curated: Sarah Polley on Terry Gilliam is a masterclass in how brilliant men get away with their bullshit
Polley makes no bones about what is at play here, and it’s a microcosm for Hollywood in the main. Brutal, and extraordinary.
books
curated: a brief history of spoilers
“Spoilers have been infuriating people since Victorian times” LOL…
curated: Rose Macaulay, author, influenced Orwell and Huxley, forgotten and erased
But her groundbreaking book is coming back into print (a century later).
thank the Maker, the Brian Daley Han Solo novels are available on Kindle
I haven’t read these since I was a kid, but back in the day, they did fulfill my tween hankering for more Han Solo.
‘Ready Player One’ reread, Part 2
I finished up my reread of Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline — soon to be released as a major motion picture by Steven Spielberg — today on Twitter. Here’s my commentary.
‘Ready Player One’ reread, Part 1
My reread of Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline — soon to be released as a major motion picture by Steven Spielberg — commenced today on Twitter. (I’ll finish tomorrow.) Here’s how it’s gone down so far.
curated: get a free ebook copy of Sinclair Lewis’s ‘It Can’t Happen Here’
Now that it has happened here.
open thread: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
A place to discuss both the stage play and the script book. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
my reads: Rivers of London and London Falling
The incredibly surface similarities between these two urban fantasy series in no way hampered my immense enjoyment of either.
Doctor Who thing: book signing at Forbidden Planet in London, Saturday March 15th
If you’re within shouting distance of London, and you collect Doctor Who novelizations and original fiction, you might want to check this out…
