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I heard the term 'experiential' in a film review once. Don't read anything about the movie, the reviewer urged. You have to "experience" it first ( Read more... )

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See this movie.  It’s good.

Horrible spoilers and plot dissection below.

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This was a delight after the turgid prose of The Night Lands.  It’s a concisely written novella that is a solid read and had a strong impact on twenty first century science fiction.  Because of this, most genre aficionados will have some idea of the plot.  I highly recommend it.

Essentially, our narrator is a member of a regular gathering of ( Read more... )

This book, written in 1912 by William Hope Hodgson is an imaginative tour-de-force, filled with spectacular imagery and grotesque monsters. It’s an epic story that riffs off the Orpheus myths; about a man going entering the underworld to rescue the woman he loves.

Unfortunately, the story is also gratingly written, with large info-dumps, dull ( Read more... )

Well, I’ve taken part in the Kickstarter for the Tides of Numenera video game. I’ve ordered the game, the sound track, the comic books, the novella collection and a great deal of exciting swag and stuff.

Only, I don’t have any of this stuff yet.

Because the game won’t be out for a while.

It’ll take about two years.

*Twiddles thumbs*

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I finished reading Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time!  I have unlocked an achievement!  After a Herculean marathon, I re-read most of the books over the Christmas break, and have now caught up on the last three books, co-written with Brandon Sanderson.

I remember reading the early books in high school and at university.  My favourites were those first ( Read more... )

This was a rather pretty film, but well, how do I put it? Well, it’s a bit dumb. Ostensibly a prequel to the famous, 1930s MGM film with Judy Garland, this movie doesn’t really convince me that the origin story for the Wizard of Oz needed to be told. It wasn’t a ‘Wicked’ style revision to the Wizard of Oz character; more just a plodding prequel ( Read more... )