... Can I pop in here for a moment and do the author-descending-from-the-heavens bit, to say that yes, it *was* intended? Not that I expect this to make...
... Yep. OTOH, if he'd let the UNIT forces go ahead and attack the vampires in the nightclub at the midpoint of the book, quite likely at least as big a...
... From: "jonblum2000" <jblum@...> ... in the nightclub at the midpoint of the book, quite likely at least as big a bloodbath would have happened right...
Having now read all six of the "returning monsters" NSAs released this year, I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on how successful this approach has been....
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 2, 2009 9:01 am
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... As a longtime sufferer from severe chronic depression -- "severe" as in "I can't work and I need a combination of antidepressant drugs just to keep myself...
Popped into Forbidden Planet today. It's like wall-to-wall Lance Parkin, what with "Alan Moore", "Warlords of Utopia", "AHistory", mentions in "Bernice...
... I understand this - we're more sensitive to personal issues, and tend to hone in on the negative. Though it's hardly the same thing, I must say that as a...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 5, 2009 8:37 am
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Hello there. I'm going to be signing at Blue Hen Comics, Newark, Delaware on Saturday November 7th. As will prolific and popular Star Trek (including, it's...
Hi I need a recommendation for a friend's birthday, and because of his tastes this seemed like a good place to do it (and finally stop lurking) Until a year...
... [snip] ... Yeah _Bold As Love_ is good - but a bit different to what you have fed him so far. Eric Brown's _Kethani_ is another which is firmly rooted in...
... Welcome to non-lurkiness! ... Is "Something More" blasphemous... well, yes, in a technical sense, but I think you'd have to be fairly sensitive about these...
... The anthology _Fast Forward 2_, edited by Lou Anders, contains the first story in a new series by Cornell which fits the bill, and a lot of other stories...
So I've now read it, and there's definitely a lot to like about it. It has a sharp pace, some blisteringly good prose, and a "villain" that in some ways is the...
Read two of the new Torchwood books - here's the first review. S P O I L E R S P A C E Risk Assessment is wonderful. Maybe I'm biased - I love James Goss's ...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 21, 2009 12:33 pm
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Second Torchwood novel review of the day. S P O I L E R S P A C E From the author of my favourite book to the author of my least favourite - I loathed Trevor...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 21, 2009 12:46 pm
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Ding Ding! All aboard! Room for a little 'un at the back! Iris, Panda and their transtemporal double decker Routemaster bus are just about ready to leave the...
... <snip> Hurrah! Loved the Celestial Omnibus to bits. A great line-up in terms of established writers (obligatory boo! for the lack of Halliday, Schell,...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 21, 2009 3:40 pm
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It was a deliberate decision to have no returning authors this time round except me and Paul just in case we only got a couple of books out. And then I...
... And somehow, I didn't notice this from the list! I even sent Mark Clapham a message of congratulations for being invited *back*! I was so certain he had...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 22, 2009 8:48 am
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... Wrong word, perhaps? Super-apologies - English isn't my first language. The scene in question happens off-screen anyway, so the method of movement is a...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 22, 2009 8:48 am
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... Ah, transportation -- you just left out a letter. (And I should have been able to figure that out.) -- wds...
... What a comedy of errors! I didn't even notice when you pointed it out. I thought you were questioning how one would be transported. Steffan ...
Alun, Steffan
Steffan.Alun@...
Oct 22, 2009 10:27 am
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Hiya- Just to say that tomorrow sees the publication of my collection of short fiction, 'Twelve Stories', by Salt books. (www.saltpublishing.com. They're a...
For anyone on the Pagoda who's also a member of Outpost Skaro, we're running a competition there for the best bit of PBoH artwork - winner to receive a copy of...
Hello people of the ancient and foreboding Pagoda. I remember a looooong time ago a member here had some comments on some of the use of Russian in Emotional...
