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Apr. 7th, 2004 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coalescentA list of Mainstream Books That Every Self-Respecting Fantasist Really Ought To Own. I've read, um, two: The Master And Margarita and Under The Skin. I own, but have not read, a further one: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. There are about half-a-dozen others on the list that pique my curiosity.
Here's a handy guide to genre distinctions. And Adam Roberts discusses SF as a metaphoric genre here.
Finding The Future: A documentary about SF.
Two blog entries about everyone's favourite search engine: discover the secret source of Google's power and the potential of GooOS.
There are webcams for everything, including my high street. If you watch very, very closely at about 9:30am tomorrow, you might even see me walk in front of it.
I went to see the remake of Dawn of the Dead last night, I'm going to watch the original tonight (23:20, BBC2), and I'm going to see Shaun of the Dead over the weekend. Man, that's a lot of zombies. Of course, I won't just be watching zombies; tomorrow I'm off to Manchester tomorrow for a meet with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
itchyfidget, fba, assorted geekstalt members and others, then it's on to Blackpool and Eastercon over the weekend. See y'all on the other side.
EDIT: Hugely disturbing Alanis Morissette photo. And then there's the Penny Arcade remix project...
Here's a handy guide to genre distinctions. And Adam Roberts discusses SF as a metaphoric genre here.
Finding The Future: A documentary about SF.
Two blog entries about everyone's favourite search engine: discover the secret source of Google's power and the potential of GooOS.
There are webcams for everything, including my high street. If you watch very, very closely at about 9:30am tomorrow, you might even see me walk in front of it.
I went to see the remake of Dawn of the Dead last night, I'm going to watch the original tonight (23:20, BBC2), and I'm going to see Shaun of the Dead over the weekend. Man, that's a lot of zombies. Of course, I won't just be watching zombies; tomorrow I'm off to Manchester tomorrow for a meet with
itchyfidget, fba, assorted geekstalt members and others, then it's on to Blackpool and Eastercon over the weekend. See y'all on the other side.EDIT: Hugely disturbing Alanis Morissette photo. And then there's the Penny Arcade remix project...
