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12:32 AM

Q: (spoiler) Explain ending to Mallory's Oracle

It the end of Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell the character of Charles seems to get shot twice in the heart at pointblank range or something and then in the next scene he is in hospital but awake and fine. In there an explanation for this anywhere or is it just a literary miracle?

character-analysis

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BESW

1:50 AM

Mike Rugnetta of PBS Idea Channel shares the books on his set via a Goodreads list.

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BESW

5:56 AM

An appreciation of Beatrix Potter's elevated vocabulary and fascinating stories for kids, to celebrate her birthday… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/891161473740832768

Tweeted by BookRiot on July 29, 2017 at 5:00 AM

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Bookworm

8:14 AM

Q: Does the poem 'In Just' (e. e. cummings) allude to innocents being led astray by the devil?

In the poem in Just, (1) the balloon man whistles and children come running. On the surface, this could simply be about a man selling balloons and children wanting to buy them. But we know that e. e. cummings was Christian (2). And in a lot of Christian imagery, the Devil is represented with clo...

poetry symbolism e-e-cummings

Gallifreyan

9:14 AM

Been re-reading Blood Stain before the third volume comes out.

Nice way to show characters' confusion. And the second pic is a perfect meme on its own :D

Also nice way to connect two characters in different locations.

Also nice.

I just realised I like Linda Sejic's art a lot more than Stjepan Sejic's. Unless it's Ravine, maybe.

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Gallifreyan

1:34 PM

@Shokhet That's a nice use of space, isn't it?

Slow day, huh?

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Hamlet

4:47 PM

@Randal'Thor I wonder if we can change our tagging system to be less reliant on tags such as meaning and more reliant on tags such as close-reading.

Bookworm

5:14 PM

Q: What is the name of the writing style in "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens?

In Bleak House by Charles Dickens, the viewpoint frequently changes from Esther Summerson, or first-person, to third person. What is this style known as?

terminology charles-dickens bleak-house

Gallifreyan

@Hamlet That would require the asker to know where to get the answer from. If they knew, I imagine they wouldn't ask.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Week on Goodreads.

Gallifreyan

5:28 PM

I removed the part of your question which would fall under "recommendation" category, which is off-topic per this meta. — Gallifreyan 14 mins ago

^ Was this the right thing to do? (cc @Hamlet since you seem to be around)

It seemed like it would attract recommendations.

user15026

5:56 PM

Makes sense to me.

Bookworm

6:07 PM

Q: What is the significance of the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov?

In the The Brothers Karamazov, Ivan tells a long story to Alyosha about the Grand Inquisitor. I have been trying to grasp its meaning for sometime, but what is the significance of that story?

symbolism russian-literature