Zed
Not sure, saw the title at the library — maybe the bookstore — and thought about it, Pre-pandemic suggestion, maybe? 2020 copyright date, so maybe.
Starts at a different pace, but that could be determined by what I’ve been reading lately.
Zed
The Eiger Sanction
Posted as satire of the then-current crop of spy thrillers, the library kept recommending the novel.
Along a similar vein, I’m rather pleased to see Slough Horses as movie, coming soon to Apple TV.
Loved that series, Slough House, and I think it should translate well.
“Nevertheless, he intended to give it a handsome review in obedience to his theory that the surest way to maintain position at the top of the field was to advance and support men of clearly inferior capacities.” Page 38.
Surely satire.
Written with wit and verve. Dated. Mid, or even early 1970s. With that in mind? Really looking forward to the new Slough House series. Movie. Apple TV thing. The Eiger Sanction was fun, in a cold-war, spy-thriller that was intended as satire.
The Eiger Sanction
Rewrite Twitter Bio
cf., @kramerw
What it did say?
Austin, San Antonio, and onward, see the website for contact and details. astrofish.net/shop for readings…
What it should include?
Accidental astrologer, fawning Shakespeare fan-boi, writer, San Antonio & old Austin, Texas.
Reordered?
Writer, accidental astrologer, fawning Shakespeare fan-boy, author of astrofish.net…
Still under construction. Let me think upon this.
Rewrite Twitter Bio
Should mention, “Reel astrology,” Fishing Guide to the Stars, or?
Writer, accidental astrologer, fawning Shakespeare fan-boy, “reel astrology,” author of astrofish.net, see site for books, contact, readings, and horoscopes.
Working on it.
Grammatically challenged author of astrofish.net and subsidiary works, accidental astrologer, Shakespeare aficionado. Fishing Guide to the Stars.
Still not happy with it. Works in progress. Not sure what I’ll do.
@kramerw
at KramerW
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Shakespeare’s Richard III
Now, more than ever, a fairy tale like Shakespeare’s Richard III seems relevant. It is tale of a monarch, in his place of power by only the thinest shards of command structure, dubious, at best, and slowly, the population figures out the king, the commander, is an arrogant, conniving ruler.
In short? The historical King Richard III doesn’t even align closely with Shakespeare’s villainous version, but that doesn’t matter, as this is a fairy tale. Perhaps a dark tale for the times, and what to watch for.
When they carried off the body of Richard III for a seasonal Winedale production, the final banner read, “Car Park,” as that’s where his royal remains were found centuries later.
Previously, I’ve alluded to this, the might and majesty of Shakespeare’s lines are easy to see in the historical Henry VI plays, part 2, part 1, part 3. But that’s not what I was thinking about.
There is no evidence linking the historical Richard III with murdering the nephews in the Tower. But from a dramatic turn, what is different from having Tyrrel murder the babies, and bombing a maternity hospital, or theatre full of refugees?
Shakespeare’s Richard III
The video version, formerly a movie, and several seasons on stage, starring (Sir) Ian McKellen is an almost accessible version. I like it. As a metaphor, though, what happens when tyranny goes unchecked?
“But I am in
So far in blood that sin will pluck on sin.”
- Richard III (IV.ii.63)
The title is sometimes, The Tragedy of Richard III, although, it is positioned as a historical play. There is political pandering for the play’s position, and its reach, to the point there is a King Richard the Third anti-defamation society, valiantly trying to right a historical fiction’s image.
Shakespeare’s Richard III
This isn’t about the historical record, but more about evil, and what happens with characters when ambition, greed, asserts control.
While not word-for-word, the plot elements, and what is happening, politically
Hint: doesn’t end well.
Shakespeare’s Richard III
#Shakespeare
#Richard3
Texas Weather
In no particular order, on Monday, blizzard, or snow, in the Panhandle, devastating wildfires west, drought south, rain, and a couple of tornados. Or, as we called it, “Another Monday.”
It’s springtime in Texas.
March 22 Vincit Qui Primum Gerit
The last time I passed through on the way to work at the rock shop, I detoured alongside the freeway and The University of Texas, as its campus feels like it straddles the concrete juggernaut that runs from Laredo to Minneapolis, I think. Big road.
Lots of concrete. Some years ago, I worked, albeit briefly, renting apartments and managing a property for a buddy. Part-time gig, interesting as I got exposed to what I already knew, and fleshed out new ideas. Old student barrio, that was along Manor Road, pronounced, “MAY-nor.” Back in the days of yore? If I recall, $295 for a student studio. That’s the current daily rate, I think. But it al brought back a memory.
4103 North IH-35 Austin, Texas 78722
Store phone: 512-472-5015
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
That remembrance, triggered by the sight of students trudging their way towards campus brought back another reflection.
Most of the students had book bags, a backpack looking affair, with a single strap slung over a shoulder. Ambling in the wan March sun, heading towards the library, or classrooms, lectures, I’m not sure. But the book bags?
I have a saddlebag. Originally, it was custom-made by a saddle-maker, as he branched out into luggage, briefly, and it was a pricey piece of equipment in 1987-ish. I recall one woman, fellow student, looking at me with scorn, and calling it a purse.
Names stick around. In the ensuing years, I’ve been through a number of purses for travel and work, and now that the schedule is trimmed to just a few afternoons in a month? Like at Nature’s Treasures in Austin?
That “purse” works well. It’s perfect. When I ordered the custom bag, what I wanted was a simple briefcase with a shoulder strap. Fact that it’s heavy cowhide, and made by a saddle-maker of lineage and repute? Just that much cooler. That it might be more than 30 years old? Cooler still.
Seeing students with books bags slung over shoulders, I glanced in the back seat, and I could see my old book bag, still in use, years later.
astrofish.net/travel for details
Often in Austin — “It’s really him.”
March 22 Vincit Qui Primum Gerit
See listing for details — astrofish.net/travel.
March 22 Vincit Qui Primum Gerit
“First to arrive gets the best deal.”