Zee Oddwyn was asking:"Speaking of which, any chance there might be a Half-continent movie? In general, it seems that movies dealing with monsters or fae creatures have been very popular recently."Indeed they have, which is great on one level yet I cannot help be a little concerned of such a trend in regards to my own work. If ever a film was to be made of MBT I would hope it is not a "Yarrgghh! Monsters!"...
Kamis, 31 Januari 2008
Selasa, 29 Januari 2008
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Glenn sent a video clip from Sci-Fi's Painkiller Jane to me.scifi_painkillerjane.wmvIn this scene, Tate Donovan's character has written down the character 易 on a piece of paper, then proceeds to claim it is 危機, "crisis". "Here, it is Chinese. Wei ji. The top part is danger & bottom is opportunity. Two characters, one word "crisis"..."Many non-Chinese...
Minggu, 27 Januari 2008
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Here today in the sunny land of OZ it is the long weekend holiday of the Australia Day celebrations. I am, I must confess, a tad underwhelmed by it all. The truth of it is I do not feel particularly Australian as such; I do not get a warming golden glow when ever I think of kangaroos and Sydney Opera house, of broad Australian accents and gum trees. I feel no more affinity for a fellow Aussie than...
Jumat, 25 Januari 2008
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I have received several emails about Kinoki detoxifying foot pads.Both Alan and I had a good laugh about the bizarre marketing tactic used by this company. Wired is calling this "the most appalling medical scam since magnetic immortality devices."The three characters 木樹液 literally means "wood/tree sap". There is nothing traditionally Japanese about...
Rabu, 16 Januari 2008
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I have received an advanced copy of the ANZ edition of Lamplighter and I am bound to say, it is thick, as in chock the back wheel of your car when it is parked on a steep hill thick. Not quite as portable as Book 1 I am afraid. If a work's value is measure by the pound then Lamplighter should be an ok read.It appears that the galleys (or ARCs) are doing their job - not only is Tara reading it (you...
Minggu, 13 Januari 2008
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I found - well "found" is a bit of a fib, I was actually Google-alerted to the existence of this post... anyway - I was alerted to this interesting and most excellent article by S.F.Winser upon the humble topic of "steampunk", which included a brief mention of my own work.Now, previously I would have reacted with a little heat to someone lumping MBT into the steampunk genre because by my own definition...
Sabtu, 12 Januari 2008
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Everyone has a different opinion about librarians. Some may think they are a bunch stiffy nerds who are addicted to books & obsessive compulsively trying keep everything in order. While, other urban myth has branded librarians as a naughty bunch of nympho sexual freaks.Few weeks ago I received this photo from a librarian. She got it over ten...
Rabu, 09 Januari 2008
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Well here we are a new year and all that - already it is a week old and I have not posted anything.What is up with that?How are folks liking the Word of the Day and the Match Up? Keep them? Ditch 'em? I thought they give a bit of extra interest - since I do like words and all. I play the Match Up one very often and glow at myself for how many words I know (which is mostly fluke, 'cause once I have...
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