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Plug for Eliza Enea's "Small Steps"
Fairytales coming to life during your University years are often more annoying than magical. Well, just so you know, the South Wing of the university vanished (so no classes, because that’s where they...
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Reading the Romance [Book Review(s) + ruminations on women's literature]
A few years back I read this interesting academic book by Janice Radway, called Reading the Romance (published in 1984). The romance in question is the romance novel. The readers are a small community...
View ArticleDoctor Who – The Day of the Doctor [first impressions, no spoilers, no...
…and it was everything that I remembered Doctor Who being, because it was awesome and plot-filled, humor-filled, and with loads of adventures and running about through time and some aliens and huge...
View ArticleWorking with the Big World Network
Flight from Hell is well into its second season by now – the fourth episode is out today and episodes 5, 6 and 7 are ready for when their time will come. 8 has been written, 9 is being written. And the...
View ArticleDoctor Who – Christmas special 2013 review [spoilers]
Warning: this review contains spoilers. And it also doesn’t make any sense if you haven’t seen the episode. Or the series. If you don’t watch Doctor Who, or if you haven’t seen “The Time of the Doctor”...
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Ayn Rand – Atlas Shrugged [Book Review]
If I were to make a movie based on Atlas Shrugged, I’d ask for all the sets to be made of cardboard – all the buildings, all the walls, all the backgrounds. Paint and cardboard, and only a few solid...
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Kristen Slater – Working it Out [review... + reminiscing]
Around 2008-2009 I discovered that Project Gutenberg, which is one of THE best sources for free, out-of-copyright books, was suggesting that people can volunteer for producing those books. I signed...
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Warren Ellis – Gun Machine [book review]
The reason why I keep reading Warren Ellis’s books is that I loved Transmetropolitan (his graphic novel(s)). Unfortunately, I don’t feel that his work translates very well to the written word....
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Yahtzee Croshaw – Mogworld [review]
The necromancer stood in front of his newly risen army of undead zombies who wouldn’t get on with the program, his evil laughter trailing off into uncertainty. “I know this one,” I told myself. “Please...
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Charles Portis –“True Grit” [review]
A Western of which I knew absolutely nothing before I picked it up (via Humble Bundle). But I’m glad it was in my audiobook bundle, because it was a joy to listen to – even though I’m happy I didn’t...
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