Month: March 2013

  • March Books

    Non-fiction 2 (YTD 7) The Unfree French, by Richard Vinen What’s Up With Catalonia? The causes which impel them to the separation, translated and edited by Liz Castro Fiction (non-sf) 3 (YTD 5) A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair, by Jonathan Gash The Castle, by Franz Kafka The Lady and the Unicorn, by […]

  • March Books 24) The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier

    ‘Is Brussels always so quiet?’ Nicolas asked, picking bits of wool off his tunic. Not a lot of best-selling novels set in fifteenth-century Belgium, though I have to say I wasn’t hugely satisfied with this one; bad boy artist Nicolas travels between Paris and Brussels impregnating young women, one of them the blind daughter of […]

  • March Books 23) Fugitive, by Tony Lee

    A collection of linked Tenth Doctor graphic stories, the first two issues set in Hollywood in 1926 with the Doctor collaborating with film star Archie Maplin (an obvious duplicate of Charlie Chaplin) and the following four taking him through a struggle with the Shadow Proclamation, or more particularly with Mr Finch / Brother Lassar from […]

  • March Books 22) Saucer Country, vol 1: Run, by Paul Cornell

    Rather than wait for the Hugo Voter Pack to become available, I downloaded a few of the nominated works available in electronic form after last night’s announcement, and selected this nominee for Best Graphic Story to read first. Paul Cornell takes us to New Mexico, where the governor has just announced her candidacy for President, […]

  • Four “How To Train Your Dragon” books, by Cressida Cowell

    I asked young F the other day if I might borrow his Cressida Cowell collection. He went and rummaged in his shelves, and came back with three books, apologising that the fourth in the series was missing. "Are these the first three, then?" I asked. "No," he replied, "these are the first, fifth and tenth!" […]

  • Links I found interesting for 31-03-2013

    Irish EU Presidency, EU Presidency : 100objects Free ebook about Irish history (until 31 March)!(tags: Ireland ) Why dinosaurs are the ultimate childhood companion They’re like dragons, but real.(tags: books children ) 2013 Hugo Awards | The Hugo Awards Nominations announced: 11/18 women in fiction categories!(tags: sf )

  • Hugo Best Novel nominee stats

    Goodreads Librarything number average number average Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi 11000 3.82 729 3.85 Blackout, Mira Grant 4453 4.20 277 4.09 Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold 2167 4.19 348 4.17 Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed 1907 3.61 217 3.54 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson 1859 3.41 296 3.52 Well, […]

  • March Books 17) Sky Pirates!, by Dave Stone

    ‘You’ve had more experience with the man. It doesn’t always end like that, does it?’ She realized that Benny was of a sudden looking slightly nervous. ‘Does it?’ ‘Um,’ said Benny. After some very downbeat New Adventures in my recent reading, it was good to read one that deliberately and successfully played up the comedy […]

  • March Books 16) Bruss. Brussels in Shorts, ed. Ilke Froyen and Piet Joostens

    These are the ten winning entries of an international competition for graphic short stories set in Brussels, and specifically using the setting of the Oude Graanmarkt (aka the Vieux Marché aux Grains), a city centre square which I occasionally wander through on the rare occasions I am in that side of town. Inevitably, the mandate was […]

  • March Books 15) What’s Up With Catalonia?, translated and edited by Liz Castro

    Catalonia, our country, is a nation. A nation that, in order to maintain its identity and to move forward, needs tools of state. This nation has existed for many centuries. It has its own identity, culture, and language, and its own institutions. Catalonia wants to follow, and indeed must be allowed to follow, its own […]

  • March Books 14) The Castle, by Franz Kafka

    Nirgends noch hatte K. Amt und Leben so verflochten gesehen wie hier, so verflochten, daß es manchmal scheinen konnte, Amt und Leben hätten ihre Plätze gewechselt. Nowhere else had K. ever seen one's official position and one's life so intertwined as they were here, so intertwined that it sometimes seemed as though office and life […]

  • March Books 13) Observatory, by Daragh Carville

    Jon: You can’t be in two places at once.Nicola: I’m not. I’m in one place twice. The ancient Observatory at Armagh has always been a place of mystery and wonder to me – I worked there for a couple of months during my gap year in 1985/86, and showed visitors Halley’s Comet through the telescope […]

  • Links I found interesting for 28-03-2013

    British heroes: The doctor and the spy The Economist on Who and Bond.(tags: doctorwho ) Where Are We Going? Nic Clarke reviews Barbara Demick’s book on North Korea(tags: northkorea ) British minister quotes from Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (tags: Ukpolitics sf )

  • Links I found interesting for 25-03-2013

    What will become of the May 2015 UK Parliament if Scotland votes ‘Yes’ on Independence? Many questions, no answers.(tags: scotland ukpolitics ) Tales from the Coffeeshop:The terrible price of pride and stupidity Commentary from Cyprus.(tags: cyprus ) Top Ten Unionist Myths Debunked A ten-minute video, very well put together.(tags: scotland ) Nicholas Whyte, onafhankelijk diplomaat: […]

  • Links I found interesting for 24-03-2013

    Jocelyn Bell Burnell The connection between the discovery of pulsars and Joy Division.(tags: historyofscience ) Mark Kermode reviews Good Vibrations I am ridiculously excited about this film.(tags: films ) Everything Will Be Fine In Just One Chote Unit Chote is an old mate, but this is a solid critique!(tags: ukpolitics economics ) Twittergraphy 19th century […]

  • The Oscar poll

  • March Books 12) The Spear of Destiny, by Marcus Sedgwick

    ‘You’re taking us to see the Vikings?’ asked Jo incredulously. ‘I know! Wonderful, isn’t it?’ said the Doctor with a grin. For the first time this year, I am actually up to date with book-blogging. And you can’t be much more up to date than this; The Spear of Destiny was only published today, so […]

  • BSFA Short Fiction – my vote

    Not going to justify these in detail, but wanted to record my thoughts anyway. 6) “Limited Edition”, by Tim Maughan 5) The Flight of the Ravens, by Chris Butler – some details rather threw me. 4) “Immersion”, by Aliette de Bodard 3) “Three Moments of an Explosion”, by China Miéville 2) Adrift on the Sea […]

  • Things that jarred me in Chris Butler’s “The Flight of the Ravens”

    “It had been almost a century since the French emperor Napoleon had obliged the Dutch to take surnames, against their own custom”– this is protagonist Elizabeth’s inward response to learning that her acquaintance Doctor Huginn Raaf wishes to be known only as Huginn. The scene is set in 1899; Napoleon’s edict on surnames was in […]

  • Links I found interesting for 23-03-2013

    Syria and the United States: Intervention options on the two-year anniversary of the conflict Non-violent options to help.(tags: carneross syria ) Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe The Economist reports this sordid story.(tags: azerbaijan ) Common / People – a William Shatner, Kirk & Spock slashup Glorious (includes suggestive footage from the animated series).(tags: videos […]
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