I live in a house full of books. Well, perhaps not full, but certainly replete with them. My wife's rules are: 1) I can't put up any more shelves; and 2) I can only buy a book if there is room to fit it on a shelf. This regime keeps matters under reasonable control.

Articles

The Beauty and Burden of Books : (September 1992)
    What use is a book?

The Pleasures of Poetry : (February 1996)
    How words turn into magic

Book Reviews

"The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
    Fantasy too good for kids

"The Time of the Ghost" by Diana Wynne Jones
    A ghost story to conjure with!

"The King of Inventors" by Catherine Peters
    A Life of Wilkie Collins

"The Game of Kings" by Dorothy Dunnett
    "What's the best book you've ever read?" Well, the best six books, perhaps...

"The Dilbert Principle" by Scott Adams
    The funniest view of a depressing world you'll ever see.

"Newton's Clock" by Ivars Peterson
    Are the gears slipping?

"Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy" by Robert Jourdain
    How music makes life bearable

"Post Mortem" and sequels by Patricia Cornwell : (August 1998)
    Cornwell takes a literal approach to dissecting a mystery...

By the way, don't forget also to visit my web site dedicated to the works of Wilkie Collins, a Victorian-era writer of `sensation fiction`. Click here for the Wilkie Collins Appreciation Page.

While we're talking about books, don't forget to visit the greatest online bookstore of them all, Amazon.com!