Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • Review Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness

    Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Le Guin By the time I read Left Hand Of Darkness in the 1990s, science fiction novels addressing issues of gender and sexuality were, if not mainstream, certainly not revolutionary. Not so when Le Guin published this landmark book in 1969. This is the story of Ai, sent to the…

  • The BQ(Q) – Michael Iverson

    Michael is fifty and running sub 3 hour marathons. Completely inspiring for an old man like myself. Thanks for sharing your story, Michael.   Name Michael Iverson Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 44 Height: 6’0″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 155 At which marathon did you get your first…

  • Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Top five novel of the small-group-keeps-knowledge-alive-in-post-apocalyptic world sub genre of science fiction. You either love this kind of novel or you don’t. I love them, and have read scores, A Canticle for Leibowitz is among the best. It spans hundreds of years, and includes scores of characters all…

  • The BQ(Q) – Eddie

    Name Eddie Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 28 Height: 5’5’ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 145 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Steamtown Tell us a little about the race. It was my first marathon. 3,000 participants. Modeled after Boston – point to point, net downhill.…

  • The BQ(Q) Norman W

    Name Norman W. Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 34 Height: 6′ 0″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 158 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Richmond, VA Tell us a little about the race. Fairly flat, easy course, decent support and a nice downhill at the very…

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    The BQ(Q) – Phil

    Name Phil Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 24 Height: 5′ 8″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 145 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Chicago   Tell us a little about the race. Signed up on a whim about 6 weeks before the race. I was very…

  • Sjowall and Wahloo’s Laughing Policeman

    The Laughing Policeman, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo The fourth novel in Sjowall and Wahloo’s Martin Beck series of Marxian police procedurals.  Set in Sweden in the 1960s and 70s, the Beck series are both page turning detective stories, and indictments of what the writers viewed as a society full of liberal promise on the…

  • The BQ(Q) – George

    Now this is cool, George ran Boston in 1970, the last time it was possible to do so without qualifying, and qualified the next year with a 3:30. Excited to share this little story from the golden era of running.   Name George Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 23 Height: 5’8″…

  • The BQ(Q) – John

    Name John Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 31 Height: 6 Feet  Weight (at the time of first BQ): 145 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Rock N Roll Arizona 2016 Tell us a little about the race. Calm wind, 50 degrees at start. Ran even splits, finished at…

  • Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow

    Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon I read it. Cover to cover. I was 19 and people said it was a work of genius, so I gave it a go. Did I understand it? No. Was it pure hubris to think I could understand one of the pivotal works of this difficult author with no background what…