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Archive for January, 2010
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Paintings of the Week
Posted on January 31, 2010 | No CommentsThe beautiful painting above is by Vermeer; and it could only be by Vermeer. Even if you didn’t recognise the actual painting, there’s no other artist who paints domestic scenes... -
The Week Reviewed
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No CommentsI was in Brighton on Tuesday night to give a talk on writing for television, organised by the splendid media training group Lighthouse (I’ve run a number of courses for... -
Movie Zone: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No CommentsI love movies, and I wish I’d seen them all. Or rather, all the good ones. In pursuit of this ambition, I’ve been catching up on some classic movies, some... -
SFF Song of the Week: Nicole Peeler
Posted on January 27, 2010 | 1 CommentHere’s a truly fabulous song choice from urban fantasy author Nicole Peeler, whose debut novel Tempest Rising is a witty and sensual thriller about a selkie in New England. Nicole... -
How to Read a Book
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsMy latest Orbit blog is here. -
SFF Song of the Week: Reblog
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsAlastair Reynold’s choice for SFF Song of the Week is here. Last week’s blogjay was Tony Ballantyne, who choose this. And this whole feature started with a song I often... -
Astronomy Photo of the Day
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsI grew up in a Welsh town near the sea, a town built on sand dunes. As kids we used to play cowboys and Indians among the dunes. So this image... -
Paintings of the Week
Posted on January 24, 2010 | No CommentsThis week, just to annoy that puritancial Calvinist Archie Tait, here’s some gratuitous nudity. Note: An odalisque is a female slave in a harem – a popular subject with many... -
The Battle Between Good and Evil
Posted on January 23, 2010 | No CommentsThis blog believes that we are now – all of us – engaged in a vast global battle between good and evil. Polly Toynbee explains why. -
The Week Reviewed
Posted on January 23, 2010 | No CommentsThe highlight of my week came by email…a scary, eerie, and extremely funny cover design for my next novel Version 43, which comes out in the autumn. Designer Lauren Panepinto... -
On Alien Life
Posted on January 22, 2010 | No CommentsAdrian Reynolds sent me this fabulous link about life in the depths of the sea…. -
Does Whatever a Franchise Can: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s the latest guest blog in our Movie Zone feature…from the talented and irrepressible screenwriter and blogger Adrian Reynolds. Adrian’s thoughts on life and movies and other stuff can be... -
SFF Song of the Week: Alastair Reynolds
Posted on January 20, 2010 | 6 CommentsHere’s this week’s song choice from Alastair Reynolds. Alastair – author of Revelation Space, Chasm City, House of Suns and many more wonderful books – is, in the view of many... -
If Jackals Ruled the World
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve finally seen Avatar, and it’s as amazing and spectacular as everyone says. The 3D experience is exhilarating, the plot is tight and smart, and the concept is brilliant. It’s... -
Reblog
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe funniest thing I read this week was John Crace’s parody of The Road, written from the point of view of an actual parent. Screenwriter and blogger Danny Stack alerted... -
Astronomy Photo of the Day
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s one from my archive of images that haunt me…. -
This Week on Debatable Spaces
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsAfter last week’s blogfest on this site – featuring Tony Ballantyne, Kate Bush, Archie Tait and, er me – here’s another full schedule for the Spaces that are Debatable: SUNDAY: ... -
Paintings of the Week
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsThis week, just for fun, here are two great paintings that have inspired two great songs. -
TX: Season of Migration to the North
Posted on January 16, 2010 | No CommentsOn Sunday 17th January (which is tomorrow, if you’re reading this today) at 8pm, Radio 3 are repeating my adaptation of Tayeb Salih’s marvellous novel Season of Migration to the... -
The Week Reviewed
Posted on January 16, 2010 | No CommentsI killed a lot of people this week. Millions of them, in fact. Well, strictly speaking they weren’t ‘people’, just sentient aliens, but I killed ‘em. Horribly and stone dead. ...