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“By Jove, the Monocle Has Returned,” and Other News
By
Dan Piepenbring
March 10, 2014
On the Shelf
Illustration: Jean-Baptiste Adolphe LaFosse, c. 1854.
Writing advice for children
: “If you can get inside the creepy, disgusting mind of a monster you will really scare your reader.”
For more than a century, the
Times
has seldom passed up
an opportunity to discuss the monocle
: “Monocles used to be gimmicky … but now people realize they are useful with menus and theater programs.”
Thirty cult films you must see
, including
Sharktopus
: “the tale of a genetically engineered half shark, half octopus who wreaks havoc at the beach.”
At last,
a quantum leap in airship technology
—the new Airlander can stay aloft for three weeks, and is, despite its bulbous bloat, pretty handsome to behold.
Silence is now
a luxury product
. “The fiercely defended philosophy of the quiet car is spreading.”
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