Tag: books
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In The Post
Earlier I received a few things in the post. There’s the Sigur Rós deluxe edition of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, which is a 200 page book, with a CD and DVD. It was on sale and thought why not. Then there’s Gareth’s Tips On Suck-Less Writing, which I picked up through Boing-Boing…
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Dune
Recently I finished reading Dune by Frank Herbert for the first time in what must be a decade. It’s one of the best science fiction novels out there, and one of the best novels I’ve read ever. It is a sprawling space opera, tied in with themes of intrigue, vendetta, religion, eugenics, evolution and ecology.…
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New Arrivals
Here’s a couple of things that arrived in the post early. Humans of New York I received my copy of the HONY book, something I’ve been excited about for a while. HONY is a website, solely featuring portraits of denizens of that mighty and terrible city, and how each of them try to become better…
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Crooked Little Vein
I recently finished reading Crooked Little Vein, by Warren Ellis. It was a fun read, a dark comedy, gumshoe detective romp through transgressive America. It’s about a private investigator, Michael McGill, who is hired by the Chief of Staff for the President to find a book which apparently is the Second Constitution of the United…
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In The Post
Time to catch up on a couple of things that I forgot or missed. The Proof is a free newspaper in Chicago filled with random articles, comics, poetry and etc. The only payment is towards the shipping and subscription costs. The other interesting fact is the person behind it all, is keeping the submissions open,…
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Recent Books
Here’s some recent books that I picked up. I should have given them their individual posts, but I’ve been busy. The Faith of Graffiti It’s a book containing the eponymous essay by Norman Mailer about the early days of graffiti in New York, along with it’s writers. An interesting read, although long-winded by today’s standards,…
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Gun Machine Review
I finished reading Warren Ellis’ Gun Machine a couple of days ago. This would be the first novel I’ve read by the same guy who wrote one of mine (and countless others’) favourite comics, Transmetropolitan. Gun Machine is about Detective John Tallow who, through an encounter with a naked man and a shotgun, is left…
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Beginnings Anthology
I regularly hang out with the fine folks of the ACT Comic Meet (twitter). For the last month or so, they have been working on the Beginnings Anthology. It is a collection of their work bound together in a hundred colour pages. They have been sourcing funds through IndieGoGo. They recently achieved their initial funding…
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Newly Arrived
So my mailbox had a number of things inside of it today. As usual, the post seems to be a dumping ground for unwanted mail. Normally, I receive a series of bank statements and, other non-descript letters with the cellophane windows. Today I received two letters addressed to the Portrait Gallery. Not addressed to the…
The Screaming Wall 