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Bookville Junction
Books aren't dead, and they aren't about to die. From this junction you can
go to a world of books, "…old ones, new ones, loved ones…neglected
ones". A Golden Age quote, if ever there was one!
 | Golden Age: Some books seem to have the gift of eternal life.
We read them, our parents read them and our children will read them. The
Golden Age is for those who yearn for past days, when Bertie Wooster haunted
the Drones Club, Holmes and Watson went out into the London fog and the
Swallows and Amazons played happily in those idyllic summers before the
world fell apart in 1939. |
| SF and Fantasy: What
was the Golden Age of SF? Some would say the period between the wars - but
my Golden Age of SF was the era of the late fifties, sixties and early
seventies. That doesn't go with my Golden Age of Travel, of course, but
Golden Ages are magic, and anachronism abounds within them! |
| Review: Want to know what the latest Wilbur Smith is like? Or
read a review of some long forgotten book, conjuring up authors from the
boneyard of literary time? |
| History: Is history a dry dead topic to you? Or do you
marvel at the worn stones of Hadrian's Wall, and wonder how they really
were, those people from sunnier climes whose sandals paced the wind-battered
wall at the last outpost of civilization? Or thrill at the thought of being
led naked before the Ottoman Sultan, a new slave for his harem? Here you
will find interesting facts, reviews of books and an image or two to make
you stop and think. |
| Children: Looking for something to read to your little boy or
girl at bedtime. Free downloads here of new picture books - Timmy the
Tipper, Kate's Shoe and others to come. |
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