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Archive for February, 2010
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SFF Song of the Week: Paul Raven
Posted on February 10, 2010 | No CommentsI shared a panel last October at the Sci-Fi London Festival in Greenwich with the delightful Paul Raven, a writer, blogger, webguy and music critic, who has chosen a wonderfully evocative... -
This Week on Debatable Spaces
Posted on February 9, 2010 | No CommentsTuesday and Thursday – THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. (Hey, I mean it.) Wednesday, a lovely treat: SFF SONG OF THE WEEK FROM BLOGGER & CRITIC PAUL RAVEN. NOW:... -
The Battle Between Good and Evil
Posted on February 9, 2010 | 3 CommentsI’ve written before on this site about the Battle Between Good and Evil; and I will do so again. It’s here, it’s now, we’re in the midst of it. This... -
Swimming with Selkies
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No CommentsHey, I’m not here, I’m over there, on the site of urban fantasy author Nicole Peeler, talking about myth. -
Reblog
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No CommentsHere are some blogs which I think are worth a visit, some recent, some not: John Scalzi on Why Publishing Will Not Go Away Anytime Soon. (Brilliant, funny, coruscating.) Nicole... -
Astronomy Photo of the Week
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No CommentsImage courtesy of NASA, and the Messenger spacecraft -
Paintings of the Week
Posted on February 7, 2010 | No CommentsEdward Hopper (1882-1967) was one of of the great portrait painters of small town America. His paintings look like movie stills – and his style is much imitated by cinematographers. ... -
The Week Reviewed
Posted on February 5, 2010 | 2 CommentsLast week was the week I didn’t go and see The Road. I was weak – I was sure I wouldn’t enjoy it! – so I bottled out and went... -
SFF Heroes: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Posted on February 5, 2010 | No CommentsRegular readers of this blog will not be surprised to find Miss Buffy Summers on my list of SFF Heroes. The heroine of Joss Whedon’s seven series epic TV show... -
SFF Heroes: Conan the Barbarian
Posted on February 4, 2010 | 1 CommentToday’s SFF Hero feature is dedicated to Lilith Saintcrow, who was blogjay on this site yesterday and chose the wonderful Banned in Argo by Leslie Fish. (See below, or click... -
This Week on Debatable Spaces, and Elsewhere
Posted on February 3, 2010 | No CommentsThis week, Lilith Saintcrow, queen of evil and sexy urban fantasy, chose her SFF Song of the Week…to hear her fab and hugely popular selection, scroll down, or click on... -
SFF Song of the Week: Lilith Saintcrow
Posted on February 3, 2010 | 3 CommentsHere’s a brilliant, and hilarious song choice from Lilith Saintcrow, best-selling urban fantasy author, who is both prolific and inspired, and whose series protagonists include Jill Kismet and private necromance Dante... -
SFF Heroes: Clark Kent
Posted on February 3, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve never liked Superman. I enjoyed the Richard Donner movies, I’ve read some of the comics, but as a character he’s never worked for me – because he’s too powerful,... -
SFF Heroes: Ripley
Posted on February 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsSigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien and its sequels was the pioneer female action hero. She has no superpowers, but she’s tough and ruthless, she can run like hell, she loves... -
SFF Heroes: Wolverine
Posted on February 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsWolverine is the greatest ever Marvel super-hero; and Hugh Jackman is the coolest actor in the X-Men. Tragically, however, the character has never been written for properly in the X-Men... -
Astronomy Photo of the Week
Posted on February 1, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s a chunk of rock…the smallest object found so far in the Kuiper Belt, a circle of icy debris at the outer rim of the solar system, just beyond Neptune. -
Reblog
Posted on February 1, 2010 | No CommentsMark Charan Newton has had some great news this week; Mark is represented by my own extraordinary agent, Mr John Jarrold. Readers of this site will know that I’m an...