Vonnegut uses the perfect framing device for this novel wherein a timequake bumps everyone back in time ten years to run through that whole decade of their lives again. He starts off by leading us in by the nose with Read more…
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I remember exactly where I was when I learned of the passing of Kurt Vonnegut — I was in Wisconsin staying on a friend\’s couch into the second month of my travels around the states. I wrote a poem in Read more…
As should be the way, with each new character that is introduced a new layer is added to the story, and thanks to the pacing, the subtlety of which is truly starting to emerge after 6 episodes, each of the Read more…
I think, as with a lot of things, the Young British Artists, as they were known, are easy to look at and assess from a perspective that is not barraged by so much hype. I think at the time so Read more…
On a recent flight I got to watch Factory Girl where Sienna Miller plays Edie. I have read interviews with David J of Bauhaus and with the authors of Girl On Fire a book about Edie. She had been on Read more…
You find the beats, you find Fante, you\’re gonna find Bukowski. As a writer how can you not be drawn to him? It is arguable that he is one of the most influential out of any of that type of Read more…
in the same way that i got a distinct look of having had shit on a stick waved under my nose when i heard about the new star trek movie, today i got that feeling when i heard about the Read more…
www.lulu.com/psgri2003 the blurb: a suite of desolate elegance, the first collected works of Paul Grimsley, contains a mixture of free verse and rhythmic modern poetry. with 45 poems that examine what it is to be human and vulnerable; the eye Read more…
It seems like such a long time since I used to buy comics on a monthly basis but this was one that I absolutely had to have. I think the thing that may have first attracted me, and I may Read more…
This was an amazing story that ran in the 2000ad comic. It was written by John Smith and featured some wonderful artwork by Simon Harrison. It appears, since it was reprinted in Extreme Edition #20 that people on the forums Read more…