Monthly Archives: July 2011
Rhapsody for Lessons Learned or Remembered – G. Banks-Martin
I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a poetry snob. That isn’t to say that I will only read the likes of Dickinson, Shakespeare and Rossetti of course. Indeed, I even dared to venture that Seamus Heaney’s ‘North’ wasn’t a patch on his earlier... more
Posted in Poetry, Reviews
Tagged Anthology, Emotive, Francis Bacon, Life, Poetry, Snapshots, Time
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Annalinde Matichei – The Flight of the Silver Vixen
I have to admit that when I received The Flight of the Silver Vixen in the post, I had mixed thoughts about reading it. On the one hand, it was actually science fiction, a genre that I love but have really been neglecting recently. On the other, the... more
Colin Shanafelt – What Gods Would Be Theirs?
Colin Shanafelt knows the part of Austin that he set What Gods Would Be Theirs? in. Shanafelt taught high school English (much like two of the main characters in his novel) at Lake Travis High School before moving on to working at the collegiate... more
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged Affluence, Coming of age, Northlake, Polarity, Stereotypes, Teachers
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Anne Mccaffrey – Dragonflight
I literally ate these books up as a young lady growing up in New York City. The Dragonriders of Pern novels took my imagination on soaring flights of fantasy, like a dragonrider on her dragon. Most of my collection was either lost, loaned out and... more
From Page to Screen [1]
Today's article has been written by Ben Maltz-Jones. In what will hopefully be a new, fairly regular feature on the site, I’m going to be covering the various happenings in the world of film, and the trials and tribulations of bringing a much... more
Posted in Featured Articles
Tagged Adaptations, CG, comic book, IMAX, Jackson, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Movie, Spielberg, The Dark Knight Rises, tintin, Tom Hardy
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Mira Grant – Feed
Even if you aren't a fan of zombies, this is one zombie book that you shouldn't run from. It won't eat your brains or turn you into a zombie. I promise. This is a zombie book that redefines the world of zombies, so very well researched that after... more
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged Apocalypse, Facebook, Humour, Satire, Social Media, Twitter, Zombie
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