Interesting Links for 12-8-2011

[matgb]

Collected links from around the web

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  Disney bans Marvel UK from making comics. Yes, you did read that correctly
  OK, it appears to be that they're not going to take original content from Panini owned Marvel UK franchise, but

Comments

[tyrell]

I got Death's Head and Dragon's Claws. I *loved* Dragon's Claws.

[matgb]

Aye, it was a shame their original stuff didn't take off and sell so well. The background for the Claws was a nice little take on dystopia that just seemed to work for me. Ah well.

[tyrell]

That's a surprisingly strong top100. Apart from the rubbish Name of the Wind at 18, there are hardly any overrated ones until the 90's.

[matgb]

Aye. There's stuff that's probably missing, but that's normal in any such list. But a huge amount of the stuff on there is stuff I know and like, and there's also a chunk of stuff I've been meaning to read but not got around to. Which probably means it's better than most.

[rhythmaning]

Great list of links, as usual - but I have to disagree about Torchwood! I think it is great! It is dark, engaging, funny - a huge mix!

[matgb]

The biggest individual fault for me is the way the politics is all wrong. It completely destroys my suspension of disbelief when the real world stuff is written incredibly badly and makes no sense.

Vera turns up for a meeting, it's been cancelled by email as the reports are handed to Congress that morning to allow for legislation that afternoon so the camps are active that night? The whole world follows suit within 24 hours? The world doesn't work like that, it really really doesn't. So either there's some plot point that's being hinted at badly, or Rusty thinks versimilitude of the reality based stuff is irrelevent.

I still enjoy seeing Torchwood investigate, I quite like the new characters, but it just isn't working as a plot, because the plot is based on a view of how the real world works that simply isn't.