Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
…and here we are: finally! The most awaited movie of the year is out next week, and the early reviews are glowing. “A gigantic spectacle of pure hallucinatory craziness.” This is how The Guardian entitled its article, which you can read…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that…
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After having reviewed Castelvania on this blog, I’ve received a few questions about which anime are worth watching on Netflix. Difficult to answer, since the offer is now quite rich and you have something for all tastes. This one is a…
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It is not a mystery for anybody reading this blog that I am a fan of Lindqvist. I have reviewed his brilliant “Let the Right One in” a couple of years ago, and I have been looking forward to his…
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And this is it. On Friday 15 September, after 20 years in space, 13 of which spent in Saturn’s system, Cassini plunged into the gas giant’s atmosphere. NASA made this choice to prevented it crashing into and contaminating the moons…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that…
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If you are obsessed with anime the way I am, you’ll find the development of anime-style series in the Western countries quite interesting, even though at times not completely satisfactory. However, Castlevania is one of the best examples I can…
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Next week I am going to attend the fabled Milford, the annual UK writing workshop for speculative fiction authors. I am excited and together nervous – this is the place you can expect your pieces to be torn to shreds,…
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I am thrilled to have L.L. Madrid here this month to present her amazing Speculative 66, one of the best venues for microfiction (I have listed a few of them recently here). Leigh was so kind to answer a few questions…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that…
Read more