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Toaster Mantis
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I assume the cover art to that Québec Metal book is done by Away from Voivod? Certainly looks like his style.
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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yeah, thats definitely Away Edited by mithrandir - March 29 2015 at 14:39 |
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Imajica by Clive Barker
- one of those books I started a long time ago, got about 50 pages in
and never came back to it, well finally decided to give it another go
and it turned out to be quite an undertaking with plenty of moving
parts, smaller mysteries revealed which only lead into bigger mysteries,
the world(s) were vast and like all Clive Barker he does a good job at
really making you feel like there are other worlds or dimensions that
lie beneath the surface that we are not aware of but are still somehow
vital to and effect the world in which we live, the story is also told
both forward and backwards over time leading up to a one giant epic
circle of a tale, the only minor problems I had were the characters
could be a touch flat, I actually found some of the 2ndary characters
more interesting than the 3 primary ones, and the "feminist" conclusion
was a bit, eh... I wish Mr Barker would have found the solution more in
"Balance" than leaving it off with one side overtaking the other...
aside from all that, when all was said and done I found it all quite
beautiful and kind of moving...
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Finished Aubrey Powell's Hipgnosis/Portraits. A difficult read, not only because of the awkward, heavy coffee table size of the thing. Powell's insights to the business side and Rock 'n Roll lifestyle, egos and bluff, took away from the magic of the collective art. It's not surprising to hear him describe his distaste for progressive music, subtle though it was. With Storm dead and other graphic artists ignored or minimized, I feel some of the story is missing.
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Fantastic read. Enjoyed every bit of it.
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http://fryingpanmedia.com
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^ I was thinking about reading that one, after I finish 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'
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If you haven't read them I recommend Childhoods End and Rendezvous With Rama....both by Clarke.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Will begin reading this on my days off:
and finish off this dated but charming collection! |
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^ Better than the Fantastic Four movies?
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Meow! I don't think those films are dreadful, Sam! I mean, they're not very really good either, but I can appreciate that they're kind of light and colourful, easy for families to watch! Breezy, fun and entertaining - I can dig it! Was also good that the Thing wasn't a CGI character! And to be honest...I think those throaway films will be better than the upcoming `reboot' FF movie. Lord, the trailers look so drab and dreary, deadly serious as well! |
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I don't think they are bad either, it's entertaining like you say. At least back then Marvel didn't release a ton of mediocre movies every year like now. The first one was released ten years ago already The only Marvel movie I'm interested to see now is Deadpool
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Recently read this one:
Quickly followed by this one: Nearly finished this one: And will soon start this one: 'Lonesome Dove' was a deserving winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The other two (and hopefully the one I haven't read yet) maintain the high quality. This is a fantastic sequence of novels. Characterisation is second to none; the plots are fast-paced and exciting (and at times shockingly violent) and you learn an awful lot about the troubled history of Mid -19th Century Texas. Just brilliant!!!! Edited by Green Shield Stamp - April 07 2015 at 15:55 |
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Last night I read this dystopian short story by the criminally underrated American horror author Ann Sterzinger. It takes place in a futuristic women's prison, and is narrated first-person by what might be a future incarnation of the writer herself.
It looks like Sterzinger's currently working on a full-length novel version of the same concept, by the way. The one novel of hers I read, The Talkative Corpse, had some issues but was otherwise very very good so I'm curious to see where she goes next.
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Those McMurtry books are really good.Went on a binge with them a few years ago after very belatedly reading Lonesome Dove.
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A rather cryptic read for me at times but very interesting nonetheless. |
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A new Simon R. Green series....awesome
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