This week I’ve binged a bit (well binge might be a bit too strong a word) on some Aussie fiction, all of it published by Twelfth Planet press.
Monthly Archive: June 2009
Jun 23
Owning Books
As anyone whose visited my home knows, I own allot of books. My study has three bookshelves, double and triple stacked with – at last count – over 1,500 paperbacks, trades and hardcovers – 99% of which are fiction. The thing is, those 1,500 are my unread book. My read books, which also number in …
Jun 22
Barzak
The Love We Share Without Knowing is a wonderful book. It’s the sort of novel that makes you hate, detest and want to strangle the writer – in this case Christopher Barzak – because you know you’re never likely to write a sentence as good as he does. Hyperbole aside, it really is a very …
Jun 21
SF and Horror – European style
This weekend I watched two European films, one SF and one Horror. I went into both the films knowing very little about them. Which is a good thing, because I think both films work better if you’ve got no idea what’s going to happen next. The first film was F.A.Q: Frequently Asked Questions. It’s a 2004 …
Jun 19
Sodomy, SF and Sausages
I’m assuming you all know who Jonathan Littell is. Come on… you must all remember the SF classic, Bad Voltage (written in 1989). It left an indelible mark in my mind in the mid to late 90s where you’d find it in every second hand bookshop in Melbourne and in remainder bins. I saw it …
Jun 17
The Shat
It’s late at night, and I’ve just finished watching my nightly episode of Boston Legal (episode 13 of season 4… so I’ve got 20 to go before the show comes to an end…. SO DON’T SPOIL IT FOR ME) and I realise how much I’m going to miss The Shat AKA Bill AKA TJ Hooker …
Jun 16
Books
I haven’t reviewed any books here lately. Not because I’ve stopped reading (heaven forbid!) but because I haven’t really read anything this year that’s shouted out RECOMMEND! RECOMMEND! RECOMMEND! (Not that this LJ should only be about positive books reviews – it’s just I like to share the good shit around). But it hasn’t all …
Jun 16
For Those of you “Who” Care
There’s a massive and confirmed Doctor Who season finale spoiler doing the rounds at the moment. I say confirmed because it was rumoured for some time, but now there’s pictoral evidence. I perosnally don’t care. But I thought I send out this public waning for those of you who like to be spoiler free.
Jun 15
Doll House – episodes 4, 5 and 6
Well, a group of us got together at Dave’s place last week to watch these three episodes of quality TV. If it wasn’t the for the company, and some hilarious one liners, I think we would have stopped watching after the religious cult episode. As it is, there’s a strong chance that the group won’t …
Jun 14
When fandom doesn’t suck
Fandom often gets a bad rap – and for good reason. If I wasn’t such an lover of al things Who, I would have been turned away from the show by the fandom two or three years ago. And everyday you’ll stumble across another fan war, whether it’s Racefail or Twilightfail or Supernatural slash fiction …
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