Jonathan L. Howard's Blog, page 7

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Wed, 16:12 : RT @ImJamieAnderson: TV Producer Gerry Anderson has died at the age of 83. http://t.co/5ywReq6m #Thunderbirds. Donations to @alzheimerss ... Wed, 16:18 : Very sorry to hear of Gerry Anderson's death. His series "Fireball XL5" through to "UFO" were profound influences upon me for one. Wed, 16:21 : Whenever people talk about what the 1960s mean to them, the first image that pops into my head is Thunderbird 2. #GerryAnderson Wed, 16:49 : Never actually seen any Sky Sports before. Why are their reporters such dicks? Why do they keep SHOUTING? Wed, 17:10 : Just licked my 'phone. Don't judge me. Wed, 17:23 : To my new followers, greetings and felicitations. To those who have recently unfollowed me, may your blood turn to mayonnaise in your veins. Wed, 17:24 : Some people say that I overreact sometimes. Juries, mainly. Thu, 11:46 : Two guys, about 20yo, at the station talking about Freddie Mercury. "Who's he?" "Oh, you know, the bloke that played Doctor Doolittle."

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Tue, 14:05 : RT @jwmelham: What's this present? All @JonathanLHoward 's short stories and latest novel in a hand crafted Johannes Cabal box? YES! htt ... Tue, 14:31 : No paper people from a paper land have come to swear paper fealty to me, so I'm taking this paper crown off now. Wed, 08:25 : RT @WOWFactsOfLife: In 1997, a sound was detected in the ocean that was audible from 3,000 miles in every direction. Scientists haven't ...

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Mon, 14:24 : Hello, Mancunians. Searching for that perfect present for someone you don't like very much? Waterstones have signed Cabal & Katya books. Mon, 15:26 : RT @PhilRodgers: And in those days Caesar Augustus decreed that all must return to the town of their birth, that they might sort out the ... Mon, 18:18 : Has the NRA suggested firefighters should be armed yet, or are they going to wait a respectful week before being dicks? Tue, 09:27 : A very splendid Saturnalia/Christmas to you all. God/gods/Cthulhu bless us, every one.

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Fri, 13:34 : So, did the world end? I'm in Bolton and I can't tell. Fri, 13:42 : I am in the "Man & Scythe," drinking cloudy, bright orange cider. Fri, 13:44 : It looks a bit like Tizer. Tastes a bit like Tizer. It would be a mistake to drink it like Tizer. Fri, 14:09 : RT @Dru_Marland: o fuck, it's started. Clevedon. Godzilla. Apocalypse. http://t.co/TzkGLD2I Fri, 15:41 : @JaneSamuels I might have known you'd be amused by that one, Samuels. How are things in the SW? Fri, 20:01 : RT @Wetdarkandwild: My review of Katya's World by @JonathanLHoward - fine YA SF adventure set on a planet of water http://t.co/BzDOG19c ... Fri, 20:04 : Some lovely art inspired by KATYA'S WORLD: http://t.co/YS98iXBD plus Katya, Cabal, and... Pokemon? http://t.co/DroNWHd7 Fri, 20:34 : RT @LaureEve: 2012: Frigging Hell. Warning: contains feels. http://t.co/ttGfpAQL Fri, 22:26 : RT @God_Damn_Batman: Calendar Man is fine. But Mayan Calender Man is super disappointed.

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Fri, 09:22 : Merry Midwinter! Have a pleasant Winter Solstice. Fri, 10:32 : RT @Gollancz: The unsung cultural heroes of this and every year? Librarians. Public and school libraries keep literature free and access ...

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Mon, 21:28 : The Tories' loaded benefits poll is the vilest thing of its ilk I've seen since "Do you still beat your children? Y/N" http://t.co/2pBNxZhp Tue, 10:14 : This is my favourite song for the season: http://t.co/qFvmWZ5E It just makes me feel so very Somethingy.

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Sun, 14:50 : RT @Philsick: So Starbucks thought it a good idea to display tweets with #spreadthecheer on a screen at the natural history museum! http ... Sun, 15:07 : KATYA'S WORLD gets a nice mention in very nice company for best YA '12: http://t.co/mzAJOAox Sun, 15:09 : And @angryrobotbooks gets a clean sweep for urban fantasy with @ChuckWendig and @chrisfholm http://t.co/mzAJOAox Sun, 17:59 : If you're a player of fantasy MMOs, this could be a pretty cool one in a variety of ways: http://t.co/2MbQOARX Sun, 18:00 : RT @Theremina: I Think We Can Have That Gun Conversation, Now: http://t.co/yu1KgBn3 Sun, 22:18 : RT @stubbleagent: Have been waiting for this tech for ages and it's a Russian company that finally does it. WANT. http://t.co/B8tytlDu

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Sat, 19:22 : Little interview I did for @NerdyBookReview about KATYA'S WORLD http://t.co/JLTLifmO Sat, 19:26 : JOHANNES CABAL THE DETECTIVE made it into the @JettisonCocoon "Best Books" list: http://t.co/w4fRq7h9 Sun, 11:01 : RT @redbreastedbird: In other news, have just noticed that the blurb of my copy of The Lost World describes it as 'a sort of Jurassic Pa ...

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Fri, 13:52 : Oh, damn it. Now Kenneth Kendall's gone. First on-screen newsreader in the UK, and he read the news for BBC 12 in "2001: A Space Odyssey." Fri, 14:25 : RT @samjordison: Yes! EVIL CLOWNS! Darkness in literature: Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes http://t.co/ENmHCxZg via @guar ... Fri, 15:56 : @GailSimone RT @wonderella: Looks like Susan Rice just got forced out by some old white dudes. She and Oracle should hang out sometime! Fri, 16:00 : RT @paleofuture: Kitty with a torched Apple II (1982) http://t.co/qW8c3LcU Fri, 17:15 : RT @terrywiley_idcm: I spent my 1st 7 years 500 yards from a shipyard and a railway line, so I find the ambient industrial noises in 'Er ... Fri, 18:15 : Am I to understand that TV news is trying to get interviews with kids who witnessed the shooting? Fri, 20:38 : RT @NerdyBookReview: 5 of 5 stars to Katya's World by Jonathan L. Howard http://t.co/7T48hbRN Fri, 20:50 : @freckledfish Seen this? http://t.co/lo6BDmqi Fri, 20:59 : RT @thetimes: Info from Brady Center for Gun Violence: 94,113 people have been shot in America this year. 153 people have been shot in t ... Fri, 22:38 : @JaneSamuels Check your email, you.

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Thu, 13:33 : London, I am no longer in you. You can relax now. Thu, 17:32 : RT @DrKarenOughton: Thoughts on performing M R James' (sort of) ghost story, "A Warning to the Curious" now (blog): http://t.co/nSi19TR ... Thu, 17:35 : Went to that M.R. James/Dickens evening in the previous RT. It was a lot of atmospheric fun (I'm middle blurry figure in the background). Thu, 19:26 : Many thanks to @EwaSR for hand-selling me a copy of Lem's "The Cyberiad," and for being altogether lovely. Fri, 09:59 : RT @DalkeyIntern: Who needs money or food? How petty and bourgeois. All I need is oxygen, avant-garde literature, and the constant threa ... Fri, 10:23 : This is a damn'd handsome book. Very happy to have a piece in it. http://t.co/guf6eoA7 @StoneSkinPress Fri, 11:15 : @Cfordiani09 I went to that ghost story evening: http://t.co/wGxDwlGb I'm the blurry figure beneath the light in the background. Fri, 12:09 : RT @LR_Lam: Article on racism in YA covers RT @siliconeidolon @LR_Lam http://t.co/0feepV5G This is interesting.