Eat me, drink me… bite me? C. L. Dodsgon falls foul of vampire favor in Anno Dracula by Kim Newman (1992, reprinted 2011). The novel is set in Victorian England. Count Dracula… [read full post]
C. L. Dodgson mistrusted by vampires
The Blog of the LCSNA
Month: June 2011
A few elaborate Alice in Wonderland tattoos
Alice’s Wonderland in the New Yorker
“Alice’s Wonderland” is the perfect title for Rebecca Mead’s article in the June 17 issue of The New Yorker, (the full text of which is only available in the print… [read full post]
What’s in a pen name?
There’s a new history of pen names out by Carmela Ciuraru (real name?) called Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms ($24.99). The story of Lewis Carroll’s name is… [read full post]
Carroll’s Illustration for The Mad Gardener’s Song posted on The Huffington Post
Carolyn Vega, manuscripts cataloger for the Morgan Library & Museum, posted a nice picture included in a letter from Lewis Carroll to illustrator Harry Furniss, on The Huffington Post last week, Lewis… [read full post]
Alice in Barcode
Since it has been translated into most human languages, I for one welcome new translations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for our new robot overlords. Here it is now in… [read full post]
Oxfork Underground Restaurant Spotted
Madness Returns next week! The long awaited sequel to American McGee’s Alice
On June 14, Electronic Arts will release American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns, the sequel to the 2000 computer game American McGee’s Alice. The new game will run on PlayStation 3 and… [read full post]
Alberto Manguel’s Return to Wonderland
Check out the summer 2011 Threepenny Review, out of Berkeley, California. There is an article by Argentinian author Alberto Manguel called “Return to Wonderland,” which is also online as a… [read full post]