Monthly Archives: March 2010

Hush, listen the beating heart

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Iain

Yesterday I tweeted “currently wondering how many more times batman can have a double: hush, cacophony (of silence) and joker.” That was just before I read Paul Dini‘s Batman: Heart of Hush (which I picked up from the “sadly defunct … Continue reading →

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Unmaking the Unwritten

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Iain

Mike Carey and Peter Gross‘s latest installment of The Unwritten (issue 11) muses intriguingly on propaganda and the way that stories can be turned into very different things from the author’s intention. In Issue 10, Tommy Taylor (it would easy … Continue reading →

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A paler shade of blue – Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Iain

As a curio, I read Melissa de la Cruz‘s Blue Bloods, the first of the Blue Blood YA vampire series. I’m certainly not in the right market (wrong sex, too old) but the book does worry me slightly. The blue … Continue reading →

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Le Guin interviewed by Oregon Live

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Iain

A list I’m on had a link to this interview with Ursula le Guin on the Oregon Live website. Le Guin talks about the Google books settlement which she calls the “Google books grab” but the thing which shocked me … Continue reading →

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A review reviewed by Jesse Bullington

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Iain

Just got back from a trip to the Czech Republic with photos and more prints (though a distinct lack of wall space). Anyhow Jim Steel, reviews editor at Interzone, let me know that Jesse Bullington has commented on my review … Continue reading →

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