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Renowned author Emilie Buchwald once said, “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” In our series Book Reports for Adults, we hope to make up for all those parents who turned on Seinfeld instead. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… *** The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Book size: Clocking in […]

Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** The Eyes of An Honest Man It was October 1st, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, and Babe Ruth was at the plate; with […]

Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** Power + Invincibility “Powerful,” Qyburn acknowledges, admiring the still-menacing skull of the beast whose flames forged the Iron Throne. “But not invincible…” It’s a theme as two-dimensional as the bent-kneed former leaders of Westeros, since […]

Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** The Gear Wars While the watchmaker analogy has many horologists, English clergyman William Paley best articulated this philosophical anthem of the scientific revolution in his 1802 book Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and […]