Robert Viking
@robertviking.bsky.social
Pen name of Robert Viking O'Brien, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, California State University, Chico. Writing about Shakespeare, movies, and books at https://robertviking.substack.com/. #amreading #Shakespeare #amwriting #historicalfiction
Unexpectedly, I'm visiting the #5amwritersclub.
June 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Unexpectedly, I'm visiting the #5amwritersclub.
I loved Michelle Moran's (@bymichellemoran.bsky.social) vivid and engaging _Nefertiti_. I wished it was three times as long. #booksky #HistoricalFiction
March 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I loved Michelle Moran's (@bymichellemoran.bsky.social) vivid and engaging _Nefertiti_. I wished it was three times as long. #booksky #HistoricalFiction
On my recent trip to Egypt, I was very glad I had read Toby Wilkinson's Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. #BookSky #travel #Egyptomania
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February 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On my recent trip to Egypt, I was very glad I had read Toby Wilkinson's Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. #BookSky #travel #Egyptomania
Every chapter of Toby Wilkinson's World Beneath the Sands made me feel the wonder of discovering ancient #Egypt. I give it five pyramids. #booksky 💙📚 #egyptology #archaeology
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December 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Every chapter of Toby Wilkinson's World Beneath the Sands made me feel the wonder of discovering ancient #Egypt. I give it five pyramids. #booksky 💙📚 #egyptology #archaeology
I loved @claymcleod.bsky.social's fever dream of a novel, Ghost Eaters. I'm eager to read more of his work.
January 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
I loved @claymcleod.bsky.social's fever dream of a novel, Ghost Eaters. I'm eager to read more of his work.
How Richard seduces Lady Anne in Laurence Olivier's Richard III: https://robertviking.substack.com/p/laurence-olivier-cranks-up-the-drama.
August 10, 2023 at 6:45 PM
How Richard seduces Lady Anne in Laurence Olivier's Richard III: https://robertviking.substack.com/p/laurence-olivier-cranks-up-the-drama.
An analysis of the first soliloquy in Laurence Olivier's Richard III: https://robertviking.substack.com/p/the-first-soliloquy-in-laurence-oliviers.
August 3, 2023 at 5:32 PM
An analysis of the first soliloquy in Laurence Olivier's Richard III: https://robertviking.substack.com/p/the-first-soliloquy-in-laurence-oliviers.
For the weeks leading up to the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth (August 22), I'll be posting about film versions of Richard III. Here's my first post, on the opening scenes of Laurence Olivier's masterpiece: https://robertviking.substack.com/p/laurence-oliviers-richard-iii.
Laurence Olivier's Richard III (Part One)
Titles and Opening Scenes
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July 31, 2023 at 12:45 PM
For the weeks leading up to the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth (August 22), I'll be posting about film versions of Richard III. Here's my first post, on the opening scenes of Laurence Olivier's masterpiece: https://robertviking.substack.com/p/laurence-oliviers-richard-iii.