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Father of Invention
I've written about Professor Elemental before, the short version being: The Indifference Engine is cracking stuff, while More Tea? is something of a rip-off.
The Professor's been busy lately, with a comic and a crowd-funded TV show, but more importantly, he has a new album: Father of Invention. Thankfully, this is a return to form and value, with ( Read more... ) -
Nikita
I've just finished watching the fifth season of Nikita. Well, no, actually, it was the second season, but so much has happened that it feels like several seasons must have gone by.
( Wibbling (minor spoilers) ) -
Skip limit?
No more skip > 100? Bah. Lost three days worth of Friends pages.
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The Bourne Legacy
Again, not a fringe show, but since I was out and about anyway, and I wanted to see this, I thought I may as well take the opportunity.
Things got off to a comically bad start, with siggav running late, and then going to the wrong cinema, but one dramatic taxi-in-traffic montage later, we were in the auditorium in time for the trailers to start.
The film ( Read more... ) -
Merchant Princes
I haven't read much new prose fiction lately, but the trip to Malta did give me sufficient travelling time to finally finish off the six-volume Merchant Princes series by Charles Stross.
Short version: good story, let down by the ending.
The set-up is a good one: Boston-based tech journalist Miriam accidentally discovers that she is one of a small ( Read more... ) -
Avengers Assemble
(In the UK, this is actually titled Marvel Avengers Assemble. That's not just a company logo in there. They must have finally twigged just how much Steed and Mrs Peel are hardwired into the collective British subconscious. And then panicked.)
This is a pretty long film, and also fairly linear, but surprisingly enjoyable. Short version of the plot: ( Read more... ) -
The Cabin in the Woods
So, the Joss Whedon horror movie finally made it into the wild. It's been so long in coming that I've kept confusing it with Tucker and Dale vs Evil. But anyway: seen it now.
It's hard to say a lot about this film without spoilers, and apparently some reviewers have been very spoilery - James Moran mentioned one review that spoiled the closing frame ( Read more... ) -
Olympus 2012
I had a great time at Olympus 2012, which appears to have been an amazingly successful Eastercon - my hearty congratulations to all involved. Olympus wasn't perfect (no con ever is), but it was pretty damn fantastic. From what I saw, the good far outweighed the bad.
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Girl Genius
I've been reading Girl Genius[1] in the gym lately, thanks to the rather wonderful discovery that it's awesomeness is enough to keep me wanting to read just one more page, rather than thinking "can I just stop this exercise and die now, please?" So by restricting my GG reading to the gym, there's an incentive to go…
I downloaded volumes 1-9 just ( Read more... )