by Alex Dalenberg | Feb 9, 2015 | Fantasy, Vintage
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.February 9, 2015It is hard to believe these days, considering its popularity in the movies and pervasiveness on bestseller lists, but science fiction has only been around for less than 100 years. Much has been written about the origins...
by Alex Dalenberg | Jan 5, 2015 | Books, Vintage
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.January 5, 2015It was Robert Frost who likened writing free verse to playing tennis with the net down. And in keeping with that opinion, it certainly is easy to get the impression that most modern poetry is just lazy writing. ...
by Alex Dalenberg | Dec 29, 2014 | Books, Vintage
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.December 29, 2014A cornerstone of the Dalenberg Library is a collection of about six-hundred 19th Century dime novels. These are the wellspring from which pop-lit (as we know it from the 20th Century) evolved. The dime novels,...
by Alex Dalenberg | Oct 14, 2014 | Books, Vintage
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.October 13, 2014In 1931, well before Theodor Seuss Geisel published the childrens’ books for which he achieved his fame, he was drawing ads for Flit insect spray and publishing cartoons in magazines, most notably Life and the...
by Alex Dalenberg | Aug 25, 2014 | Books, News, people
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.The Dalenberg Library blog was created (in part) to highlight unique books, or forgotten books, or collectible editions in the Library. I have often digressed from that task to discuss music or art or films. But I have a lot of...
