The Influence |
Back in the eighties Jeff Conner's Scream/Press published three splendid editions of fiction of mine - the restored Face That Must Die and the first editions of Cold Print and Scared Stiff. All were i...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 06:23:00 GMT |
Let The Right One In |
Daunted by the fierce Ms Flynn, I return to my blog, to add my voice to the chorus of praise for Let The Right One In. If by any chance you don't know what this film is fundamentally about, I suggest ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:17:00 GMT |
Penny Bale |
Jenny's sister Penny died this morning after a heart attack. She also leaves her brother Chris. All three were A. Bertram Chandler's children. Her husband is Alan Bale, their sons are Tim and Robin. W...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:44:00 GMT |
Liverpool, capital of claptrap |
The year of the City of Culture is past, but Liverpool has committed itself to continue its cultural drive. I should like to think that the following report refers to some kind of performance art that...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:08:00 GMT |
slow and boring |
I'm both dismayed and heartened to find Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan described on a discussion board as slow - dismayed because I think it's one of the most compulsively readable novels of my exper...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:15:00 GMT |
thrice twenty-one |
I am. Here's to multiplying it by four.
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:10:00 GMT |
a prayer for Liverpool |
Liverpool's year of culture is over. It brought many splendid things - Klimt and Simon Rattle (a shy youthful reader at the music library in Liverpool when I worked there) were two of the finest. The ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:16:00 GMT |
happy new year |
I'll wish myself one as well, having worked well after dark on the last day of the old one. I had fun with dialogue in The Seven Days of Cain and then managed to finish off my introduction to the coll...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:09:00 GMT |
the lure of the blog |
Actually, I'm not so sure I got it right about writer's block as it relates to blogging. Maybe it's rather that I'm wary of spending too much time on here (but then that goes for the Internet in gener...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:30:00 GMT |
a bloody fool |
I return once more. A horror from the past has revived me. Here it comes:
'Mr Harryhausen's letter places me in an unenviable position. As far as my article on King Kong is concerned, I am prepared to...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:44:00 GMT |
