Orrin Grey's Blog: Shovel Murders & Monologues, page 74

Daybreakers

Went out to the theatre this morning to see Daybreakers. I'd been excited about it for awhie thanks to the fact that the previous movie I'd seen by the Spierig brothers (Undead) was one of the only clever movies to come out of the glut of zombie pictures that occupied the early 2000s. I also liked the noir-ish Gattaca meets Dark City meets Blade production designs I'd seen, and Sam Neill as a vampire businessman is just awesome.

It was pretty good. Before going in I'd heard a lot of people...

I'm a prize!

Kris Reisz, one of my favorite authors and an all around great guy, has started a mailing list to keep people updated of his publications and suchlike. To sweeten the pot, everyone who signs up for the list before January 10th will be entered into a contest to win one of three fabulous prizes, including a copy of my (now out-of-print) chapbook, The Mysterious Flame.

[cross-posted to orringrey.com]

I'm a prize!

Kris Reisz, one of my favorite authors and an all around great guy, has started a mailing list to keep people updated of his publications and suchlike. To sweeten the pot, everyone who signs up for the list before January 10th will be entered into a contest to win one of three fabulous prizes, including a copy of my (now out-of-print) chapbook, The Mysterious Flame.

My Favorite Movie Monsters of the Decade

So I figured, what with it being the end of a whole decade, I should do some kind of "best of the decade" list, but then I got to thinking about what I could possibly make an even semi-exhaustive list of, so I figured: monsters. Monsters are about the only thing I both like and know well enough to consider myself well-versed in, but I figured that even then if I tried to do a list of the top ten monsters in a whole decade I would be here all day. Hell, video games alone would break the bank...

My Favorite Movie Monsters of the Decade

So I figured, what with it being the end of a whole decade, I should do some kind of "best of the decade" list, but then I got to thinking about what I could possibly make an even semi-exhaustive list of, so I figured: monsters. Monsters are about the only thing I both like and know well enough to consider myself well-versed in, but I figured that even then if I tried to do a list of the top ten monsters in a whole decade I would be here all day. Hell, video games alone would break the...

End of the Decade Blues

Well here we are, about a week away from 2010 and it doesn't look like the earth's population will be anywhere close to 10 billion by then. Bad Religion should be happy.

This is the time of year when a young man's thoughts turn to end of the year lists and retrospectives. It seems like everyone's making them, and since I compulsively love to make pointless lists it wouldn't be proper for me not to throw my hat into the ring.

2009 was a hell of a year for me from a publishing perspective. The...

End of the Decade Blues

Well here we are, about a week away from 2010 and it doesn't look like the earth's population will be anywhere close to 10 billion by then. Bad Religion should be happy.

This is the time of year when a young man's thoughts turn to end of the year lists and retrospectives. It seems like everyone's making them, and since I compulsively love to make pointless lists it wouldn't be proper for me not to throw my hat into the ring.

2009 was a hell of a year for me from a publishing perspective.

Avatar

In the few hours its been since I got back from the theatre, I've read people coming down on Avatar from literally every angle. I've seen people saying it was visually stunning but otherwise inert, I've seen people saying that it was capital-I Important, and I've seen people saying that it's as dumb and insulting as any movie you're like to see, well, ever. I don't really know where any of these people are coming from.

First the preamble. I went to see Avatar in 3D, and yes, it gave me and ...

Avatar

In the few hours its been since I got back from the theatre, I've read people coming down on Avatar from literally every angle. I've seen people saying it was visually stunning but otherwise inert, I've seen people saying that it was capital-I Important, and I've seen people saying that it's as dumb and insulting as any movie you're like to see, well, ever. I don't really know where any of these people are coming from.

First the preamble. I went to see Avatar in 3D, and yes, it gave me and...

In Other News

I learned yesterday afternoon that The Mysterious Flame is now officially sold out from the publisher. If you've not gotten your copy yet, or were hoping to pick up another for that special someone this holiday season, there are still a few copies available from online sellers and the like, but for all intents and purposes, it is out of print.

Also yesterday, my review of Lovecraft Unbound went up at Innsmouth Free Press. All in all, a pretty good day.


[cross-posted to orringrey.com]