Nader ElhefnawyJames Bond Continuation Novel Book Review: Icebreaker , by John GardnerWhere the action-adventure element of the revived James Bond series was concerned John Gardner went one way in Licence Renewed — trying to…6 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyBook Review: Cold Fall , by John GardnerAfter SeaFire there was another year without an original Bond novel (John Gardner published the novelization of the year’s Bond film…5 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyCentrism and the Mainstream News Media’s Complete Incapacity for Substantive Self-CriticismA couple of years ago I took up the issue of “media bias”, and identified six traits of the mainstream news media’s modus operandi that…4 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyThe Beginning of the End of the Cult of the Good School?By “cult of the Good School” I refer to the profoundly irrational hierarchy that exists among institutions of higher learning in the minds…3 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyOf “Optimism”“Optimism” has always struck me as a slippery word whose usage often betrays a lightness of mind. To be optimistic, after all, always means…2 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyThe Tomb of the Unknown ArtistLooking over the history of literature I am conscious that what I am looking over is a history of what was commissioned, completed…2 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyTeaching as a Day JobNot long ago I remarked my suspicion that one of the factors that has kept English departments supplied with low-cost adjunct labor has…2 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyWho Ends Up Teaching Composition at Our Colleges?It is a truism that, as Harold Coyle once quipped, “necessary and important but unpleasant duties” are, within large organizations…2 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyBook Review: Death is Forever, by John GardnerIn the opening pages of Death is Forever we learn that Cabal, a hugely successful Anglo-American spy ring run in East Germany during the…7 min read·18 hours ago----
Nader ElhefnawyDeadline ‘s “Most Valuable Blockbusters” Tournament, 2023 Edition: Eight ObservationsDeadline has wrapped up its latest “Most Valuable Blockbuster” tournament — rounded off its lists of 2023’s most profitable, and least…8 min read·18 hours ago----