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Gorgias’s ENCOMIUM OF HELEN

Posted by Dave Rick

It is an interesting thing to approach a field of study when one’s background lies elsewhere. Though I am currently pursuing a PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, my BA was in English Creative Writing and my MA more interdisciplinary English, emphasizing writing and literature. Thus, my exposure to classical rhetoricians has […]

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Jennifer R. Povey’s TRANSPECIAL

Posted by Dave Rick

No matter what Captain Kirk might say about Mister Spock, I have to say that it is Jennifer R. Povey’s Transpecial that, out of all science fiction I have read in recent memory, strikes me as “most human.” A tale of alien first contact and the struggle to coexist, Transpecial probes the ages-old question “What […]

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Reading List: Jennifer R. Povey’s TRANSPECIAL

Posted by Dave Rick

I have added Transpecial by Jennifer R. Povey to my summer reading list and will be sharing my thoughts on the novel here once I have finished it. However, the topic of the book is interesting enough that I wanted to share it up front. Quoted from its site description (link below): First Contact. With […]

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Raph Koster’s Theory of Fun

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I recently read A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster, a text that aptly fields, as advertised, a theory of the nature of fun as a cognitive phenomenon. Koster may be most notably recognized by those of my age group as the lead designer for Ultima Online and is now, from what […]

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