I was talking with Mark Bould at the Clarke awards about New Weird and he reminded me of a project that I pitched some time ago. Did New Weird ever really exist or was it a fleeting moment? The question, in my mind, boils down to the nature manifestos and movements.
Manifestos and movements come [...]
Dr Who was back on good form with Lazarus Labs changing DNA. An interesting skit of Frankenstein with the usual conspiracy theory behind the Doctor. Or is it? Is it leading up to an interesting season finale with Harold Saxon?
My faith was almost restored with Supernatural this week where Sammy got possessed by the demon [...]
Making Light (yup, I’m catching up on my news feeds) has this advice about writing:
When we’re teaching SF&f writing at Viable Paradise, one of the things we always tell our students is to get the story started. Limiting yourself to dicking around with scene-setting and character introduction for the first few chapters gets you [...]
The Making Light blog has an interesting article on it about the New York times article. They use Gore Vidal’s definition of “book chat” - an article which is designed to tell you that its okay to read and like an author.
Having worked in bookselling, I really ought not to be surprised or at least [...]
The title sort of says it all but check out the site. The zine has Rudy Rucker’s review of Sutin’s biography and some interesting articles. BTW, its a bit of sod to download though but worth it.
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The totaldickhead blog has news of a Philip k Dick one day event up at Nottingham Trent University. The event website is here and this is the programme. I gather that tickets are free but contact the organisers via the website to get one.
9.30 am Registration: tea and coffee available in the foyer
10.00 [...]
Neil Gaiman has a pointer towards the Beowulf film and an interview with Michelle Pfeiffer on YouTube. I’m so looking forward to Stardust.
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