Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Book 3 in the Uglies series. Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge & the 2012Science Fiction Experience. At some point in the future a biological oil-eating weapon brings...
16 January 2012
The alchemist and the angel by Joanne Owen
Jan lives with his aunt and uncle. His parents died of the plague and he had to leave his home village and move to Vienna. At first he is, understandably withdrawn...
14 January 2012
The truth about Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani
The great thing about working in a library is that I find myself picking up books that I usually wouldn’t. The terrible thing about working in a library is that I...
14 January 2012
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge & for Carl’s Science Fiction Experience. Zinzi December finds lost things. That’s her shavi, the gift she received, along with her Sloth,...
9 January 2012
Science fiction now and tomorrow
Science fiction now and tomorrow via The Guardian books podcast: Science fiction now and tomorrow | Books | guardian.co.uk. Lauren Beukes, author of hard-boiled SF thriller Zoo City, tells us about...
9 January 2012
Pegasus and the fight for Olympus by Kate O'Hearn
Sequel to Pegasus and the flame As I said about the first book, this is a children’s book and is written for its market. Which means that it isn’t too concerned...
8 January 2012
The girl with the dragon tattoo [adaptation] by Stieg Larrson dir. by David Fincher
I haven’t read any of the book in the Millenium series, nor have I seen the Swedish version of this film. So I can’t comment on how well or not this...
7 January 2012
The Irish village that said ‘no’ to austerity
This propaganda that we all partied through the good times is complete bullshit. via The Irish village that said ‘no’ to austerity | World news | The Guardian.
7 January 2012
Essential Kubrick animated .gifs
Essential Kubrick animated .gifs | You might like this.
7 January 2012
The Artist dir. by Michel Hazanavicius
It is the era of silent films and George Valentin is a star. Crowds greet his films with delight and applause. While playing nice with the press he bumps into a...
7 January 2012
Gabriel’s gate by Tom Galvin
With the demise of the Celtic Tiger and the onset of the “economic doom and gloom” so popular in the media at the moment the young people of Ireland looked at...
5 January 2012