Brevet Captain

Brevet Captain
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax and Cabbages and Kings.

About Brevet Captain

I am a reader and writer who appreciates the comedy and decency of dogs, the subtleties of whiskey, and the pure beauty of a pulling guard in the open field.

Writers whose works I love: Neal Stephenson, Thomas Pynchon, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Herman Melville, Ishmael Reed, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Feodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and James Joyce.

Email at PeterRobJon at gmail
Twitter: BrevetCaptain

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William Gibson

01-Aug 12

Murakami, continued

And still sludging through 1Q84. I like the writing, but what a doorstop this thing is. I feel like I am getting way less a return on my time than with other megafiction like Infinite Jest or Mason & Dixon. Still, I do want to see it through. Then on to William Gibson.

12:55 pm, by brevetcaptain
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02-Aug 12

Steampunk Proposal. Thoughts?

First Proposal Under the Cut. Feedback appreciated.

3:38 pm, by brevetcaptain
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tagged: steampunk, books, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson,

16-Aug 12

Spook Country

For a least the third time, I’m starting @greatDismal’s second book in the BlueAnt trilogy. I think it has aged enough on the shelf as I like it more this time.

5:14 pm, by brevetcaptain
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tagged: books, William Gibson,

20-Sep 12

Damn

The @GreatDismal can write. I mean Gibson’s sentences are so artful I don’t mind the generally convoluted plots.

3:26 pm, by brevetcaptain
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tagged: lit, William Gibson,

20-Feb 13