318 pages Science Fiction Adventure/Military Science Fiction As flagged by the sub-genres in which this book is listed, it’s a science fiction tale full of action, much of which is military in tone. But it’s also a lot more than that. The story combines ancient history, via an archaeologist and his daughter, with the idea …
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Continuing the description of books on words in the list from post 1, which you’ll find here. Book 9: Collins English Dictionary On with the info. Hardback, 1786 pages, including four appendices; Weights and Measures, Chemical Elements, The Plant Kingdom, and The Animal Kingdom. It was published by HarperCollins in 1979; my version is the …
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Continuing the description of books on words in the list from post 1, which you’ll find here. Book 8: Bryson’s Dictionary for Writers and Editors On with the info. Hardback, 454 pages, including eight appendices covering topics from “Words ending in ‘able’ and ‘ible’” to “Numerals,” via “Metric prefixes” and “Main units of currency”. It …
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The 1st of the month is when I remind everyone that the creative writing contest table has been updated. You access it through the ‘Resources’ page, here. Many contests are free to enter and offer great cash prizes. Some seek unpublished or beginner writers. The table currently offers contests with entry dates from December 2019 …
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Continuing the description of books on words in the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. Book 7: Brit-Think/Ameri-Think (sub-titled – A Transatlantic Survival Guide) On with the info. Paperback, 176 pages. It was published by Harrap Books Ltd in 1986; my version is the 1992 edition and cost £5.95. It’s available in …
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480 pages Political Fiction/Dystopian/Literary Fiction Not for the faint-hearted. And, definitely not for the perennially depressed. But this is a book that should be read by everyone (I’m conscious of the contradiction). Set in a future UK too close for comfort, it examines the inevitable consequences of unfettered capitalism. The writing style is clever, sometimes …
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Continuing the description of books on words in the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. Book 6: A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang, by Julian Franklyn. On with the info. Paperback, 200 pages. It was published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1960 (yes, really!); my version is a reprint from 1981. Original …
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Continuing the description of books on words in the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. Post 2 is here, post 3 here, and post 4 here. Book 5: American English English American On with the info. Paperback, 47 pages. It was published by Abson Books London in Nov 1971; my version, revised …
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Continuing the description of books on the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. Post 2 is here, and post 3 here. Book 3: A Miscellany for Word Lovers On with the info. Paperback, pages 214. It was published by How To Books in 2014. Original cost £7.99, and currently available at £5.61. …
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Autumn Leaves. The 1st of the month is when I remind you that the creative writing contest table has been updated. It lives on the ‘Resources’ page, here. For new visitors: Many contests are free to enter and offer great cash prizes. Some seek either unpublished or beginner writers. The table currently offers contests with …
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Continuing the description of books on the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. Post 2 is here. Book 2: A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, by Eric Partridge. On with the info. Hardback, 1,400 pages, approximately 61,600 word definitions (a guestimate). It was published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1984. …
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Beginning the description of books on the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. On with the info. ‘A Dictionary of Misunderstood Misused Mispronounced Words’ Edited by Laurence Urdang, is the first book on my list of word books to bring to your attention. I’m doing this alphabetically; laziness, I guess, although calls …
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For a few years I’ve been posting about word choice here. It seems timely to let you know the sources for the information and ideas I’ve presented. Before I started writing seriously, which preceded mobile phones, personal computers, and even electronic typewriters, I developed an interest in words: a fascination for the huge variety of …
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This short novel takes an unusual idea (one deserving a lot more attention) and sends it on a fascinating journey. I’ll make it clear now that I’m agnostic, so carry none of the usual religious hang-ups about discussing the force, entity or whatever name you wish to give to the mythical being generically known as …
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Word Cloud via wordart.com This series has been examining Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary (those words shown in italics). This final post is an index to help new visitors access the posts they most wish to read. For definitions of the figures of speech, click here to go to the …
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