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Monday, January 10, 2011
Forgot to post this earlier: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson ABANDONED by Cody McFadyen THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson THE MAGIC TOYSHOP by Angela Carter THE TWILIGHT TIME by Karen Campbell BORDERLANDS...
Posted at 5:21 PM in Books
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
There's a very funny parody of the writing style of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron in the New Yorker (or rather the writing style of Reg Keeland's English translations): There was a tap at the door...
Posted at 11:51 PM in Books
Thursday, June 3, 2010
James Gracey's recently published guide to Dario Argento, appropriately enough titled DARIO ARGENTO, is by the author's own admission introductory in nature, and as such seems to be aimed primarily at readers who are unfamiliar with or new to the...
Posted at 11:09 AM in Books
Saturday, January 16, 2010
...I came across a book with the title Slaughter in the Cotswolds, by Rebecca Tope. The contradiction of images struck me as so brilliant I just had to share it with you....
Posted at 5:46 PM in Books
Friday, October 30, 2009
...the most celebrated creation of Albert Uderzo and the late René Goscinny. Asterix turned 50 yesterday, the first page of his first adventure, Asterix the Gaul, having appeared in the first issue of the magazine Pilote on October 29,...
Posted at 11:26 AM in Books
Thursday, October 15, 2009
At one point, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was my favourite book. That may no longer be true, but if so I'm unable to think of another book that would claim the throne in its place. In terms...
Posted at 10:59 PM in Books
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
I gave up on Joss Whedon's Season 8 comic book continuation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer after Issue 14, having been thoroughly disappointed by this official follow-up to the television series. I genuinely didn't think it would be possible to...
Posted at 9:52 PM in Books
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