Saturday, October 31, 2009

Time for ghosts and things that go bump in the night.

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It's the night when all sorts of things go walking about, so I thought this would be the perfect time to post an excerpt or two from my ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Vanda Symon: The Ringmaster

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Sometimes cloning sounds like a good idea. This past week I could have used a clone or two. It's been a week since my last entry here ...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XVII

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This is another quatrain to which FitzGerald made only minor changes over the five editions. First Edition: Quatrain XVII They say the Lion ...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Kim Newman: Anno Dracula

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I must admit that I'm one of those old fogies who believes that the best vampire story ever written was by Bram Stoker and the ones that...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Lin Yutang: October 10, 1895--March 26, 1976

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The following is from the Wikipedia entry on Lin Yutang: "Lin Yutang...was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished s...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

DARK CITY: SF Film Noir

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Dark City definitely belongs in the Most Interesting SF Film Category. I have now seen the theatrical version twice and just recently vie...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XVI

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A few words about Quatrain XVI, the first Edition, and its versions in the Second and Fifth Editions. First Edition: Quatrain XVI Think, in...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Combination Plate 9

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Several short comments about some books I've recently read and films I've recently watched. Run Lola Run : a film German import in E...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

T. S. Eliot: September 26, 1888--January 4, 1965

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T. S. Eliot--poet, playwright, and critic. He is a favorite of mine, and "The Hollow Men" is one of my favorite poems by him....
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Samuel R. Delany: The Einstein Intersection

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I suspect that Samuel Delany is one of those SF writers that readers either highly admire or find unreadable. My own reaction is mixed: so...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Ray Bradbury: A Sound of Thunder--story and film

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A number of Ray Bradbury's stories and novels have been made into films, with varying degrees of success. Few really have been able to ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XV

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Quatrain XV First Edition And those who husbanded the Golden Grain, And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate ...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: ROADSIDE PICNIC and STALKER

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While Arkady and Boris Strugatsky have collaborated on a number of novels, Roadside Picnic is probably their best known work in the West. ...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Loren Eiseley: Sept 3, 1907--July 9, 1977

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Loren Eiseley: anthropologist, poet, essayist, teacher, philosopher, scientist, humanist. Back in the early '60s, I subscribed to Time ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Combination Plate 8

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Kim Stanley Robinson Vinland the Dream and Other Stories Kim Stanley Robinson is one of my favorite SF writers, a result of discovering his ...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XIV

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This quatrain is fairly straightforward, and Edward FitzGerald seems to be quite satisfied with it since I can find only minimal changes ...