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Quest Success!

The internet is awesome! The book I had been looking for: Don Quixote, U.S.A by Richard Powell, published in 1966. I wonder what it was like back when people had to exert effort to locate information?

2007 09 27 geekspeak Comments (0)

a quest

I am looking for a specific novel. I read it as a child in a Reader’s Digest condensed version, in an omnibus which included a number of other Reader’s Digest condensed novels. I believe that the title included the phrase “Don Quixote” in a metaphorical allusion to the plot, though I do not entirely trust [...]

2007 09 26 Comments (1)

Translation: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Prologue

Well, I finally finished translating the prologue of the novel. A bunch of people have asked me what it’s about, and until now all I could say was “I haven’t finished nearly enough to even know.” Now I have at least an inkling, and you can too. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Prologue I [...]

2006 07 28 japanese Comments (2)

new author alert

After my most recent shipment from Amazon Friday afternoon, I have read four books. Two were the Dirk Gentley books; having finally read them, I think I will agree that they represent some of Douglas Adams’ finest work. Then, I read a book by an author I had never previously heard of: A Dirty Job, [...]

2006 05 21 Comments (0)