picture of dorian gray

July 3 SF and Fantasy Events

BirthsGeorge Sanders was born on July 3, 1906, in St. Petersburg, Russia and died by suicide on April 25, 1972.He is more famous for his detective movies (The Saint, The Falcon) than anything else,...

The Great Book Adventure: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part Three

At the end of it all, is The Picture of Dorian Gray worth reading? Or are you like the painting of a sorrow,A face without a heart?-- Claudius, in Hamlet IV.vii.3251-2Appropriately enough, those are...

The Great Book Adventure: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part Two

Dorian Gray falls under Lord Harry's influence, to more than just his picture's detriment. "For there would be a real pleasure in watching it. He would be able to follow his mind into its...

The Great Book Adventure: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part One

The Picture of Dorian Gray opens with mixed results. "The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came...

The ‘Dorian Gray’ Galaxy

The latest Hubble release refers to the galaxy in the image above as the Dorian Gray galaxy. Probably this quote from Oscar Wildes book: The Picture of Dorian Gray will help explain why: I shall grow...

Should attending school be mandatory?

I'm posing this question because the majority of students, in every school i've been too anyway, seem to not take obtaining an education seriously (ie. ditching classes, being excessively rude to...

Marlowe's Dr. Faustus and the theme of the Overreacher

The overreacher, according to Marlowe, was a man of great eloquence and ambition, who desired to gain power over others. He is not satisfied with his situation and thus tries to reach for more. The...