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Disappointingly a short story that had nothing to do with circuses. With the Circus Tresaulti book still spinning round my head I picked it from the titles on my Kindle believing it to be a novel, but downloaded from Project Gutenberg it turned out to be a circular tale of a humanoid alien trying to convince an author to help him tell people he's from an alternate universe very similar, but not quite the same as our earth. Does the author believe him? He sure does. Can he help to get his story out there? Unlikely. Why? No one will believe him. The author shows the alien his latest story and it's exactly the story the alien had just told him. Sadly this story has not aged well.
Mar. 10th, 2012
Disappointingly a short story that had nothing to do with circuses. With the Circus Tresaulti book still spinning round my head I picked it from the titles on my Kindle believing it to be a novel, but downloaded from Project Gutenberg it turned out to be a circular tale of a humanoid alien trying to convince an author to help him tell people he's from an alternate universe very similar, but not quite the same as our earth. Does the author believe him? He sure does. Can he help to get his story out there? Unlikely. Why? No one will believe him. The author shows the alien his latest story and it's exactly the story the alien had just told him. Sadly this story has not aged well.
The fun history of underwear for children, useful for ages 7 – 10, or even slightly older, depending on the child, of course. Underwear isn't a subject you can find much source material on, especially for this age range, so this is a welcome addition to books on costume even if it does have a jokey approach and cartoon illustrations that are more about appeal than accuracy. It offers a pretty good outline of different types of underwear for men and women through the ages. There was one glaring omission in women's body shapes/corsetry. The timeline jumped from 18th century panniers to 19th century Victorian hooped skirts and completely missed out the more relaxed Regency styles and shapes, which was a short but important fashion period. That apart it seemed to cover most points from loin-cloths via jockstraps to boxers and from corsets via bloomers to thongs.
The fun history of underwear for children, useful for ages 7 – 10, or even slightly older, depending on the child, of course. Underwear isn't a subject you can find much source material on, especially for this age range, so this is a welcome addition to books on costume even if it does have a jokey approach and cartoon illustrations that are more about appeal than accuracy. It offers a pretty good outline of different types of underwear for men and women through the ages. There was one glaring omission in women's body shapes/corsetry. The timeline jumped from 18th century panniers to 19th century Victorian hooped skirts and completely missed out the more relaxed Regency styles and shapes, which was a short but important fashion period. That apart it seemed to cover most points from loin-cloths via jockstraps to boxers and from corsets via bloomers to thongs.