Tag: Monty Python
AMAZING NEWS: 10-27-19 : PRE-HALLOWEEN EDITION
Wow! weirdness and light this week in the news: plastic army women, Einstein up-ended, bra makers made spacesuits and if that isn't weird enough, Cthulhu is picking a fight with Stephen King! Read on!
REVIEW: F&SF SEPT.-OCT. 2017
This week, Steve reviews the Sept./Oct. 2017 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, their 68th anniversary issue. And finds it good to read!
Book Review: Dave Duncan’s Irona 700. (BTW—I’m baaack!)
Upon his return from Missouri, Steve reviews a new fantasy book by master storyteller Dave Duncan.
TWO MOVIES AND A BOOK: Reviews of The Good, The Bad...
This week Steve looks at two movies and an anthology. Great anthology, one lousy film and one... what?
AMAZING NEWS: June 29, 2014
Amazing News isn't always amazing...sometimes it's just Startling, or merely Astounding, or somewhat Thrilling...or maybe even Unknown....
Review: Hairy London by Stephen Palmer
A great quest with a deadline opens this homage to Victorian/Edwardian adventures.
Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Imaginings Volume: 6 - Feast and Famine is a collection of ten short stories by the British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky, best known for the nine-volume (and counting) fantasy series, Shadows of the Apt, published by Tor.
Marketing As A Metafictional Tool: Harnessing the Power of Misdirection
Deliberate misdirection is a writer's tool that also deserves a place in the marketer's toolkit. Here's how writers can colonize the search page, where the reading experience ought to start.
Lost In Space! Reviews of Unknown or Underappreciated Books: Starship Titanic...
Hello and welcome to what will be an occasional feature on my blog!
So – what, exactly, do I mean by 'unknown or underappreciated'?
To put...
CROSSROADS: Right Place, Time, and Tech – The Hitchhiker’s Guide
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (itself spread across five books with a six written by Eoin Colfer), with its friendly,...