literature

What makes something "Kafkaesque"?

The evolution of the book

The pleasure of poetic pattern

Who IS Sherlock Holmes?

The poet who painted with his words

A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram

Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry

How science fiction can help predict the future

How to write descriptively

The science behind the myth: Homer's "Odyssey"

How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts

What "Orwellian" really means

My year reading a book from every country in the world

Should we simplify spelling?

When to use "me" "myself" and "I"

A poetic experiment: Walt Whitman interpreted by three animators

Buffalo buffalo buffalo: One-word sentences and how they work

Who am I? A philosophical inquiry

When to use apostrophes

Where did English come from?

Why tragedies are alluring

How to use a semicolon

The battle of the Greek tragedies

Can a computer write poetry?

The art of first impressions -- in design and life

Did Shakespeare write his plays?

Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter

A brief history of melancholy

How scientists and artists search for truth

How to build a fictional world

Mysteries of vernacular: Robot

Vampires: Folklore fantasy and fact

Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages?

Shakespearean dating tips

What's the definition of comedy? Banana.

An ode to envy