Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4674 )

• Novelization

  

  It must be both difficult and easy writing the novelization of a movie. I suppose it depends on the movie as well. Sleepy Hollow is a film based on a story... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who’s Calling?

  

  The first twenty minutes are impossibly scary. I didn’t see When A Stranger Calls back in 1979, when it came out. I prefer my monsters in non-human form, thank... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Banning Together

  

  Banned Book Week starts today.  As the political situation in this country continues to deteriorate into a Republican fascination with fascism, we find books... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whence Dawn?

  

  It’s rare, but that’s often what makes things so special.  Because of the way my mind works, I can’t have background music on when I work.  My concentration... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scary Holidays

  

  One of the real wonder of books is that they can spawn ideas outside their specific topics. While revised dissertations can be somewhat difficult to read,... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Misremembered

  

  There may be a name for it, but if there is I don’t know it.  Like the more well-known Mandela Effect, it’s a strange memory issue, only it affects the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Footnote Lament

  

  I listened to a presentation on a famous novelist the other day.  It was noted that this writer was a master researcher, having read a lot for each book he... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Immature

  

  I’m not immature, but I have to admit to having done a double-take every time I saw the name of the school.  While living in Edinburgh my wife worked for a shor... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Saints and Freedom

  

  There’s a saying that all elections are local.  I suspect that’s true.  Location is important.  There are famous Americans not recognized in other parts of the... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Double Feature

  

  Creature features were a regular part of my youth, and, I suspect, where my appreciation of horror films began.  Nobody was really afraid of Godzilla or other... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• First Choice

  

  One of the first things I do when I finish a book, unless I know about the author already, is ecosia (google) her or him. I want to know who it is that wrote... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Religious Monsters

  

  It began with monsters.  A religious monster-boomer, I couldn’t get enough of these scary creatures as a child.  For some reason they made me feel happy, secure. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Things That Appear

  

  As a movie, Apparition fails on many levels. One way that it passes is being free on Amazon Prime, which is how I found it. The trick with Prime, of course, is... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Social Horror

  

  Some books get you thinking in ways you don’t expect. That’s one of the pleasures of reading. Lindsey Decker’s Transnationalism and Genre Hybridity in New... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Truth, for Free

  

  The Book of Common Prayer, reaching back to my Anglican days, is and always has been in the public domain. Although the poetic language and culturally relevant... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hollow

  

  Now that we’re officially in September, it’s kosher to talk of Halloween horror (I’ve seen Christmas decorations in the stores already). Well, around here we... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Time Is Nigh

  

  Although I have many authors I like to read, I haven’t fully explored the oeuvre of many. I’m an eclectic reader and I’m also often limited by bookstores as to... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not a Scholar

  

  It’s insensitive.  And behind the times.  Google Scholar, I mean.  They send me emails telling me that people can’t read my research because I don’t have a... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Headlines

  

  I see many headlines in a day.  One from Book Riot caught my attention with its linked story on BoingBoing. This particular story is poignant and points to the... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Naming Conventions

  

  Okay, I confess.  Every now and then I do it, but then, a lot of people do.  Perhaps because I’m trying to figure out who I really am, or perhaps because I’m... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY