Warren Ellis's Blog, page 245

Damn. I started a long essay over the weekend, and today...

Damn. I started a long essay over the weekend, and today I read a quote I'd forgotten, found by Jim Rossignol in Steve Shaviro's CONNECTED, that fits right in and does a massive amount of lifting:

…as Steven Shaviro suggests in his bookConnected,Roadside Picnic, like all science fiction, actually exists to cast a shadow over the present. "It shows us how profoundly haunted we are by what has not yet happened," says Shaviro of science fiction writing. In the specific case ofRoadside Picnicand...

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Kjell Henriksen Observatory in Norway byVincent Fournier

Untitled – Collage on wood -Dash Snow

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Who I Am And Where I Am (May 2010)

My name's Warren Ellis. I write comics, graphic novels, journalism and anything else that people pay money for. I live in Britain, because somebody has to.

I'm the writer of the graphic novel RED, currently being made into a film starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and a shedload of other famous people. I'm the writer of the GRAVEL graphic novels, under development for film by Legendary Pictures. I also wrote the novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN.

I write here almost...

The Cloud Of Next

It was almost warm out here for a little while. Working on a Wired UK column, having tossed a couple of versions already, and then taking another swing at the loglines for Project Plato. This week will probably be lots of short fast posts. Keep thinking about something Bruce said, that blogs are reaching the end of their cycle. True enough: Twitter has killed/replaced blogging for lots of people. What's next? Nothing but bit.ly-style shortcode payloads? I don't see it. But then, the question ...

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Night Music: Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960

Brian Eno, from ON LAND.  G'night.

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