Monthly Archives: May 2007
Comfort food for the soul
Seven minutes and fourty two seconds of music, unthinkingly ripped from a cd casually bought. Seven minutes and fourty two seconds of music not listened to for weeks and weeks, until it unassumingly shuffled to the front of a randomly generated queue, and then quietly, like a comfortable pair of old shoes, slipped into my … Continue reading
A note on my blog
Dear blog, The flu is back. My head is stuffed up, my throat is sore, and I am feeling altogether less than spiffy. It’s six o’clock on a Wednesday morning, and shortly I’m off to work, as usual. I feel just a little bit sorry for myself, as you can no doubt tell. Not that … Continue reading
New Space Opera reviewed
Another great review for The New Space Opera, this time from Booklist. The New Space Opera. Dozois, Gardner (editor) and Jonathan Strahan (editor). June 2007. 528p. Eos, paperback, $15.95 (0-06-084675-5). REVIEW. First published May 15, 2007 (Booklist). The rich space opera tradition, extending from the off-world voyages of Verne and Wells to this galaxy-embracing anthology, … Continue reading
On next year…
The SF Book Club remains on my mind. I’ve spoken to some people over the past day or two (no-one immediately connected with the Club), and read some of the reports being posted elsewhere on the net, and I’m coming round to the view that the Club isn’t going to close or be amalgamated. If … Continue reading
Sunday morning coming down…
It’s a little after ten o’clock on Sunday morning and I’m sitting quietly in the living room, nursing a mild hangover and listening to Neil Young. I picked up his Live at Massey Hall 1971 a while ago, and didn’t really get a chance to listen to it right away. I ripped it for the … Continue reading
