Sean Ferrell's Blog, page 21
December 15, 2009
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Trailer
What keeps me from working on my writing? Yeah, pretty much this:
December 8, 2009
December 1, 2009
My review: The Simpsons: an uncensored unauthorized history by John Ortved
My review is now up at Popmatters: here.
A preview:
Imagine you are waiting tables at a wedding reception. You wander among the tables, filling glasses and laying down plates of food. You are likely to hear snippets of conversation, most likely about the bride and groom, about their families, about their past, their plans, their future. What you hear will likely be out of context, sometimes probably even incorrect, contradictory. The groom works for a bank. No, he's in real estate. The bride m...
My review: The Simpsons: an uncensored unauthorized history by John Ortved
My review is now up at Popmatters: here.
A preview:
Imagine you are waiting tables at a wedding reception. You wander among the tables, filling glasses and laying down plates of food. You are likely to hear snippets of conversation, most likely about the bride and groom, about their families, about their past, their plans, their future. What you hear will likely be out of context, sometimes probably even incorrect, contradictory. The groom works for a bank. No, he's in real estate. The ...
November 24, 2009
Muppets perform "Bohemian Rhapsody"
If this doesn't make you smile, then you may not be alive.
Muppets perform "Bohemian Rhapsody"
If this doesn't make you smile, then you may not be alive.
November 16, 2009
My review of "Running Away" at PopMatters.
My review of Running Away by Jean Philippe Toussaint is up at PopMatters. A sample:
In the spirit of Camus and Beckett, Jean-Philippe Toussaint has provided a slice of a character's life so uncanny and deep that to try to boil it down to its essence is nearly impossible: it already has been boiled down. Running Away shaves off just a few days from the unnamed narrator's life, yet it cuts to the root of him, and what is peeled away is pressed to the window where dirty light filters through and ...
My review of "Running Away" at PopMatters.
My review of Running Away by Jean Philippe Toussaint is up at PopMatters. A sample:
In the spirit of Camus and Beckett, Jean-Philippe Toussaint has provided a slice of a character's life so uncanny and deep that to try to boil it down to its essence is nearly impossible: it already has been boiled down. Running Away shaves off just a few days from the unnamed narrator's life, yet it cuts to the root of him, and what is peeled away is pressed to the window where dirty light filters...
November 10, 2009
Susan Adrian interviews Nova Ren Suma.
The tremendous Susan Adrian (writer, blogger, all around good egg) has a wonderful interview with Nova Ren Suma, author of Dani Noir, up on her site. Prizes could be yours (YOURS!) if you dare to read, enjoy, and enter.
A snippet:
Interview with Nova Ren Suma and Contest!!Here it is, peeps! The DANI NOIR interview, with the Most Fabulous Nova Ren Suma!!
Nova is the author of DANI NOIR, a tween novel about noir-movie-obsessed Dani and the lies she uncovers in her small nothing-ever-happens town...
