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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim was excellent, definitely greater than the sum of its parts. CGI monster fights don't make for good film—I inevitably feel as though I'm watching someone else play a video game. But here,...
View ArticleA brief note on Martin and Zimmerman
Much has been made of the ability of the Martin/Zimmerman case to separate out the politics of observers, much like chick-sexing. The story is that liberals see the case as the result of racism (and...
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Tuesday quick notes
Over at the day job, we released Catherynne M. Valente's (lj's own catvalente) collection The Melancholy of Mechagirl. Buy it!Over at The Big Click, we have You Are Watching by Ann Sterzinger. Read it!...
View ArticleMy only comment on THE CUCKOO'S CALLING by J. K. Rowling
"when her mouth puckered into hard little lines around the cigarette, it looked like a cat’s anus"
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Music for the Masses
A little bit of dayjob news, and happy personal news (happy for me anyway). Just announced at San Diego Comic Con: the graphic novel edition of All You Need Is Kill, with pencils and inks by Lee...
View ArticleMonday Quick Notes
Exciting news from Britain today! The debate over Britain’s food crisis has been going on since last year, but has exploded since May, when Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty released a report showing...
View ArticleThe Royal Baby
Anyway, good thing it's a boy. Now Kate won't have to have sex with ol' Pumpkinhead again.
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9.5 Theses on Art and Class
9.5 Theses on Art and Class by Ben Davis is one of the more interesting books I've read lately. Initially I was disappointed—I thought the book would be an expansion of his actual 9.5 theses, but...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in Korea
My friend Kap and I are denounced as idiots by a former intelligence officer* for translating North Korean propaganda for bringing Kwangju Diary to the English-speaking world. Starts at 3:31. (The New...
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THE WOLVERINE
The Wolverine was an okay movie. It was certainly better than the last Wolverine movie, which we discussed back in 2009. It doesn't quite reach the level of the mythical "good popcorn" movie—that is,...
View ArticleTuesday quick notes
In Tunisia, the largest labor union called on Tuesday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government and the interior minister offered to resign as a political crisis deepened. Continuing amazing...
View ArticleVonnegut fanfic license
Well, it looks like I may yet be able to retire a Kindle Millionaire, as Amazon Publishing has formed a new licensing partnership with RosettaBooks for the books of Kurt Vonnegut for its fan fiction...
View ArticleOil and Water
Oil and Water, the San Francisco Mime Troupe's is a collection of two one-act plays, "Deal with the Devil" and "Crude Intentions" that deal with the Keystone XL pipeline, and with the ongoing legal...
View ArticleMonday Quick Notes
1. No BART strike today, despite the fact that supposedly the last offer from BART management, last night, was actually worse than the previous offer made—BART seems extremely ready to provoke a strike...
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Are You A Professional Writer? Take My Quiz!
There's been a lot of discussion in some corners of the Internet this weekend over the idea of being a "professional writer." I won't bother linking to the original source's quiz because it's boring...
View ArticleBook bloggers and book reviewers might like to know...
that Love is the Law is now up on Netgalley right here. Note that the book actually comes out on Sept 25, not Oct 8.Thanks!
View ArticleFriday Quick Notes
Interested locals might want to consider taking my five-week genre writing course, which starts On August 17th. I've repaired several Clarion grads over the years, the poor things.Speaking, of a few...
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