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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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