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August 22, 2014
80 Days
In the last couple of days, I’ve been arrested in Berlin, kissed a man in New Orleans, joined a small Russian invasion force of India, been captured by pirates, cultists and mutineering sailors, and travelled around the world twice. 80 … Continue reading →
August 12, 2014
Today
Well, this morning was a slap in the face. I mean, seriously, Robin Williams? He’s a bundle of fun, a ball if energy, always bouncing from place to place, always over the top, centre of attention, awkward and erudite and … Continue reading →
August 1, 2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
So you know when you hear about a book, like, literally everywhere, and you’re, like, “OMG I have to get this, it must be amazing?” Yes, I’m look at you, The Miniaturist. There are two results off this. The first … Continue reading →
July 31, 2014
Holes at the Arcola Theatre
American band Explosions in the Sky’s second album, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, had the unfortunate release date, given their name, of September 4th 2001. I imagine that buying that … Continue reading →
July 16, 2014
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge & No Harm Can Come to a Good Man by James Smythe
In Frances Hardinge’s Cuckoo Song, twelve year-old Triss wakes up in a hospital, with a fracturing memory of what has happened before. Slowly, she pieces together that she was in the ‘Grimmer,’ some kind of lake or river, and came … Continue reading →
July 14, 2014
Above and below – Agency in Above by Isla Morley & The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
Above by Isla Morley and The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks came to me at roughly the same point, from husband and wife team Anne Perry and Jared Shurin. Jared’s review of Brooks’ book made me buy that, while … Continue reading →
June 3, 2014
Pavement Priests and Pied Pipers: The Conflict Between Magic and Culture in Contemporary London-Based Urban Fantasy
A word, if you will. The below is my undergraduate disseration for a BA in English Literature from King’s College, London. It’s not perfect, by any means. It could do with more critical commentary, and less close reading. It could … Continue reading →
June 1, 2014
Kim Curran – Glaze
Kim Curran – Glaze It’s interesting to think about the power of social conformity. Having recently finished studenting and start being-unemployeding, I’ve spent far too much of my time playing Call of Duty. In it, one can create a ‘clan-tag’, … Continue reading →
April 5, 2014
But… I’m a bloke. Sexual Harassment and cons
Last year at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, I was sexually harassed. (Yeah. Trigger warning.) This was weird for me. I didn’t know what to do. Surely sexual harassment is just dirty old men perving on young women? Apparently … Continue reading →
March 24, 2014
Mars Evacuess by Sophia McDougall
Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall Two boys, two girls and a genderless robot go for a wander across the semi-terraformed martian landscape. Of course that wandering isn’t exactly chosen, and of course that landscape is hardly meadows and … Continue reading →
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