; Latin America (LACNIC) = purple; Asia Pacific (APNIC) = dark red; Africa (AFRINIC) = orange (This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. © 2014 by LyonLabs, LLC and Barrett Lyon. 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The cat’s eyes go nicely with his painting in the background,”Veil Falls” from the series Water Falling.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/landscape-painting.jpgLandscape Paintinghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/enews_albala_-_plunge.jpgenews_Albala_-_PlungeMitchell Albala, Plunge, 2008, oil on canvas, 32” x 24”, from Landscape Paining, p. 169.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/landscape-painting_kathleen-dunphy.jpgLandscape painting_Kathleen DunphyKathleen Dunphy, Winter Light, 2007, oil on linen, 24” X 24”, from Landscape Painting, p. 882019-09-08T01:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/05/13/flummoxed-by-a-j-j-a-novel-by-howard-jacobson/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/10_2-j.png10_2 Jhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cap-j.jpgCap Jhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/letter-j-3.jpgLetter J 3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/howard-jacobson1.jpghoward jacobsonHoward Jacobson, photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/j-by-howard-jacobson.jpgJ by Howard JacobsonJ by Howard Jacobson (Originally published: August 14, 2014, 326 pp., publisher: Jonathan Cape)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pussy-by-howard-jacobson.jpgPussy by Howard JacobsonPussy, by Howard Jacobson (Paperback: 208 pp., publisher: Jonathan Cape (13 April 2017)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/main-qimg-00f51cefa282e55716bd4f404bc344d71.pngmain-qimg-00f51cefa282e55716bd4f404bc344d7Proto-Indo-European language development.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fundac3a7c3a3o-josc3a9-saramago.jpgFundação José SaramagoClose to the “j” of the book but no cigar - the double-struck through symbol of Fundação José Saramago, which looks like a musical note.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/internat-ponestic-alphabet.jpginternat phonetic alphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet showing the letter “j” as a “plosive” sound, and the markings of 1 line through the stem, or two lines through the stem, which make sounds “palatal" or “palatoalveolar". But the way Kevern’s father pronounces the letter by blowing it out, would make it neither of those sounds, but a “fricative” sound.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ipa_with_cases_by_john_am-d7l10dx-png.jpgipa_with_cases_by_john_am-d7l10dx.pngInternational Phonetic Alphabet showing the upper case variations of the letter “j”, which does not include the two lines through the stem.2019-09-08T01:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/11/20/the-noise-of-time-by-julian-barnes/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-noise-of-time-2.jpgthe-noise-of-time-2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/19-the-noise-of-time.png19-the-noise-of-timehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0638.jpgimg_0638https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-noise-of-time.jpgthe-noise-of-timeThe Noise of Time, by Julian Barnes2019-09-07T23:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/09/27/in-the-footsteps-of-fictional-detectives-the-rise-of-literary-tourism/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/14-literary-fiction.png14 Literary Fictionhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13-mysteries.png13 Mysterieshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/all-banners.pngall bannershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9-asian_4.png9 Asian_4https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-romances.png12 Romanceshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/11-childrens-lit.png11 Children's lithttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/10-graphic-novels.png10 Graphic novelshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9-asian_31.png9 Asian_3https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9-asian_2.png9 Asian_2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9-asian-fiction-1.png9 Asian Fiction 12019-09-07T23:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/01/26/welcome-to-marwencol-by-mark-hogancamp-and-chris-shellen/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3-marwencol.png3 Marwencol2019-08-31T19:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/04/20/a-questionable-method-of-child-rearing-perfect-little-world-by-kevin-wilson/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/8-perfect-little-world.png8 Perfect little worldhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/marshmallowtest.jpgmarshmallowtesthttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hero_thefamilyfang-2016-1.jpghero_TheFamilyFang-2016-1a scene from the film version of Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang with Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/perfect-little-world.jpgPerfect Little WorldPerfect Little World, by Kevin Wilson, Publisher: Ecco; 1st edition (January 24, 2017); hardcover: 352 pages.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/familyfang-movie-poster.jpgfamilyfang movie poster2019-08-31T19:08:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/06/08/why-we-think-that-fictional-characters-are-real/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14-fictional-characters.png14 fictional charactershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/american_psycho_by_bret_easton_ellis_first_us_paperback_edition_1991.jpgAmerican_Psycho_by_Bret_Easton_Ellis_first_US_paperback_edition_1991https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/twin-peaks-posters-824x0_q71.jpgtwin-peaks-posters.jpg.824x0_q71https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/game-of-thrones.jpgGame of throneshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/live-and-let-die.jpgLive and let dieRoger Moore in poster of Live and Let Die2019-08-04T19:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2014/04/11/death-of-an-author-goodbye-hennie-aucamp/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spies-and-aucamp-catalogue-2014.pngSpies and Aucamp catalogue 2014Dr. Lina Spies (in blue) and Dr. Aucamp with Stellenbosch University library staff at the completion of the catalogues of their work in 2014.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/skulp-192x300.jpgskulp-192x300Skulp, by Hennie Aucemp (2014)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6-hennie-aucamp.png6 Hennie Aucamphttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/die-hartseerwals.jpgDie hartseerwalshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hennie-aucamp-with-adam-small-right-and-tt-cloete_beeld.jpgHennie Aucamp with Adam small right and TT Cloete_BeeldHennie (at the back) was an icon of South African literature. Here he is with fellow Afrikaans literary luminaries Adam Small (right)and TT Cloete (seated). Photo: Beeldhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hennie-aucamp-with-painting-of-adriaan-van-zyl_beeld.jpgHennie aucamp with painting of Adriaan van Zyl_BeeldHennie aucamp in his home in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town. On the wall behind him is a highly valuable painting by the famous, deceased South African artist, Adriaan van Zyl. Adriaan’s sister, Dr. Louis Viljoen, lectures in the Department of Afrikaans-Dutch at Stellenbosch University.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ouma-martha-baking-2.pngOuma Martha baking 2Mixing the flourhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ouma-martha-baking-3.pngOuma Martha baking 3Sifted flour ready for yeastinghttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ouma-martha-baking-4.pngOuma Martha baking 4The loaves and rusks “resting” outside by the clay oven, waiting to be bakedhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ouma-martha-baking-5.pngOuma Martha baking 5My grandma, Martha Nieuwoudt, formerly Schreuder2019-07-28T18:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/07/19/almost-incomprehensible-english-the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-by-junot-diaz/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/4012509-1832760-watchmen_end_011.jpg4012509-1832760-watchmen_end_01“I flip through the book, one of his top three, without question, to the last horrifying chapter: ‘A Stronger Loving World'. To the only panel he's circled. Oscar-who never defaced a book in his life-circled one panel three times in the same emphatic pen he used to write his last letters home. The panel where Adrian Veidt and Dr. Manhattan are having their last convo. After the mutant brain has destroyed New York City; after Dr. Manhattan has murdered Rorschach; after Veidt's plan has succeeded in ‘saving the world'. Veidt says: ‘I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end'. And Manhattan, before fading from our Universe, replies: ‘In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends'.”https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/the_brief_wondrous_life_of_oscar_wao.jpgthe_brief_wondrous_life_of_oscar_waoSilhoette of Oscar, presumably on the cover. Funny hair.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-18-at-9-51-07-am.jpgScreen Shot 2016-07-18 at 9.51.07 AMIsland of Hispaniola, the border is centre of image, Haiti left, Dominican Republic right, rtrvd. 2016-07-18, Google Earthhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hispaniola-jul-18-2016-haiti-left-dr-right.jpgHispaniola Jul 18 2016 Haiti left, DR rightIsland of Hispaniola, border centre of image, Haiti left, Dominican Republic right, rtrvd. 2016-07-18, Google Earthhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao.jpgthe brief wondrous life of oscar waoThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz (Penguin Random House, 2007, 1st ed.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/salman-rushdie.jpgsalman-rushdieI’m sure many other reviewers thought “To Years...” was just fabulous. Says so in the first pages of the novel.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/junot-diaz.jpgJunot DiazJunot Díazhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/two-years-eight-months.jpgtwo years eight monthsRandom House, September 8, 2015, 1st Editionhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11-oscar-wao.png11 Oscar Wao2019-07-28T17:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/08/02/they-dont-exist-the-high-mountains-of-portugal-by-yann-martel/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-02-at-5-27-48-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2016-08-02 at 5.27.48 PMMountains of Europe, using UNEP-WCMC 2000 global delineation, European Commission Report (rtrvd. from ec.europa.eu on 2016-08-02)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13-the-high-mountains1.png13 The High Mountainshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/100-letters.jpg101 letters101 Letters to a Prime Minister, by Yann Martelhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tjhe-facts-behind-the.jpgThe facts behind theThe Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, by Yann Martelhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/estrela-mountains-portugal-joaquim-alves-gaspar1.jpgEstrela Mountains, Portugal Joaquim Alves GasparEstrela Mountains, Portugal (Photo by Joaquim Alves Gaspar)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/montesinho_serra_serrada.jpgMontesinho_Serra_SerradaCerra Serrada in the Montesinho Natural Park is covered by low hills, rocky outcrops and low tundra-like shrubs. (Photo: CM Elias)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/coroa_moimenta.jpgCoroa_MoimentaThe Coroa Mountains, Moimenta zone on the border, where the landscape is formed by open land and woods. (Photo: CM Elias)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/28025798515_9f05dc06d4_c.jpg28025798515_9f05dc06d4_cA church in Tuizelo - perhaps the church?https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-high-mountains-of-portugal.jpgthe High Mountains of Portugalhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/life-of-pi.jpgLife of PiLife of Pi, by Yann Martel2019-07-28T17:37:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/09/13/straight-to-the-jugular-blood-on-snow-by-jo-nesbo/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/23-blood-on-snow.png23 Blood on Snowhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/jo-nesbo1.jpgJo NesboImage of Jo Nesbø from his website.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/blood-on-snow.jpgBlood on snowBlood on Snow, by Jo Nesbo (Nesbø - Norwegian), Hardcover publisher: Knopf; 1st edition, April 7, 2015; 2015 paperback edition published by Penguin Random Hous; English translation copyright Neil Smith; first published by Vintage, 2016, 224 pages.2019-07-26T21:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/04/01/wolf-winter-by-cecilia-ekback/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/6-wolf-winter2.png6 Wolf Winter2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/author-cecilia-ekback-courtesy-random-house1.jpgauthor-cecilia-ekback-courtesy-random-houseAuthor Cecilia Ekbäck, photo courtesy of Random Househttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wolf-winter2.jpgWolf winter2HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., Toronto, First Canadian Edition, 2015https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lapplc3a4ndska_drc3a4kten_-_hallwylska_museet_-_89007-tif.jpgInv.nr: Gr.XXXII:K.a.02.Paiting by Swedish artist Pehr Hilleström (1732–1816), titled The Costume of the Lapponians, Svenska/Swedish: Lappländernes Drägt (Lappländska dräkten), unknown date. 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Note the fairly shabby peasants by the road-side.2019-07-26T21:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-rhyme-alliteration-assonance-consonance/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1-poetry.png1 Poetry2019-07-13T18:36:34+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-lines-and-stanzas/2019-07-13T18:29:03+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2016/11/28/whos-up-for-some-surrealist-warfare-the-last-days-of-new-paris-by-china-mieville/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/surr71.png“Sans Titre (Main-Coquillage)", by Dora Maar, 1934.“Sans Titre (Main-Coquillage)", by Dora Maar, 1934.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/surr1.png“Steinfrau" (stone woman) by Meret Oppenheim, 1938.“Steinfrau" (stone woman) by Meret Oppenheim, 1938.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/surr2.png“The Son of Man" by René Magritte, 1964.“The Son of Man" by René Magritte, 1964.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/surr4.png“The Persistence of Memory", by Salvador Dalí, 1931.“The Persistence of Memory", by Salvador Dalí, 1931.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/surr5.png“The Elephant Celebes", by Max Ernst, 1921.“The Elephant Celebes", by Max Ernst, 1921.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/surr6.png“Sand-bumptious", by Grace Pailthorpe, 1937.“Sand-bumptious", by Grace Pailthorpe, 1937.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20-the-last-days-of-new-paris.png20-the-last-days-of-new-parishttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/last-days-of-new-paris1.jpglast-days-of-new-parisThe Last Days of New Paris, by China MiévillePublished by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, New York, hardcover, Aug. 9 2016, 224 pages.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-courtyard.pngthe-courtyardThe Courtyard of the Old Residency in Munich, Adolf Hitler, 1914https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-21-at-1-34-46-pm.jpgscreen-shot-2016-11-21-at-1-34-46-pm2019-05-28T17:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/a-man-called-ove-by-fredrik-backman/2019-05-24T20:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/in-the-company-of-angels-by-thomas-e-kennedy/2019-05-24T18:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-hod-king-by-josiah-bancroft/2019-05-24T18:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/the-whispering-muse-by-sjon/2019-05-24T18:41:53+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/on-the-road-to-the-kouga-by-breyten-breytenbach/2019-05-24T18:14:54+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2016/10/18/the-heart-goes-last-by-margaret-atwood/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/17_the-heart-goes-last1.png17_the-heart-goes-lasthttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/the-heart-goes-last.jpgthe-heart-goes-lastPublished by McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House of Canada Ltd., A Penguin Random House Company, September 24, 2015. 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The image that got my attention: A cold moon over snow-covered peaks.1. The image that got my attention: A cold moon over snow-covered peaks.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-grab.jpgScreen grabHow it looks on-screen.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/3-big.jpg1 big_4. March - and there are clouds and signs of rain.4. March - and there are clouds and signs of rain.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/7-2.jpg7. May - A gorgeous sunrise and a pristine mirror-image.7. May - A gorgeous sunrise and a pristine mirror-image.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_0770.jpgIMG_0770How it looks on-screen.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/141.jpg14. All summer and green. Not a drop of snow to be seen anywhere.14. All summer and green. Not a drop of snow to be seen anywhere.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/131.jpg13. 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Singular notes randomly connected.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/luzinterruptus_nyc_1_u_1000.jpgluzinterruptus_nyc_1_u_1000Luzinterruptus have brought their light-based street art from Madrid to NYC; this is 800 books, each with a light attached, with the intention of replacing traffic with literature. 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Photograph- David Levene for the GuardianLarge-scale troll installations at the Venice Biennale briefly appear in the likenesses of Donald Trump and Margaret Thatcher. (Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/egill-ugh-and-boogar-i8-gallery.jpgEgill-Ugh-and-Boogar-i8-galleryThe artist with Ūgh and Bõögâr.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/danien-hirst-22aspect-of-katie-ishtar-c2a5o-landi22-2017-photo-by-prudence-cuming-associates.jpgDamien Hirst Aspect of Katie Ishtar ¥o-landi, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming AssociatesDamien Hirst “Aspect of Katie Ishtar ¥o-landi”, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates. ¥o-landi/YoLandi Visser is an actress and the female vocalist in the South African zef rap group “Die Antwoord”, famous for her white hair cut with a short fringe.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/damien-hirst-22remnants-of-apollo22-2017-photo-by-prudence-cuming-associates.jpgDamien Hirst, Remnants of Apollo, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming Associateshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/damien-hirst-22the-severed-head-of-medusa22-2017-photo-by-prudence-cuming-associates.jpgDamien Hirst, the Severed Head of Medusa, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming AssociatesDamien Hirst, “The Severed Head of Medusa”, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming Associateshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/damien-hirst-22sphinx22-2017-photo-by-prudence-cuming-associates.jpgDamien Hirst, Sphinx, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming AssociatesDamien Hirst, “Sphinx”, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming Associateshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/damien-hirst-22demon-with-bowl22-2017-photo-by-prudence-cuming-associates.jpgDamien Hirst, Demon with Bowl, 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming AssociatesDamien Hirst, “Demon with Bowl", 2017, Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates2018-05-12T18:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/ugh-and-boogar-by-egill-saebjornsson/2018-05-12T18:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/tintin-and-alph-art-by-herge-and-yves-rodier/2018-05-12T18:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/insomniac-city-by-bill-hayes/2018-05-12T18:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-last-kind-words-saloon-by-larry-mcmurtry/2018-05-12T18:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/chronological-list-of-literary-one-hit-wonders-not-exhaustive/2018-04-19T01:46:19+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/lionel-asbo-by-martin-amis/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/martin_amis_2012_by_maximilian_schoenherr.jpgMartin_Amis_2012_by_Maximilian_SchoenherrMartin Amis, 2012 (Photo by Maximilian Schoenherr)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/a-clockwork-organge.jpgA clockwork organgeA Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgesshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/the-short-reign-of-pippin-the-iv.jpgThe short reign of Pippin IVThe Short Reign of Pippin IV, by John Steinbeck, Pan Books, 1959 (my copy)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/england-england.jpgEngland, EnglandEngland, England, by Julian Barnes2018-04-11T15:26:48+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2017/11/07/this-is-how-being-old-really-is-the-secret-diary-of-hendrik-groen-by/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/43982296-4b64-4271-90bd-971e0db561cc.jpeg43982296-4B64-4271-90BD-971E0DB561CChttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/44213a28-86a4-40dd-833a-1e5592d54192.jpegThe Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen Aged 83 1/4 (Translated by Hester Velmans, publisher: Penguin Books, first published in Great Britian by Michael Joseph 2016, published in softcover Penguin Books 2017, 394 pp.)“The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old” (First published by Meulenhoff, The Netherlands, 2014; First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, 2016; this softcover edition by Penguin Random House UK, 2017, 394 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/8735e61b-b5b7-4333-964c-646738a4c908.jpeg8735E61B-B5B7-4333-964C-646738A4C908https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/29d2c862-b38a-4297-a04a-4c1503c7d0fa.jpegDutch version of the novel.2018-04-10T16:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/you-took-the-last-bus-home-by-brian-bilston/2018-04-03T20:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/william-shakespeares-star-wars-verily-a-new-hope-by-ian-doescher/2018-04-03T19:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/go-set-a-watchman-by-harper-lee/2018-04-03T18:19:54+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2016/12/14/ku-le-a-state-of-both-joy-and-sorrow-in-do-not-say-we-have-nothing-by-madeleine-thien/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/do-not-say-we-have-nothing-2.jpgdo-not-say-we-have-nothing-2Photo of the location of “Kai’s” death, from the novel.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/17-do-not-say-we-have-nothing5.png17-do-not-say-we-have-nothing5https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/do-not-say-we-have-nothing_granta.jpgdo-not-say-we-have-nothing_grantaCover of the U.K. version: Publisher: Granta Books; 01 edition (7 July 2016), 480 pp.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/do-not-say-we-have-nothing-illustration-size-custom-crop-1086x7411.jpgdo-not-say-we-have-nothing-illustration-jpg-size-custom-crop-1086x741Illustration of Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Raffi Anderian (From The Toronto Star, rtrvd. 2016-12-14, from an article by Rayyan Al-Shawaf, special to The Star, Sun., May 29, 2016.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/do-not-say-we-have-nothing-1.pngdo-not-say-we-have-nothing-1https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/music-notation.jpgmusic-notationAn example of jiangpu notation.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/madeline-thien.jpg0702 books mcgillis 0111MONTREAL, QUE.: JUNE 20, 2016 -- Madeleine Thien, in Montreal Monday, June 20, 2016. (John Kenney / MONTREAL GAZETTE)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/do-not-say-we-have-nothing.jpgdo-not-say-we-have-nothingPublished by Knopf, Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Ltd., and Granta (U.K.), May 31 2016, 475 pp., hard cover.2018-03-19T16:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/03/23/masterful-depiction-of-boredom-the-evenings-by-gerard-reve/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/scan.jpgScana Dutch newspaper clipping, dating from June1984 when Reve visited South Africa to see Apartheid for himself. He caused an uproar when he said that the majority Dutch Reformed Church/Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) in the country had found Biblical justification for Apartheid. They had, of course, but no-one addressed that issue until the NGK Synod of 1986, after which members, and later the Synod, declared Apartheid to be a sin. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/6-de-avonden21.png6 De Avonden2https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/de_avonden06_resized.jpgde_avonden06_resizedThe graphic novel version of De Avonden, by Dick Matena. this depicts one of Frits’s dreams. (Published by De Bezige Bij, 2003)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/de-avonden-film-images-361e1b51-3d6c-4b6e-8811-b683b502c0e.jpgDe-Avonden-film-images-361e1b51-3d6c-4b6e-8811-b683b502c0eScene from the film of De Avonden, showing Frits having dinner with his parents (Source: Alchetron)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/de-avonden_simon-van-het-reve.jpgDe Avonden_simon van het ReveThe book published under Reve’s original pen-name, Simon van het Reve.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gerard-reve.jpgGerard ReveGerard Reve in old age - in Het Vollen Leven (The Full Life), Memories of author peers and other artists of the Dutch writer (1923-2006). Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2006https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/parelduiker2006-3.jpgparelduiker2006-3A young Gerard Reve on the cover of the literary magazine, De Parelduiker (The Pearl Diver) which, in 2016, published a previously unknown description by Reve of the incident on the Dam suare in Amesterdam on 7 May 1945, when On May 7th 1945 – the very same day Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces under Eisenhower, Churchill and Montgomery – German Forces in Amsterdam took their machine guns and started shooting at the feasting crowd of Dutch citizens at the Dam Square right in the centre of Amsterdam, killing 263 citizens.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/the-evenings.jpgthe eveningshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/de-avonden.jpgde Avonden2018-03-19T16:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-rhyme-alliteration-assonance-consonance/rhyme-example-leonard-cohen-a-thousand-kisses-deep/2018-02-23T20:18:46+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-meter-and-feet/table-of-meter-with-symbols/2018-01-30T21:17:13+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-meter-and-feet/answers-to-test-for-finding-meter-and-feet/2018-01-30T21:15:56+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/this-is-skiing-by-lito-tejada-flores-linde-waidhofer/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc011651.jpgSONY DSCSkiing at Sasquatch Resort, BC, Canada (Photo by M.F. O’Brien)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/this-is-skiing.pngThis is Skiing This is Skiing - the Impossible Romance of Sliding Over Snow, by Lito Tejada-Flores & Linde Waidhofer (www.WesternEyePress.com, 20122018-01-30T21:14:15+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/poetry-and-lyrics/elements-of-poetry/elements-of-poetry-rhythm/2018-01-30T21:08:44+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/what-does-seven-circumstances-mean/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/7-circumstances-logo.png7 circumstances logohttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/logo31.pnglogo32018-01-30T20:49:49+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-long-winter-by-laura-ingalls-wilder/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/photo-by-mf-obrien.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/illustrations-by-garth-williams3.jpgillustrations by Garth Williams3Illustration by Garth Williams in “the Long Winter”, by Laura Ingalls Wilderhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/illustrations-by-garth-williams2.jpgillustrations by Garth Williams2Illustration by Garth Williams in “the Long Winter”, by Laura Ingalls Wilder (From the Puffin Books ed., 1967)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/illustrations-by-garth-williams.jpgillustrations by Garth WilliamsIllustration by Garth Williams in “the Long Winter”, by Laura Ingalls Wilder (From the Puffin Books ed., 1967)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-long-hard-winter.jpgThe long hard winterThis imprint: <a href="http://www.littlehousebooks.com/books/the-long-winter/9780064400060/">HarperCollins</a>. The books in the series have been in constant reprint for decades. First published in 1940, this particular edition is from 2008.2018-01-30T20:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/09/20/pulping-your-pc-or-publishing-posthumously-future-options-for-authors/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/24-future-library.png24 Future Libraryhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mark-twain1.jpgMark TwainMark Twain’s last request to not published his letters was eventually carried out. In 1904, an Iowa lawyer spent several evenings burning four trunkfuls of letters. Their original recipient had promised the writer she would burn them herself, but she kept them instead. When she died, she asked her son to burn them. He didn’t, and when he died, his wife, Mollie Clemens, didn’t burn them either. It was only after Mollie died that John R. Carpenter, the lawyer in charge of her estate, discovered the cache of letters from Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. Twain’s mother, brother, and sister-in-law had failed to honour his request, but the lawyer scrupulously guarded the flames while, as the New York Times reported, “A treasure trove of unique value went up in smoke.”https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sjc3b8n-on-twitter.jpgSjøn on TwitterSjón has no problems with posthumous publications (Photo: Sjón on Twitter: @Sjonorama)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/henning-mankell.jpgHenning MankellHenning Mankell - Another author whose books ended with his death, and whose main character died before he did.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/henning-mankell.pngHenning MankellHenning Mankell - Another author whose books ended with his death, and whose main character died before he did.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/franz-kafka.jpgFranz KafkaWhen, a few years before his death, Franz Kafka asked his good friend Max Brod to destroy all his papers, other than the few short works with which Kafka was satisfied, Brod responded, “If you seriously think me capable of such a thing, let me tell you here and now that I shall not carry out your wishes.” Nevertheless, when Kafka died he left Brod a letter asking him to destroy his fiction, diaries, and correspondence. Brod remained true to his word: he proceeded to publish everything he could get his hands on.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/stieg-larsson-2.jpgStieg LarssonSwedish journalist and author Stieg Larsson in 2004. Stieg Larsson died from a heart attack in 2004, 50 years old. His partner of many years has made it clear that he would not have approved of his books being continued. Photo: Britt-Marie Trensmar / SCANPIX code 367102018-01-30T19:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/12/13/debut-fiction-from-tom-hanks-uncommon-type-is-a-labour-of-love/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/33-uncommon-type.png33 Uncommon Typehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/uncommon-type-by-tom-hanks.jpgUncommon Type by Tom HanksUncommon Type - Some Stories, by Tom Hanks (This version: ibook - A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1st ed., ISBN 9781101946169; hardcover published by Knopf Canada on Oct. 17, 2017)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hanx-writer-logo.pnghanx writer logohttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tom-hanks-with-typewriters.pngtom hanks with typewritershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/extract-a-special-weekend.jpgExtract from: “A Special Weekend”Extract from: “A Special Weekend”2018-01-30T19:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/the-little-house-literary-heritage/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/the-charlotte-years-series-by-melissa-wiley.pngThe Charlotte Years series, by Melissa WileyThe Charlotte Years series, by Melissa Wileyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/the-caroline-years-2.pngThe Caroline Years (2)The Caroline Years series.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/the-rose-years-series-by-roger-lea-macbride.jpgThe Rose Years series by Roger Lea MacBrideThe Rose Years series by Roger Lea MacBridehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/let-the-hurricane-roar-by-rose-wilder-lane.jpgLet the Hurricane Roar by Rose Wilder LaneLet the Hurricane Roar, by Rose Wilder Lanehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/the-martha-years-by-melissa-wiley.jpgThe Martha Years by Melissa WileyLittle House on Rocky Ridge, part of The Martha Years series, by Melissa Wileyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/little-house-on-rocky-ridge-by-roger-lea-macbride.jpgLittle House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBrideLittle House on Rocky Ridge, by Roger Lea MacBridehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/little-house-books.pngLittle House booksThe original 8 books in the Little House series, with the 9th, the First Four Years, published after the death of author Laura Ingalls Wilder.2018-01-24T19:30:59+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/2017/12/20/just-way-too-wordy-the-hippopotamus-by-stephen-fry/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/35-emperor-of-all-maladies.png35 Emperor of all maladieshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/34-the-hippopotamus.png34 The Hippopotamushttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thehippo.jpgThe HippopotamusPoster of the filmhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-hippopotamus-fr-01-700.jpgthe-hippopotamus-fr-01-700Scene from the film - “Ted” doing the hippo thing, wallowing in bath with whisky.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/roger-allam-in-the-hippopotamus.jpgRoger Allam in The HippopotamusScene from the film - “Ted” wandering about and making himself unwelcome.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-hippopotamus-poster-2.jpgThe-Hippopotamus-poster-2The film had an internet/streaming release in the USA on Aug. 1, 2017, and was released in a few European countries as of June 2017. It premiered in the UK on May 28, 2017. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-hippopotamus.jpgthe-hippopotamusPublisher: Arrow (Sept. 28, 2004); 416 pages paperback. Kindle ed.: Publisher: Cornerstone Digital; New Ed edition (Aug. 17, 2010); 418 pp.2018-01-24T17:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/12/31/the-year-in-books-fancy-yourself-in-a-crowd/2017-12-28T20:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/10/12/angela-merkels-take-on-julian-barness-novel-the-noise-of-time/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/j-barnes-facebook-2.pngJ Barnes Facebook 2Julian Barnes on Facebook.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/108677459-merkel-at-the-deutschland-dinner-with-gabor-nils-broer-for-hb.jpg108677459-merkel-at-the-deutschland-dinner-with-gabor-nils-broer-for-HBMrs. Merkel during the interview. (Source: Nils Bröer for Handelsblatt)2017-12-28T17:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/marwencol-by-mark-hogancamp-and-chris-shellen/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/all-the-best-lines-2.jpgall the best lines 2From All the Best Lineshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marwencol3.jpgmarwencol3From Welcome to Marwencolhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marwencol1.jpgmarwencol1From Welcome to Marwencolhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marwencol2.jpgmarwencol2From Welcome to Marwencol2017-12-23T19:40:02+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-unfixed-stars-by-michael-byers/2017-12-23T19:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/loving-frank-by-nancy-horan/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nancyhoran.jpgNancyHoranPhoto by Kevin Horanhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mamahcheneyc.jpgMamahCheneychttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/news-article-cheney-murders.jpgNews article Cheney murdershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/loving_frank.jpgLoving_FrankBallantine Books; Reprint edition (April 8 2008)2017-12-23T19:14:42+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/loving-frank-by-nancy-horan/2017-12-23T19:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/john-by-niall-willams/2017-12-23T19:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-stepmothers-diary-by-fay-weldon/2017-12-23T19:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/light-reading-by-aliya-whiteley/2017-12-23T19:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-collector-of-worlds-by-iliya-troyanov/2017-12-23T19:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-temple-goers-by-aatish-taseer/2017-12-23T19:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/the-weekend-by-bernhard-schlink/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the-reader.pngThe ReaderThe Reader, by Bernhard Schlink2017-12-23T19:00:44+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-weekend-by-bernhard-schlink/2017-12-23T19:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/parky-my-autobiography-by-michael-parkinson/2017-12-23T18:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-life-and-opinions-of-maf-the-dog-and-of-his-friend-marilyn-monroe-by-andrew-ohagan/2017-12-23T18:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/pearl-of-china-by-anchee-min/2017-12-23T18:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/coco-chanel-a-biography-by-axel-madsen/2017-12-23T18:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-book-of-human-skin-by-michelle-lovric/2017-12-23T18:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/we-are-all-made-of-glue-by-marina-lewycka/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/4-mod-fict4.png4 Mod fict4https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/4-mod-fict5.png4 Mod fict52017-12-23T18:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/to-love-honour-and-betray-by-kathy-lette/2017-12-23T18:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-piano-teacher-by-janice-y-k-lee/2017-12-23T18:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-by-stieg-larsson/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the-girl-in-the-spiders-web.pngThe girl in the spider's webThe Girl in the Spider’s Web, by David Lagercrantz who has taken over the Millennium Trilogy series of Stieg Larsson. He has already written one and will be publishing two more, starting in 2017. 2017-12-23T18:48:02+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-believers-by-zoe-heller/2017-12-23T18:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/catch-as-catch-can-by-joseph-heller/2017-12-23T18:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/mr-toppit-by-charles-elton/2017-12-23T18:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/sweet-temptation-by-lucy-diamond/2017-12-23T18:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-invisible-mountain-by-carolina-de-robertis/2017-12-23T18:40:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/michel-comte-thirty-years-and-five-minutes-by-michel-comte/2017-12-23T18:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/blood-meridian-by-cormac-mccarthy/2017-12-23T18:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-songwriter-by-beatrice-colin/2017-12-23T18:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-luminous-life-of-lilly-aphrodite-by-beatrice-colin/2017-12-23T18:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/11781/2017-12-23T18:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/the-consequences-of-love-by-suleiman-addonia/2017-12-23T18:27:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2016/09/22/read-to-your-children/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-velveteen-rabbit.pngthe-velveteen-rabbitIf you think you are going to get away with reading The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams (classic illustrations by William Nicholson) without needing to hug someone, you’d better think again. Not a chance! https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/stekelvarkentjes-wiegelied.gifstekelvarkentjes-wiegeliedStekelvarkentjes wiegelied, by Annie M.G. Schmidt “Suja suja Prikkeltje, daar buiten schijnt de maan, / je bent een stekelvarkentje, maar trek het je niet aan, / je bent een stekelvarkentje, dat heb je al begrepen, / De leeuwen hebben manen en de tijgers hebben strepen / en onze tante eekhoorn heeft een roje wollen staart, / maar jij hebt allemaal stekeltjes en dát is zoveel waard.”https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/het-fluitketeltje.gifhet-fluitketeltjeThe children’s poems of Dutch author Annie M.G. Schmidt gave me a permanent liking for irreverent humour. I’ll always remember “De Spin Sebastiaan” who has this urge that got him killed (“Daar gaat hij met zijn Drang!”) and the sweet “Suja Suja Prikkeltje” - a lullaby for a hedgehog.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dikkertje-dap.jpgdikkertje-dapThe children’s poems of Dutch author Annie M.G. Schmidt gave me a permanent liking for irreverent humour. I’ll always remember “De Spin Sebastiaan” who has this urge that got him killed (“Daar gaat hij met zijn Drang!”) and the sweet “Suja Suja Prikkeltje” - a lullaby for a hedgehog.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-seven-crystal-balls.jpgthe-seven-crystal-ballsTintin anyone? Of course, it was inevitable that picture books should lead to a life-time addiction to the "Tintin” books, by Hergé.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/die-reis-na-tripiti.jpgdie-reis-na-tripitiGerman author H.U. Steger wrote the strange “Reise Nach Tripiti” (in Afrikaans, “Die Reis Na Tripiti”; English: “The Journey to Tripiti”) about the long journey of a group of abandoned toys. The illustrations never ceased to fascinate me.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/madeline.jpgmadelineWho can forget “Madeline” by Ludwig Bemelmans? I read his very funny short stories as an adult.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hans-meulman.jpghans-meulmanThe sad story of Hans the Miller (“Hans Meulman” in Afrikaans), by Bernadette Watts (1969) was a favorite of mine, mainly due to the illustrations that looked to me like paintings by Vincent van Gogh.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/little-tim-and-the-brave-sea-captain.jpglittle-tim-and-the-brave-sea-captainThe marvellous “Little Tim” books by the genius Edward Ardizzone, particularly this one, gave me a fascination for books about the sea. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/beloved-little-pig.jpgbeloved-little-pigThis delightful book is by Ulf Nilsson and Eva Eriksson, and the title in Swedish means “Beloved Little Pig”. I read the Afrikaans version, “Liewe Klein Varkie” (more like “dear little piglet”), and to this day that is my pet name for my favourite person.2017-12-22T22:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/reviews-by-genre/the-best-of-iain-banks/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/iain-banks-autograph.jpgIain Banks autographHe wrote in my copy of Inversions (1998):  " - not really a Culture book, onist…[sic] Iain Menzies Banks 31.7.98".2017-12-22T22:51:17+00:00weekly0.6https://sevencircumstances.com/portfolio/dewey-the-small-town-library-cat-by-vicki-myron/2017-12-22T22:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2013/09/30/enlightenment-for-biking-newbies/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bike-snob.jpgBike Snobhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-author-weisse-01-headshot.jpgEben Weiss, 2013How Bike Snob actually looks (Eben Weiss, 2013)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bike-snob-nyc.jpgBike snob NYCBike Snob's picture on his blog2017-12-22T22:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/01/13/printed-books-are-not-only-for-old-fogeys-like-me/2017-12-22T22:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/11/16/making-light-of-autism-and-lust-best-laid-plans-by-kathy-lette/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/30-best-laid-plans5.png30 Best laid planshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-boy-who-fell-to-earth.jpgThe Boy Who Fell to Earthhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/best-laid-plans-by-kathy-lette1.jpgBest laid plans by Kathy Lette“Best Laid Plans”, by Kathy Lette (Publisher: Bantam Press, 13 July 2017, 320 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kathy-lette-and-jules.pngKathy Lette and JulesWoman & Home magazine, Aug. 1, 2017, pp. 64-65 https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/to-love-honour-and-betray1.pngTo love, honour and betray“To Love, Honour and Betray”, by Kathy Lette2017-12-19T23:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/11/29/taut-tense-snappy-and-shocking-die-onaantasbares-by-steve-hofmeyr/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/31-die-onaantasbares.png31 Die onaantasbareshttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/steve-pic02.jpgSteve HofmeyrSteve Hofmeyr, from his websitehttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/die-onaantasbares.jpgDie OnaantasbaresDie Onaantasbares (The Untouchables), by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, fiction, softcover. Publisher: Zebra Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa, October 1, 2017, 197 pp.)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kapabel_978-1-77022-418-6_hrrgb.jpgKapabel_978-1-77022-418-6_hrrgbKapable (Capable), by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, fiction, Zebra Press; 1st edition 2012)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/laaste-dans-drienie_978-1-77022-707-1-hr-rgb.jpgLaaste-dans-Drienie_978-1-77022-707-1-HR-rgbLaaste Dans Drienie (Last Dance Drienie), by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, fiction, Zebra Press; 1st edition, March 5, 2014)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/die-verste-uur_978-1-77022-164-2_hrrgb.jpgDie-verste-uur_978-1-77022-164-2_hrRGBDie Verste Uur (The Furthest Hour), by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, fiction, Zebra Press, 2011)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mense-van-my-asem_978-1-77022-049-2-hr-rgb.jpgMense-van-my-asem_978-1-77022-049-2-HR-rgbMense Van My Asem (People Of My Breath), by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, autobiography, Zebra Press, November 5, 2010)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/vier-briewe-vir-jan-ellis_978-1-77022-081-2_hrrgb.jpgVier-briewe-vir-Jan-Ellis_978-1-77022-081-2_hrRGBVier Briewe Vir Jan Ellis (Four Letters for Jan Ellis), by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, fiction, Kindle edition: Zebra Press, November 5, 2010)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/steve-hofmeyr-50.jpgSteve Hofmeyr 50Steve Hofmeyr 50, by Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, autobiography, Zebra Press, November 13, 2014)2017-11-30T23:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/10/25/its-all-in-the-timing-film-of-tulip-fever-and-exhibition-of-vermeers-paintings/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/28-tulip-fever1.png28 Tulip Feverhttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/the-orchid-thief-by-susan-orlean2.jpgThe Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean“The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean (Publisher: Random House, Dec. 1998, pp. 284)https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/adaptation1.jpgadaptationFilm poster of “Adaptation”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/the-black-tulip-by-andre-dumas.jpgthe black tulip by alexandre dumasIt all started with this one: “The Black Tulip”, by Alexandre Dumas (Originally published 1850) Set in 17th century Netherlands, about the competition for the prize of ƒ100,000 to the person who can grow a black tulip.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/the-golden-tulip-by-rosalind-laker.jpgThe Golden Tulip, by Rosalind Laker“The Golden Tulip”, by Rosalind Laker (Publisher: Broadway Books; reprint edition Nov. 27, 2007; paperback: 576 pp.) About “Francesca” who is apprenticed to “Johannes Vermeer” in Delft, but falls for “Pieter van Doorne”, a tulip merchant, during the “tulip mania”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/the-tulip-virus.jpgThe Tulip virus“The Tulip Virus", by Danielle Hermans. (Publisher: Minotaur Books, 1st ed. April 27 2010, hardcover: 288 pp.) A mystery set in contemporary London with flashbacks to 17th century Holland and the tulip trade.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/girl_with_a_pearl_earring-165498332-large.jpggirl_with_a_pearl_earring-165498332-largeFilm poster of “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (2003).https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/adaptation.jpgadaptationFilm poster of “Adaptation”.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tulip-fever-film.jpgTulip Fever filmDirector: Justin Chadwick; Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz. Screenplay by Deborah Moggach and Tom Stoppard;  based upon the novel by Deborah Moggach.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/meisje_met_de_parel.jpgMeisje_met_de_parel“Girl with the pearl”, by Jan/Johannes Vermeer, 44.5 cm × 39 cm (17.5 in × 15 in). In Dutch, the title is “Meisje met de parel”, which means, “girl with THE pearl”. Note: no reference to an “earring” and not “a” pearl earring, “the” - very specifically.2017-11-25T19:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sevencircumstances.com/2017/11/08/scoundrels-crooks-and-high-rollers-boereverneukers-by-izak-du-plessis/https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/29-boereverneukers.png29 Boereverneukershttps://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/adriaan-nieuwoudt.jpgAdriaan NieuwoudtAdriaan Nieuwoudt, King of the “Kubusses” in his heyday.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/effa95b6-2869-44cc-acd7-8d256c3ec891.jpegEFFA95B6-2869-44CC-ACD7-8D256C3EC891Extract fom the book that appeared in the newspaper Rapport on 6 August 2017, bringing it to public attention a year AFTER it was published!https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/81391893-5c79-41b8-9dcf-5f732752eaf9.jpeg81391893-5C79-41B8-9DCF-5F732752EAF9Boereverneukers - Afrikaanse swendelaars, swierbolle en swerkaters (Farm conmen - https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/39299519-db75-4000-b3ab-3047887ef532.jpeg39299519-DB75-4000-B3AB-3047887EF532Paul Kruger, photographed as Commandant-General of the South African Republic, c. 1865. https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/73b4fc06-f340-4830-b632-218f3e4aa337.jpeg73B4FC06-F340-4830-B632-218F3E4AA337A Christmas portrait of Arno Smit and his American partner, Vonnie Cary.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/5ec826f1-7de6-4578-8d33-f5ead82d1359.jpeg5EC826F1-7DE6-4578-8D33-F5EAD82D1359Gervan Lubbe's former Facebook profile photograph.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2909d037-c935-46cc-aea3-0a1993cd4b17.jpeg2909D037-C935-46CC-AEA3-0A1993CD4B17George St. Leger Lennox (1845–1919) born into a noble Scottish family, popularly known as Scotty Smith.https://sevencircumstances.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/0fec1453-b24a-48bb-8f59-5d08995ec533.jpeg0FEC1453-B24A-48BB-8F59-5D08995EC533Captain 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