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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Kim Lakin-Smith ties a Tourniquet
> Kim Lakin-Smith’s debut novel, Tourniquet, is an intriguing read and becomes a decidedly different novel by the end. Ostensibly this is a novel of subcultures and layers of false belief but it becomes larger than its pieces of Goth … Continue reading
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Charles Stross posts a bit of Halting State online
Charles Stross has posted some chapters of Halting State on his site. Its not a huge amount given that Orbit’s version (UK edition) appears next year. More when I’ve finished the book…
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Detente in Middle Earth?
Entertainment Weekly are reporting that there may be a small détènte between New Line and Peter Jackson about the filming of the Hobbit, though not no actual progress. Jackson still has to deal with the live action TinTin and another … Continue reading
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Going Gently from that good radio
Part one of Radio Four’s version of Dirk Gently is online now for downloading. Part two on the 10th.
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Psychopathic Joker in Dark Knight Returns
Slashfilm has a post regarding Heath Ledger’s take on The Joker in the forthcoming Dark Night Returns (teaser site, teaser treailer). According to Michael Caine he’s less Nicholson scary uncle and more murderous psychopath. Having had doubts about the revival … Continue reading
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Rocket powered X-Wing ready for take off
OMG, Gizmodo have got a picture story of a 21 foot long X-Wing that actually flies with rocket power. The launch is scheduled for next week and it even has an R2D2 unit in the back and the X wings … Continue reading
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Takei gets heavenly body
On a slightly odd note, George Takei now has an asteroid named after him, formerly known as 1994 GT4. He joins Nichelle Nicholls, Gene Rodenberry, Asimov and Heinlein for astronomical bodies in space.
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