Monthly Archives: August 2007

The yellow brick road gets twistier?

Slice of SciFi reports that Warner have picked up the rights to the Oz books for future film development. Screenwriter Josh Olson and Mcfarlane toys/Spawn creator Todd Mcfarlane(Company link, Wikipedia) are hatching plans. Mcfarlane released the twisted Alice toys a … Continue reading

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Steve Aylett goes Playstation

Playstationseason have adapted one of  Steve Aylett‘s short stories, The Man Who’s Head Expanded, into a great animation. This so needs further entries but I can highly recommend his novel, Lint, which is great fun and quite possibly his most … Continue reading

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Sunburst adds YA to its roster

The Sunburst award, hailing from Canada, has announced that it will begin a Young Adult section to its awards which are announced in Autumn. Given the fact that the the YA genre bubble hasn’t burst, should organisations like the British … Continue reading

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Stephen King, signing and a Guardian blogger’s chip

I’m not sure what the chip on Alistair Harper’s shoulder is* but his blog post for the Guardian on Stephen King is one of the more crass posts that I’ve read. Taking the recent story about Stephen King siging books … Continue reading

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Cartoonists Interviews

PBS journalist, Charlie Rose, has created a fantastic archive of interviews with cartoonists over the years, including Charles Schulz. (via Forbidden Planet and BoingBoing). Well worth a visit.

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Christopher Barzak World Domination Day – August 28th

I’ve just had an email from Brooke over at The Stage @ Oakland blog who is organising a Christopher Barzak World Domination day for the publication of his debut novel, One for Sorrow. I’ve read a couple of short stories … Continue reading

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Spooky archaeology – Spook Country by William Gibson

I’ve just finished William Gibson’s Spook Country and find myself in two minds about it. To a degree I was a little disappointed with it, though I loved Pattern Recognition and its clean incisions into the world of the logo … Continue reading

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An enlightened lexicon – comments on the Darkening Garden by John Clute

John Clute’s Darkening Garden is short view into the world of horror and, as ever, is a fascinating look into the world of horror. It is also one of the most beautiful books I’ve seen this year. Its a collection … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Tomorrows today – Rian Hughes’ collection reviewed

Rian Hughes Yesterday’s Tomorrows is an absolute treat which comes from the 1980s and 1990s with the writing of Grant Morrison, John Freeman, Tom deHaven, Chris Reynolds and Raymond Chandler. My friend, Dick Jude, introduced me to the name by … Continue reading

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India and Pakistan reach 60 – can genre keep up with the real?

It’s the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of India and Pakistan. I find that my mind has turned to the lack of genre writing that concerns the region yet it has a long tradition of the fantastic. The genre scene … Continue reading

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