James Franklin, “Corrupting the Youth: A history of philosophy in Australia”:http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/contents.html (Sydney: Macleay Press, 2003), 465pp. ★★★ (3 stars) This lively and opinionated history of philosophy in Australia is a good read, but lacks overall structure. This book has more of a personal intellectual story to it than most, for me. In late 2004 I [...]
Today I’ve posted the frontmatter and introduction of my PhD thesis on role-playing videogames, which now has “its own page here.”:http:/benhourigan.com/phd-thesis I’m really hoping to get some feedback on this, especially from gamers. Some reasons why you should read the thesis as I serialise it, so you can give me comments: * It’s the only [...]
More like a leaking reactor than a liberal arts faculty – Miranda Devine – www.smh.com.au Readers of Miranda Devine’s piece likening Sydney University’s Faculty of Arts to a “leaking nuclear reactor” may wonder whether its indoctrination of students with leftist propaganda and postmodernist nonsense is an isolated phenomenon. The answer is no. For the curious, [...]
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Kiss Me, Genius Boy is Ben Hourigan's debut novel, and the first of three volumes in the No More Dreams series. Available on the full range of ebook platforms starting at just 99c on Kindle, KMGB is an unforgettable tragi-comic tale of teen romance and obsession. Full details here.About
Ben Hourigan is an indie novelist, the author of Kiss Me, Genius Boy (2011). He is also the manager of digital operations at a Melbourne design publisher, a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of ebook label hourigan.co.
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