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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Make room behind that sofa – Doctor Who on Saturday
Daleks are the scariest monster in Doctor Who according to a BBC poll. They are coming back in the latest episode for a two parter which sees the Doctor out of his depth apparently. Whist I like the Daleks and … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett
Sky’s Hogfather arrives on DVD. Those folk over at Forbidden Planet have a signing with both Terry Pratchett and Jean Vadim on April 23rd in the evening between 6 and 7. Details here
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Pulitzer takes a hike down the Road
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road has won the Pulitzer prize in a story from the Guardian. A dystopian novel leavened by some wonderful prose, it got Clute all hot and bothered when it didn’t appear on the Clarke award shortlist (a … Continue reading
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BBC archive test run
An article on the BBC says that the corporation is to run a trial on releasing its archive with a view, one hopes, to releasing the whole archive to everybody via Freeview or IPTV. In my wilder dreams, I hope … Continue reading
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Court of the Air in cartoon form
Just in case that you are not convinced (and why not may I ask?) about Court of the Air, Stephen Hunt has this promo animated film on YouTube
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David Pescovitz has linked to this intriguing article with Jane McGonigal in the San Francicso Weekly. She is working on Alternate Reality Games, such as World Without Oil, which aim to harness the power of the larger community to begtin thinking … Continue reading
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Rudy Rucker and Psipunk
Rudy Rucker has been updating his post about the Psipunk lecture in Amsterdam. It links to all sorts of videos and interviews so well worth a dip into. Â
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Hellblazing Rankin….
Ian Rankin, according to the Scotsman , is taking over the Hellblazer book for a mini-series. I’m hoping that we’ll get the to the darker heart of Constantine with him that Mike Carey had. I’m not entirely convinced by Denise … Continue reading
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Redefining Utopia – Kim Stanley Robinson interviewed
What started you writing? I have always loved to read, and when I was in college I began to write poetry and then short stories, just to see if I could. I felt the urge to try it. I gather … Continue reading
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Cold war? – Ken Macleod interviewed
Many thanks for your time. You’re welcome, and thank you for having me on your blog. You contributed a short story to the GlorifyingTerrorism anthology but you are not really known as a short story writer. What made you contribute? … Continue reading
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