quote [ As soon as they can decode basic phonemes they will see a benefit. However, the real benefit starts when a child is a sufficiently competent reader that decoding is done subconsciously. In the UK and US this tends to be around the age of six to seven. The challenge is then about speed, vocabulary, confidence and comprehension. Same Language Subtitles has been proven to be remarkably effective at improving these skills. ]

quote [ Gertrude Elias ? talented artist who accused Orwell of stealing her ideas and artwork ? remained true to her beliefs ]

quote [ Billy-Bob gave a grunt as he left the range of the last human FTL music station in this sector. Reaching out he stabbed the entertainment console with a finger to turn off that damn xeno shit before it gave him a headache. None of that click clack bullshit for him. Hurt his ears ]

quote [ I call this format ?The Inconsequential Quest.? I?m sure readers will be very familiar with the form: a host chooses something that is of seemingly little importance and investigates it with a thoroughness and journalistic rigour that seems completely out of proportion to the original question. The resulting episode or series documents this journey in detail and ultimately reveals a conclusion that surprises and delights listeners. ]

quote [ Instead of a celebration of everything you know, an antilibrary is an ode to everything you want to explore. ]

quote [ ?The Papalagi??supposedly written by a Samoan chief in 1920?offered a societal critique, but carried on a problematic racial trope. ]

quote [ CAMP RULE #2: Fairy rings are generally benign. If there are the remains of a small animal inside the ring, however, inform camp management immediately. CAMP RULE #3 Don?t follow the lights. I can?t believe I even have to say this one. Don?t follow the lights! ]

quote [ It?s like Medieval Times, with a kiss of psychedelia. A book in which strange globules float freely, alien plants shimmy across the pages, and female figures slide into a pool of green plasma. Binding them all together? A beautiful, albeit entirely indecipherable script by an unknown author. The ?Voynich Manuscript,? is an ancient codex that after even 600 years has yet to be credited to anyone or cracked by the brightest philosophers, mathematicians or computer scientists. ]

quote [ American fiction of the 19th century often featured a ghoulish figure, the cruel doctor, whose unfeeling fascination with bodily suffering readers found both unnerving and entirely plausible. Looking at novels by Louisa May Alcott, James Fenimore Cooper, and Herman Melville, Chelsea Davis dissects this curious character. ]

quote [ So it?s no surprise that Spider-Man: Life Story #1 is a Spider-Man story ? except for when it isn?t. Sure, it?s definitely about Peter in the ?60s, not long after he was bitten by everyone?s favorite radioactive spider, but it?s also a look into just what some of Marvel?s other A-Listers were doing at the time. By revising Marvel Comics history with a modern eye and blending it with Marvel Universe history, Life Story #1 does what the real comics of the ?60s didn?t, couldn?t.

It takes an honest look at where Captain America would have stood on the Vietnam War. ]