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reviewer and book
This reviewer read the book when it was first brought out in England with a sense of discovery and excitement.
Throughout his life Orwell continually supported himself as a book reviewer, writing works so long and sophisticated they have had an influence on literary criticism.
Ralph Thompson, a book reviewer for The New York Times, was critical of the length of the novel, and wrote in June 1936:
I happen to feel that the book would have been infinitely better had it been edited down to say, 500 pages, but there speaks the harassed daily reviewer as well as the would-be judicious critic.
Over decades, she has continued to write while employed in a wide variety of jobs — as book reviewer, economic graphanalyst, editor, EKG technician, food analyst, laboratory technician in penicillin research, nurse's aide, office manager, payroll bookkeeper, photographer, pollster, public relations, publicist and store detective.
Fiennes was later criticised by the reviewer of another book for the personal nature of his attacks on Huntford, and for his apparent assumption that his own experiences as a polar explorer gave him unique authority.
The book was called a " tendentious, self-important, sloppily reasoned work that gives feminism a bad name " by the New York Times principal book reviewer Michiko Kakutani.
The famously abrasive columnist and restaurant reviewer A A Gill in his 2005 book The Angry Island called Stow " catastrophically ghastly " and " the worst place in the world ", resulting in an angry response from the town's mayor.
A reviewer of Wrathall's book stated: " An ontology of unconcealment ... means a description and analysis of the broad contexts in which entities show up as meaningful to us, as well as the conditions under which such contexts, or worlds, emerge and fade.
A reviewer of Lord's book stated that Lord's photographic evidence showing a strong physical resemblance between Niven and Comyn-Platt " would appear to confirm these theories, though photographs can often be misleading.
His role at the newspaper was equivalent to the modern book or theatre reviewer.
Unlike many other works by King, there is little focus on the supernatural ; the only such event in the book is a telepathic vision, which forms a link to King's novel Gerald's Game ; although reviewer Sean Piccoli observed the novel otherwise contained " vintage bone-yard King: the tiny town, the secret lives.
A reaction against this tradition, poet Leonard Cohen's novel Beautiful Losers ( 1966 ), was labelled by one reviewer " the most revolting book ever written in Canada ".
" Smith notes that a reviewer from The New Republic compared the book to T. S.
One reviewer from The New York Times called the book " a remarkable volume " and compared Patchen's work to Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, D. H. Lawrence, and even to the Bible.
One book reviewer described it as " a companion every serious songwriter should read, and read again, and keep handy for referral.
* Cortney Lance Bledsoe, poet, writer, and book reviewer, was born in Wynne in 1976.
She was also a regular book reviewer for Books & Bookmen and later at The Evening Standard in the 1990s.
Starting in 1931, Taylor worked as book reviewer for the Manchester Guardian, and from 1957 he was a columnist with the Observer.
After being introduced by a college friend in 1964 to the producers of Take 30 an afternoon variety show run by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) Clarkson was hired by the Crown corporation as a freelance book reviewer.
Concerning volume one of the book, The Sunday Times reviewer Oscar Turnill wrote that " Fleming was right in judging the children's market ripe for the ... cliff hanger " and praised his " avuncular and knowledgeable storytelling ", which was matched by Burningham's illustrations.
She passed it on to Barbara Grier in 1968, who had been contributing to the magazine as a book reviewer and poetry writer.
* Public radio interview of Mary Doria Russell and NPR book reviewer Alan Cheuse discussing historical fiction.
One exasperated reviewer, Harold Hotelling, likened the book to “ proving the multiplication table by arranging elephants in rows and columns, and then doing the same for numerous other kinds of animals ”.

reviewer and at
In its review of the 1989 London revival, the reviewer for The Guardian wrote that the " production also strikes me as infinitely superior to Harold Prince's 1975 version at the Adelphi.
A reviewer from the American Art News stated at the time that " Dada philosophy is the sickest, most paralyzing and most destructive thing that has ever originated from the brain of man.
A reviewer at the National Institutes of Health evaluates a grant proposal.
Continuing to ride what one movie reviewer has called a " pop cultural wave ," they also appeared at a live show in April 2009 for the comedy film I Love You, Man.
The reviewer lauded the game's learning curve and stated that there would be no other puzzle game on the Game Boy Advance at the time that can " rival Kuru Kuru Kururin for its sheer addictiveness and fun-value.
Comfort Eagle itself was released on July 24, 2001, to good reviews ; Michael D. Clark of The Houston Chronicle described it as " Cake at its best ", while a reviewer for the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that the album's songs were " among the best of the band's career ", praising McCrea for widening his vocal repertoire.
" Allmovie reviewer Keith Phipps stated that: " The last, to date at least, of George Romero's living dead films is in many respects the least interesting, although it's not for a lack of ambition.
Newsweek revealed in June 2001 that print ads for at least four movies released by Columbia Pictures, including A Knight's Tale and The Animal ( 2001 ), contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not exist.
Over time, the reputation of the film has improved tremendously, and it is now considered a classic, with at least one reviewer calling it Sturges's " masterpiece " and " one of the finest movies about movies ever made.
As far north as Fairbanks, Alaska, a reviewer wrote that, if the film had been shown to the people of Europe before the war started there would have been no war :"' Civilization ' is worth $ 1. 50 today, tomorrow, or at any time.
One reviewer even accused Patchen of being " naive ," a common criticism aimed at his work, particularly regarding his fervent, pacifistic beliefs.
After The Lady Eve premiered at the Rialto, The New York Times reviewer, Bosley Crowther characterized the film as " a sparkling romantic comedy.
" Critical response was favourable with a Sounds reviewer calling the album " his most intriguingly involved since Astral Weeks " and " Morrison at his most mystical, magical best.
The New York Times reviewer stated at the end of the review " there will be no romantic-adventure lover left unsatisfied.
Times reviewer made this point explicitly: " This air age, when death comes too swiftly for heroism or with no survivors to record it, can still turn with wonder to an age before yesterday when a thousand deaths at sea seemed the very worst the world must suffer.
The album was released in November of the same year, and was critically well-received-with one reviewer suggesting " pretty much the only thing standing in Nile ’ s way at this point is the fact that we as listeners have become so accustomed to the band ’ s excellence that another excellent album seems almost par for the course ".
A New York Times television reviewer added this editorial note at the end of a glowing review for A Town Has Turned to Dust, a show about racism and bigotry in a small Southwestern town: "' Playhouse 90 ' and Mr. Serling had to fight executive interference ... before getting their play on the air last night.
Of the May 1899 concert at St. James's Hall, London, The Musical Times reviewer remarked on the rawness of some of the music, but praised the " boldness of conception and virile strength that command and hold attention.
Although a limited release-because it was so unique and at odds with everything else on the market – it was picked up on by NME who championed the band, although one guest reviewer, John Lydon of Public Image Limited condemned the band as " trendy hippies.
According to comedy folklore, after a reviewer once criticised his act for its lack of jokes, Bailey returned the following night, at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, to perform a set composed entirely of punchlines.
A reviewer of an Elgar recording by one of the other orchestras remarked, " these symphonies really deserve the LSO at its peak.
Their reviewer expressed distaste at the immortality of the player character, saying that it made the lives of characters " cheap and meaningless ", although other reviews welcomed this aspect, saying it was " implemented perfectly " and did not make the game easier.
Another reviewer viewed the work as an odd attempt at reviving old Transcendental thoughts, " the speculations of that school of thought which culminated at Boston fifteen or eighteen years ago.

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