Tag: The Hunt for Vulcan

• Favorite Books of the 2010s

  See also: my favorite films, TV shows, and albums of the 2010s. This list happens to coincide perfectly with the period of time I began (1) reading for fun once I graduated college, (2) tracking my reading, and (3) reading a lot more. This means I had tons of titles to consider. I forced myself…

  Dec 12, 2019

  # Atlas of a Lost World, best of, books, Boom Town, Circe, Kory Stamper, lists, Madeline Miller, Station Eleven, Steven Johnson, The Hunt for Vulcan, The Shepherd’s Life, Typewriter Revolution

• Favorite Films, Books & Albums of 2015

  Resurrecting my 2013 choice to include all my best-ofs into one omnilist, here are 15 films, books, and albums I loved from 2015. Film 1. BrooklynThere’s a scene about five minutes into Brooklyn that setup the whole film for me. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), soon bound for a new life in 1950s America, watches as her…

  Jan 26, 2016

  # best of, books, Brooklyn, film, Glen Hansard, H is for Hawk, Kate Beaton, lists, Lord Huron, Mad Max: Fury Road, movies, music, review, Sandra McCracken, Slow West, Spotlight, Sufjan Stevens, The Hunt for Vulcan, Typewriter Revolution

• The Hunt for Vulcan

  I’ve never forgotten the scene in Men in Black, when Jay (Will Smith) and Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) are sitting on a bench facing the New York City skyline. Jay has gotten a brief but shocking glimpse of the secret alien world Kay is trying to recruit him into, one that few people know about.…

  Nov 17, 2015

  # books, film, Men in Black, Mercury, movies, Neptune, outer space, review, science, The Hunt for Vulcan, Uranus