Wordsworth and Watercolors

The spin has spun and hasnae gone agley with: #17, Kidnapped , by Robert Louis Stevenson Och, we'll have a braw time! *  *  *  *  *  * A Somber Sonnet of Sunless Things On a dark and dreary night, When all living things lie still,— When awakes cold hollow Death, And Prudence flees in darkened fear, And Sorrow sleeps with one eye op'd, And Slumber w ith a frost-burn torch Slyly mutters  memento mori — Then must all who look on pages bound— Inky companions: even they— Prepare a  c reepy Classics Club Anthology of spinning books, Spelling out their company By number—always twenty! (The hyphens make it Gothic.) Huzzah for another Classics Club Spin ! I have not reviewed #41 , Lyrical Ballads , but needless to say it was a much adored spin.   For a reason which I can only suppose to be Hallowe'en I've written a poem for this one, of dubious clarity and meter. The books I've ended up with are all ones I'd love to read right about now! To say that the sp...

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Published 1895 Classics Club Review #6/ 50 IAN:  I'd set the class a problem with A, B, and C as the three dimensions. . . . . [ Flashback ] SUSAN:  It's impossible unless you use D and E! IAN:  D and E? Whatever for? Do the problem that's set, Susan. SUSAN:  I can't, Mr. Chesterton—you can't simply work on three of the dimensions. IAN:  Three of them? Oh, Time being the fourth, I suppose. Then what do you need E for? What do you make the fifth dimension? SUSAN:  Space.     Doctor Who, "An Unearthly Child", 1963 Episode written by Anthony Coburn ("Spoilers!") The opening scene of the novella, in which "the Time Traveller" gives us a lecture on the reality of physics, reminded me of Susan Foreman's frustrated near-breakdown in this first episode of Doctor Who—though I recognize that Susan and the Traveller are saying slightly different things.  Also, the flickering and the rush of wind as the model mac...