Cameron's Book Round-Up, Closing Out the Summer

I think I let this get too long. Blame the summer heat for making me lazy and stupid.

Book reviews, Written by: CameronCameron SummersAugust 17, 2022Charles Stross, The Laundry Files, The King In Yellow, Robert W. Chambers, P. Djèlí Clark, A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Fuller Memorandum, The Haunting of Tram CAr 015, The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale, After Dark, Haruki Murakami, Culture Warlords, Talia Lavin, Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler, Appleseed, Matt Bell, the Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi, Entangled Life, The Fractal Prince, Peter Watts, Blindsight, Dreams of Shreds and Tatters, Amanda Downum, John Dies at the End, Jason Pargin/David Wong, The Apocalypse Codex, World Without Mind, Franklin Foer, The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Heroes, Joe Abercrombie, The Rhesus Chart, The Annihilation Score Comment

Edgar's Book Round-Up, July 2022

It’s been brain-meltingly hot. Fortunately, one of the last things to go for me is my ability to process narrative!

Book reviews, Written by: EdgarC.-E. BoylesAugust 10, 2022Daryl Gregory, Charles Dickens, Waubgeshig Rice, Antonio R. Damasio, Ryu Murakami, Ralph McCarthy, Denis Johnson, Ursula K. LeGuin, Rax King, Richard C. Schwartz, Kikuko Tsumura, Polly Barton, Matt Bell, booksComment

Testosterone is a Hell of a Drug: Masculinity and Authoritarianism

There is, however, one generally acknowledged trait of masculinity: there is an inherent connection between masculinity and authority. While it isn’t impossible for a feminine individual to wield authority, in the eyes of most (or the big other), this happens in spite of that person’s femininity, not because of it. With a masculine leader, it’s commonly seen as more congruent.