Delighted to be able to say that MBT 2, Lamplighter has been shortlisted in the 2009 NSW (meaning New South Wales for the uninitiated) Premier's Literary Award's The Ethel Turner Prize for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry written for young people of secondary school level. The list of us all goes a little like this:Dianne Bates - Crossing the LineMichelle Cooper - A Brief History of MontmarayD.M...
Jumat, 27 Maret 2009
Rabu, 25 Maret 2009
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Regardless what one's option about Dan Brown, he is a well known author for his thriller fiction books. However, it seems he did not do a very thorough research before publishing Digital Fortress.Linguaphiles in Livejournal have already pegged Dan Brown as an idiot.Alan and I are annoyed with Dan Brown, especially considering he is interested in cryptography.The...
Senin, 23 Maret 2009
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'Bout time I posted don't we think!E N Reinmuth was pondering... "If memory serves me right it was your interview on either the Today show or Mornings with David and Kim that got me out searching for MBT-Foundling, (technically I saw the gudgeon design before Lamplighter was even published, whoot!) and you said that you had gone to a publisher for a different story, and upon leaving you had dropped...
Rabu, 18 Maret 2009
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from: xxxxxxxx@ucmo.eduto: tiangotlost@gmail.comdate: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:09 AMsubject: kanji paranoiaHi! I got this tattoo a little over a year ago. It's supposed to mean "pure child", as I am a Christian. My tattoo artist is very careful and we even referenced a Japanese children's workbook to make sure that's what it meant.I stumbled onto...
Minggu, 08 Maret 2009
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The name Ed Hardy probably does not mean much to us, unless you have stepped into high end boutique shops.Don Ed Hardy used to be a tattooist (or still is), but in these days, he has whored out his name and artistic integrity to hawk women hand bags and other fashion garbs.The phrase 死先侮辱 printed on this Ed Hardy handbag was intended to represent "die...
Rabu, 04 Maret 2009
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I have received many emails about some idiot posting this photo in BME's tattoo gallery (Feb. 24, 2009):http://www.bmeink.com/A90224/high/fxr2-samurai.jpgThe caption says:SamuraiWhile spending some time in Japan, I was lucky enough to get the kanji for "Dragon soul" tattooed on my arm at a studio in Tokyo. The artist helped me translate the phrase...
Selasa, 03 Maret 2009
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Very very delighted to tell that Monster-Blood Tattoo 2, Lamplighter has been shortlisted in the Andre Norton Award (the YA section) of the 2009 Nebula Awards. Given that some of my favourite authors have been past recipients (Frank Herbert, Ursula K. Le Guin, Orson Scott Card) amongst many of other lights of spec fic (Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Gene Wolfe, &c &c &c......
Minggu, 01 Maret 2009
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If you ever wanted to know when first misuse of Chinese character ever started in Western culture, I may just have the answer for you.from: Nam See Kimto: tiangotlost@gmail.comdate: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:24 AMsubject: the history of misuse of chinese charactersHello Tian,My name is Nam-See Kim, Korean, studying in Germany.In Cultural studies of...
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