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8-Bit Theater
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Written by Matthew Pardue At first I wasn’t sure what to review this week. I didn’t have another book lined up (I started reading the Aeneid last night, but that’d be a weird thing to do here, even if I was anywhere near finished with it), and all my Discworld…
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Review: For Kings and Planets
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For Kings and Planets Ethan Canin by is a well written novel about two young men, Orno Tarcher and Marshall Emerson, who attend Columbia University in New York City. Orno, the protagonist, is from a small town in Missouri with more pigs than people. He goes off to Columbia to…
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A Dance with Dragons
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So here we are, the last released book in the series. I’ve got to say that I’m ready to get back to 300-page novels, ideally standalones (I cannot describe how much I appreciate Terry Pratchett’s Discworld now that I’ve waded through A Song of Ice and Fire). What should I…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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This Thursday is Thanksgiving, and like every year, this season is when our office hours get a bit goofy. This week, the Office will be open Wednesday, Nov 21 from 9am-3pm. We will be close on Thursday and Friday. We will resume normal office hours (8am-5pm) starting Monday, Nov 26. Thank you…
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Link-N-Blogs for November 19
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“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.”–Oscar Wilde” Because last week we here at UPNG were super busy doing a workshop on Friday (more info here), we didn’t get to post a link-n-blogs list. This Friday, we will be closed for the Thanksgiving holidays, so…
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Types of Peer Review
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Last week we discussed peer review in general terms. You can find that article here. This week, we’re going to discuss different types of peer review in depth. There are three main types of peer review: open peer review, single-blind, and double-blind. Open Peer Review Open Peer Review is exactly…
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A Feast for Crows
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This week we have A Feast for Crows, fourth in the series A Song of Ice and Fire and also a rare fantasy novel to grab the top spot on The New York Times best seller list. Despite all that, the book annoyed me. I liked it (mostly), but some…
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Link-N-Blogs for Nov 9, 2012
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”?Ernest Hemingway Literary Consolation Prizes: Grant Snider’s comic featured on the New York Times book Review website should give any writer or aspiring writer a chuckle. 17 Hobbit Movie Posters: Proving that this movie is…