the sage's staff swings like a pendulum in a clockwork walk
Walking Alone IV [Haiku]
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Monthly Archives: October 2021
Walking Alone III [Haiku]
clouds drift; a boy traces shapes with a pointing finger
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DAILY PHOTO: Rainy Day at Tōshō-gū Shrine in Ueno Park
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Walking Alone II [Haiku]
sheep graze. bleats sound like words to the lonely hiker
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Walking Alone I [Haiku]
Coffee Plantation [Haiku]
coffee estate. one yellow plant stands out from a wall of green
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Blush [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Monochrome Scenes from Andrássy út
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Necropolis [Free Verse]
a city of the dead tunneled under the living, awaiting the flip, a shift in who's who -the living & the dead, -the dead & the living -the alive and the existent -the living dead & those dying alive all jumbled together in a sea of inhumanity, tumbling past each other, scrambling for humanity - for the breath of life, for life in a breath the musty scent of decay in the living city was the first sign... those in the necropolis smelled flowery scents -- clean and bright -- and found those fragrant perfumes as revolting as the living found the rot stench in the brief time it took to become acclimated to the stink, all found themselves in the churn, struggling for more of something they didn't understand
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BOOK REVIEW: Jules Verne’s Lighthouse by David
Jules Verne’s Lighthouse by David HineMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Out: October 13, 2021
This graphic novel presents a loose adaptation of “The Lighthouse at the End of the World,” taking the story into space opera-like territory. Verne’s story is set on Earth in the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Horn at the southern tip of the Americas. Hine’s is set in a remote region of deep space that requires a beacon to navigate through a treacherous aggregation of wormholes. (I don’t know whether the latter is even remotely in compliance with the laws of physics, but the concept of a deep space navigational station seems perfectly feasible so I was untroubled by the details. An Astronomy majors’ experience may vary. In general, the book doesn’t seem to be written as hard sci-fi.)
Hine borrows Verne’s idea of a remote navigational beacon being taken over by pirates, and a survivor of the “lighthouse” crew working to foil the pirates’ plot, as well as drawing on some character details. However, it’s not meant to be a beat-for-beat retelling of Verne’s story set in the future and in space. There are many differences of plot and character from the source material. Besides robots and aliens, there is much greater diversity in the cast.
I found the story compelling. The source premise of being far from help and at a severe disadvantage is thrilling, and I think Hine did a fine job of taking the story into the future.
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