Category Archives: Literature

Hyborian Thoughts

Posted on August 5, 2020 by JC

I have been fascinated by the character Conan since I was a child and it is funny that all this fascination never led me to going to the source as I have done recently. Just this week I finished reading … Continue reading →

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The Bridge of Dreams

Posted on July 12, 2020 by JC

A few months ago I finished reading The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikubu. At over a thousand dense pages with plenty of footnotes, it was no small undertaking but absolutely worth the effort. This post will be something of … Continue reading →

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Hopeful & Hopeless

Posted on March 21, 2020 by JC

I have been meaning to come back to this post for well over a year and the current scare going on (as of writing), has put me in mind to finally finish it. Unfortunately the time between reading these two … Continue reading →

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Anticipation (Short Story)

Posted on February 2, 2020 by JC

This is a short story I wrote last year for a competition that I didn’t win. I wrote it fairly fast and just before the deadline. I do am not making an excuse for its quality, just stating how it … Continue reading →

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Call me Underwhelmed

Posted on March 31, 2019 by JC

I have been on something of a mission to make sure I have read most of the books that are considered “great”. When I say this, I don’t mean books that have appeared on New York Times Bestseller Lists or … Continue reading →

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Never Underestimate a Man

Posted on October 28, 2018 by JC

I had written two articles that I intended to submit for publication on the Return of Kings website. Less than a day after I had both drafts finished, Roosh V made the announcement that he was closing the site. So … Continue reading →

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Mistaken Self-Importance

Posted on January 14, 2018 by JC

I recently read Fooled By Randomness which was the first book in what became Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Incerto. I am eagerly anticipating his new book which comes out next month and if you do actually read here, you will know I’m … Continue reading →

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Some commentary on ‘The Brothers Karamazov’

Posted on November 26, 2017 by JC

I just finished reading this book last Thursday morning and I feel I should write something about it but I’m not sure quite what. As such I am just going to write a potpourri of my thoughts. Both this and … Continue reading →

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Losing the Plot

Posted on April 30, 2017 by JC

I’m very close to finishing War and Peace and my favourite character has just died. I shouldn’t *spoil* it and tell you who my favourite character is. But I don’t suppose mentioning a character dies in a novel with “war” in … Continue reading →

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