by Upton Sinclair ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 25, 1950
An American scientist sent to the South American jungles to investigate curare and other plants finds himself and his almost grown son and daughter completely cut off from civilization and threatened by change of chieftains among the head hunters who had been their friends. So they escape- and by sail boat eventually reach New York to find it a wasteland. The only survivors of a world wide plague, distributed in chemical-biological warfare, are gangsters and ignorant guttersnipes. The girl escapes one man bent on making her his prisoner by poisoning him with her fingernail dipped in curare. The boy is shot-but not badly hurt. Eventually, they join forces with a family of refugees from the plague in Iceland, and then meet with aviators back from a 15-year expedition to Mars. Two Martian women are released to dig their way under the earth there to populate the world, while the rest of the survivors set out in the plane to return to Mars. Plenty of opportunity for some cynical commentary on the contrary forces at large in the world, and situations that are a blend of superman and the comic strips, in straight farce. Can't see it in production, as there is little build up to a climax or opportunity for action.
Pub Date: Aug. 25, 1950
ISBN: 0670295035
Page Count: 127
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: April 11, 2012
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1950
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by William Strunk & E.B. White ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 1972
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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