Hal Duncan's Blog, page 24

From The Library of Alexandria

Why then, good Plato -- my apologies... "Socrates" -- why then, it only need be asked if the prisoners' own shadows should not also be cast upon this cave wall before them, for surely the fire behind these men must shine its light upon their backs in just such a manner as it illuminates this unseen procession passing upon the walkway hidden behind them, where they cannot turn their heads to see,

Sergius Ls Bacchus

The Lost Legion

That G-Plan video, by the way, came courtesy of a literary friend, one Timothy J. Jarvis, who's currently engaged in an interesting project. As it says in the About section of his blog, Treatises on Dust:In 2001, an anonymous manuscript, entitled 'The Legion Lost', came into his hands. It evoked a shudder of the uncanny, for it describes fantastic events, but in such a way as to seem more

A Blast from the Past

The sadly missed G-Plan.

Gig @ 13th Note

A reminder for Wednesday coming:WOUNDED KNEEHAL DUNCANANDREW RAYMOND DRENNANDE SELBYWhere?The 13th NoteWhen?8:30, Wednesday 23rd NovemberWhoWhatWhichHuh?To lazily quote the venue copy:WOUNDED KNEE - The much celebrated Wounded Knee is Drew Wright, a singer and experimental vocalist now based in Glasgow who has been active since 2004. Drawing from a variety of influences his music ranges from

Living in the Black Iron Prison

Exegesis of Exegesis

Rereading PKD's "Cosmogony & Cosmology" essay, and Sutin's edit of the Exegisis, In Pursuit of Valis. Just started the new Jackson & Lethem edit. Having been bumped out of the latest novel project midway through draft 2 by a couple of outstanding MS critiques, birthday celebrations and sundry other interruptions, I reckoned this should be a good way to get back into the spirit, since the project

Upcoming Events

Not just one but two -- count em, TWO -- evenings of spoken word shenanigans for THE.... Sodomite Hal Duncan!! coming up this month, for them what's in Glasgow and inclined to pop out of an evening. First off, I'll be at:Where?The GarageWhen?8:00, Thursday 17th NovemberWhoWhatWhichHuh?Expect a Hal resplendent in top hat and tails. The somewhat scruffy top hat and tails of a rather dubious

Weird Fiction Review...

... looks pretty fucking cool.Nuff said.

Blogging About Burnout

Over on Deborah Biancotti's blog, I was asked the question, How do you deal with creative exhaustion?I answered... and in a single paragraph! Unprecedented!Man, I'm getting so good at being concise these days. I've managed to boil the last few months-worth of waffle down to, like, three blog entries or something.*ahem*Well, I'm busy finishing the second draft of an actual novel, so I have a