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...Though a bit pedantic, the claims Pinker makes about words and meaning are logical and well-founded, and his nerdy enthusiasm for verbs is enough to sustain a degree of interest. “Our trip down the rabbit hole has taken us to a semantic wonderland,” Pinker gushes.His articulate discussion of space, time, and causality exhibits a wide range of knowledge on topics seemingly unrelated, yo-yo-ing between Immanuel Kant and comic strips. Pinker also displays his aptitude for smooth literary timing and phrasing, framing his chapter on the semantics of causation with images...
WINTERS’ WONDERLAND...
...Hard boiled Wonderland and End of the World, 1985 A sci-fi tale set in the Tokyo of the future amid a technology war. In alternating chapters, the unnamed protagonist, the sole survivor of an experiment to implant decoder chips in humans, fights to reunite his mind and shadow. Winner of the Junichiro Tanizaki award, the Japanese Pulitzer...
High on the list was the highly anticipated release of the seventh Harry Potter book. So, months later, Harvard Square became Hogwarts Square, a wonderland for children dressed in wizard costumes and adults dressed in considerably more elaborate wizard costumes...
...These are not, however, books for adults. Unlike ‘Huckleberry Finn’ or ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ the Potter series is not written on two levels, entertaining one generation while instructing another,” he wrote. “Rather, it is in the category of Tom Swift and Dr. Dolittle; I was hooked on reading by them, but have laid aside my electric rifle and no longer talk to horses...