Table of Contents for Jokes, Articles, Poems, Book Reviews, Genealogy, and Stories by Richard Seltzer — over 600 postings
12 min readOct 16, 2021
Book Reviews, Table of Contents
Genealogy, Table of Contents (including Extraordinary Women)
Poetry, Table of Contents
Grandad Jokes, Table of Contents
Writing Advice, Table of Contents
Essays from the book Why Knot? Table of Contents
Other Essays, Table of Contents
Fiction, Table of Contents
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Book Reviews, Table of Contents
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Young Jane Young
Levitation: Five Stories
Molloy
KGB Banker
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
The Long View: Essays, Poems, Stories by Susan Ford Wiltshire
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabreille Zevin
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz
Or What You Will by Jo Walton
The Golden Calf by Ilf and Petrov
The Authoress of the Odyssey by Samuel Butler
Mathilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley
Hallowed Be Thy Name: The Name-Glorifying Dispute in the Russian Orthodox Church and on Mt. Athos by Tom Dykstra
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
Genesis by Robert Alter
Eleanor of Aquitaine: a Biography by Marion Mead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarzcuk
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
The Bird King by C. Willow Wilson
Flights by Olga Tokarzcuk
Wakers by Orson Scott Card
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Fear Itself by Bette Bono
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Coulrophobia and Fata Morgana by Jacob M. Appel
The Genius of Paul: a Study in History by Samuel Sandmel
Prison Sex by Gay Walley
Diary of a Russian Lieutenant in the Russo-Chinese War by A. K. Zinevich
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
Penelope Returning by Susan Ford Wiltshire
Artscapes by Lee Woodman
Some Remarks by Neal Stephenson
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicholson
The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
To Gether Tales by Richard Seltzer (me)
Shakespeare’s Twin Sister by Richard Seltzer (me)
Nevermind by Richard Seltzer (me)
Breeze by Richard Seltzer (me)
Beyond the 4th Door by Richard Seltzer (me)
Parallel Lives by Richard Seltzer (me)
Gould’s Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
Love’s Journey Home by Gabi Coatsworth
Voss by Patrick White
In the Garden of the Fugitives by Ceridwen Dovey
Early Human History Rewritten, Review of The Horse, the Wheel and Language by David Anthony
The Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything Isn’t 42, Review of The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch (2012)
The Myth of the Bicameral Mind, A review of The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes (1976 and 1990)
The History by Herodotus
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Some Remarks, a collection of essays by Neal Stephenson
Artscapes, Poetry Collection by Lee Woodman
Penelope Returning, Poetry Collection by Susan Ford Wilshire
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
Diary of a Russian Lieutenant in the Russo-Chinese War by A. K. Zinevich
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
History of the Church by Eusebius
Mark, Canonizer of Paul by Tom Dykstra
The Messiah of Stockholm
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Tamerlane by Poe: Inspiration for Young Writers
Austerlitz
Lifescapes
Helgoland
Elsewhere
Tao Te Ching
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Lifelode
Neighbors and Other Stories
Among Others
The Tragedy of Arthur
Soumission
Thessaly: The Just City
The Music Shop
Thessaly: The Philosopher Kings
First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening
Klara and the Sun
The Origins and Development of Classical Hinduism
The Penelopiad
Ramayana
Hinduism
Miss Benson’s Beetle
Jana Bibi’s Excellent Adventures (Jana Bibi Adventures #1)
Love Potion Number 10 (Jana Bibi Adventures #2)
Emeralds Included: Jana Bibi Adventures #3
Isaac Newton
Fall, or Dodge in Hell
Honey and Salt
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Lives of Girls and Women
Who Do You Think You Are?
Runaway
A Single Rose
Mindscapes
The Writer’s Cats
The Pushcart Prize XLV: Best of the Small Presses 2021
The Love of a Good Woman
1066 And All That
Mrs. Craddock
Dance of the Happy Shades
Homescapes
One Good Turn
Circe
Case Histories
When Will There Be Good News?
Les Indes Noires
Hamnet
Started Early, Took My Dog
Big Sky
The Overstory
Open AI Review of Why Knot?
A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over by Gabi Coatsworth
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Genealogy
Extraordinary Women
1 — Syagria and Papianilla — Most Splendid Women
2 — Basina, A Woman Who Knew What She Wanted and Got It
3 — Ludmilla, Grandmother of Good King Wenceslaus and His Murderer
4 — Saint Olga — The Vengeful Beauty Who Converted Russia to Christianity
5 — Gormflaith, Legendary for Her Beauty and Her Wickedness
6 — Edith “the Gentle Swan” and Her Love Bites
7 — Empress-Mother Anna Dalassene
8 — Margaret, Matilda, Eleanor, and Joan
9 — The White Witch and the Chess Player
10 — The Price of Being a King’s Daughter
Ancestor Surfing
The Abraham Effect: The Future of Humanity Depends on You
Poetry
Dark Woods
Brief Reprieve
Sole Mate
Spare Change
Hemingway and e. e. cummings
The Way of the Web
Silence
Mist that Rises
Say “it” again with meaning
The View from Beacon Hill
Language Lessons
On Hearing Voznesenski
Saturday Night
Things Are War or Less the Same
On the Invasion of Cambodia
The Return of Odysseus
Ensemble
Our Language
Tree Trip
A Bucket Needs Water
The View from Beacon Hill
Rosetta Stone
To Mary and Her Sister from Southampton
Human Race
To a Teacher from Tournai Met in Lille
Toi
How to Ride a Cow and Milk a Horse
The Creation of Language
Your Story
Sign Me Up
The Third Tortoise
Journey to Fatherland
Change of a Lifetime
Homeric Riddle
If-aca
Punch line
To Beach, His or Her Own
Alternate Reality
Sonnets for Helen III by Ronsard
To Russian, With Love
Saving Time
Turning
Human Being
How many I’s am I?
Reader Four
Grandad Jokes
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Essays from If Not, Why Not? Thoughts to Open Your Mind
The Five Dimensions of Ordinary Life
Pep Talk to Myself as I Get Older, and Time Goes Faster
Our Time
The Abraham Effect: The Future of Humanity Depends on You
Highly Unlikely
Listening to Life with a Tin Ear
Where There’s a Will
One Beautiful Moment
Creation Story for the 21st Century
Getting Personal
There Is Everything That We Can Do
Foreword from the book Lenses
Our Time
Time Dilation
Never-Ending Now
The Time Between Time
Hemingway and e. e. cummings
Is Reality Discontinuous?
Moving Beyond the Limits of Science
An Ultimate Unit of Space and the Need for a New Calculus
Does Dark Matter?
A Vintage Look at the Future of the Internet
Does Light Matter?
Dialogue in Games, Art, and Life
Defining Action
The Endgame Generation Seeks Meaning
The Stages of Humanity
Truth and Consequences
Scared to Life
Why Do You Pray?
The Procrastination Index
Exemplary People: the Machinist and the Postal Clerk
Memory and Paths of Association
Names and Naming
In the Beginning Was the Need to Eat and Drink
Evolutionary Quirks
Language Lessons
Bird Color
The Future of War
Million-Dollar Opportunities
Is Entropy an Illusion?
Maui
Memory and Sex
Random Thoughts About Thought
Anti-Reason
What’s the It?
Multiplicity of Animal Languages
Word Substitution
Exploring the Preconscious
Philosophic Insight from the Blind
William James and Laura Bridgman
The Niche Theory of Evolution
Worm
Promised Land
Slavery and Industrialization
Context, Meaning, and Language
How to Save the Bahamas and Maybe the World as Well
Perhaps The Iliad and The Odyssey Commemorate a Loss Rather than a Victory.
The Day After the Day After Tomorrow
Why Didn’t God Make Little Green Mammals?
Rolling Boycott — a blueprint for turning public outrage into effective action
Did Large Dinosaurs Have Two Brains?
Alternate ‘War of the Worlds’ Plots
A PRISM Solution
Long-Overdue Constitutional Amendment
How to fix Congress? Eliminate Seniority
How to Fix Congress? Limit the Powers of the Leaders
An Outsider’s View of Distance Education
Delay, Rumination, and Compromise in Government
The Role of Vice President
Tax Credits for National Service?
Selling Money — An Alternative to Taxes
Make It Easy to Make Charitable Contributions at Tax Time
Certification for Panhandlers
Cultural citizenship — an alternative form of government made possible by the Internet
How to Deal with Dictators
How to Make the US Postal Service Competitive
Longevity and Governance
Why Do We Read/Write/Watch Stories?
Binge Reading Shakespeare
Reinterpreting Greek Myth
Reading and the Zerg
The Western Canon of Literature
Literary Periods and Man’s Changing Image of Himself
The Importance of Taking the Easier Path
The Curse of Moore’s Law
Homer and the Myth of the Author
Odysseus and the Centaurs
Neverending Story
Infocard — a business idea for the taking
Time for Reflection
Wild Speculation — Multiple Edens and Hominin Marsupials
Why didn’t the walls come tumbling down?
Trust your instinct when faced with a pressing moral dilemma
The Internet and The Human Spirit
Trigonometry and American Independence
Thoughts on the Significance of Ebooks
Timeless Scams
World War II Legacy
Decisive Moment
Yes-terday
Grandmother Bear
Engineering Question — Windmills and Walls
Do-It-Yourself Alphabet Book
Pee Pill
The Myth of Future Shock
Why Not Save a Hair?
Tangible Goods vs. Experiences
Intelligence Test Wish List
Lube Means Love
How to fight procrastination
Advice for Rental Car Companies
Customer Service 101
Programmable Mattresses
How to Expand Time
The Energy Cycle
Taking a fresh look at Will and Ariel Durant’s Story of Civilization
Fiction’s Honor Role
The Roots of Iconoclasm
How to Expand Time
Free-Style Time Management: Done List Instead of To-Do List
Creative Procrastination
Cigarettes — why not put a filter on the other end?
How to Cope With Reduced Weight on the Moon
Independent Agencies for Bank Business?
How to Facilitate Car Recalls
Pain Simulator
Outdated School Reunions
The Importance of Pissing Contests
Print Obituaries in Large Type
Predictable and Disastrous Belief in Magic
The History by Herodotus
The Slavery that Was Rome, in Plautus, Terence, and Petronius
Coffee and a Rose in the Morning, Delivered, by Subscription
Football, Basketball and Our Perception of Time
Living Eulogies
Euripides’ Lost Play: Suitors in Hell
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Other Essays
Adventures in Self-Publishing: The Lizard of Oz
A Hero of Ukraine and of Ethiopia
The Bugle Boy
The Nostalgia of Tomorrowland
Why Bother to Save Halloween?
Writing “Shakespeare’s Twin Sister”
Synopsis of my latest novel, We Met in Ithaca
Notes for a Workshop on Writing and Publishing
My Favorite Contemporary Books
Ancestor Surfing
Should You Publish Your Book on Medium?
Did You Watch Rome Season One?
A Vintage Look at the Future of the Internet
History Lessons
Suggestion Regarding Abortion and the Supreme Court
Guilt and Responsibility in The Odyssey
Living Eulogies
Euripides’ Lost Play: Suitors in Hell
Coffee and a Rose in the Morning, Delivered, by Subscription
Hero of Ukraine, Ethiopia, Manchuria, and Mount Athos
Football, Basketball and Our Perception of Time
To Beach, His or Her Own
Play Chess with the Dead
Need for Rear-View Mirror
Revisiting a Ukrainian Hero After Forty Years
My Thoughts on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Rainbow Generator
Testicle Warmer as Prophylactic?
Quantum Meditation
Connectedness: Another Way of Looking at Life and Death
Invisible Leash for Toddlers and Dogs
Fearful Symmetry
Rape Recorder
The Importance of Pissing Contests
Party Line — a Business Idea
Rebirth of Middle Names
Nothing is Everything
Alternate Statement of Quantum Theory
The Liberal Score Card
Fluff the Pillow — a Game Idea
The Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Us All
Observations on the Meaning of Meaning from Practicing the Piano
The Silence of the Cars
Would You Like a Huggle?
Stopping at a Stoplight in the Middle of Nowhere
What’s My Online?
How many I’s am I?
The Decoy and the Scarecrow
The Unwritten Contract Between Novelists and Readers
Don’t Forget the You You Were as a Caterpillar
Science?
Life in Different Scales of Size and Time
Thoughts on Space, Matter, Energy, and Time
The Gift of Unending Discovery
Having Fun with Open AI
AI Reflecting on the Purpose of AI
Family Music
Wakeup Punch
A Coded Message from Beyond
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Fiction
for children:
The Little Oops Named Ker Plop
Julie’s Book: The Little Princess
Now and Then
Tigers in the Intercom
Hundreds and Hundreds of Gerbils
Sign Me Up
How to Ride a Cow and Milk a Horse
The Lizard of Oz (one chapter at a time)
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