[Approximately 435 BCE] 2003.
Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt (1954).
Introduction and notes by John Marincola (1996, 2003).
600 pages of main text.
166 pages of paratext.
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Adamant recommendations, bordering on annoying for the ones being exposed to the pimping. There’s a lot of this going on online, though.
The Histories by Herodotus
WALL-E
As I went to see WALL-E (from now on Wall-E, as Nature abhors a shout, even though it’s supposed to be an acronym) last a couple of days ago, I was feeling highly ambiguous and thus also a bit scared. You see, my hopes for this movie were nothing short of astronomic, as just about [...]
Lord of War
It’s been nearly two weeks since I watched Lord of War, so this’ll be a brief review, but better late than never, eh?
First off, what struck me during this second watching of Lord of War was how similar, in many ways, it was to Charlie Wilson’s War. They both dealt with serious subjects, and they [...]
The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe
2004.
920 pages, Gollancz trade paperback.
An American kid is out walking in the forest surrounding his and his brother’s cabin when he spots a castle in the sky, and follows it. During his pursuit he looses track of where he is, and when night falls he decides to sleep out in the forest. When he wakes [...]
Rip it apart and start again
One of the many reasons to look forward to Ripper.
As for Brian K. Vaughn’s (first, but hopefully not last) run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Season 8″ comics, the best compliment I can give is that I hardly noticed — if indeed I did notice at all, which is doubtful — that this wasn’t written [...]
Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
Published in 2005 by Tor Books. Paperback, 313 pages.
A couple hundred years into the future, Earth is a backwater. Humans have long since mastered interstellar travel, but this technology is kept away from the humans on Earth, whose society don’t really seem much different from that we live in today. Excepting of course that people [...]
Deadwood, season 1
Incredible.
At times I thought it lacked a bit more obvious season plot arc, and I’d liked to see Bullock being more active, rather than just reactive, but those are just about the only objections I have to the show.
Amazing setting, mindblowing characters, spiffy dialogue, and a delightfully rancid humour. One of the best shows I’ve [...]
Done the Impossible
Stumbled across this on Vuze the other day, and thought I’d better take a look at it, seeing as I reckon myself to be a Joss Whedon fan of sorts.
And it was good. Sure, if you don’t fancy watching geeks rant on about some stupid TV show for one and an half hour, you probably [...]
Gudenes Fall
Gudenes Fall, by Cornelius Jakhelln.
2007, 428 pages.
Now, this might be a little weird. Gudenes Fall (The Fall of the Gods) is a book that most likely never will be translated into English, and yet, I choose to review it in English. But hey, my English is still worse than my Norwegian.
In the year 1000 AD, [...]
Movies Galore: A Summary
It’s nearly two months since my last movie review — a review, I might add, where I was unreasonably hard on the reviewed movie, as the fact that I’m in a foul mood shouldn’t really count against it. Anyway, since then I’ve watched a lot of movies: excellent movies, great movies, good movies, mediocre movies, [...]
Issue 5 — The Chain
My immediate reaction to this issue, is that it is the best one this far.
Because while it lacks those “OMIGAWD!1 IT’S HER/HIM/IT/THEM!!!1″ moments, it was a beautiful and sad story, with elegant pathos and an endearing main character whose name we never even learn.
Quite a treat; if all the “short ones” they intend to stick [...]
Pacte des Loups
I watched “Pacte des Loups” again, for the third time or so, and it’s still as good as it’s always been.
The year is 1734. For the last two years a beast has been terrorising the French province of Geuvadan (and up until this point, it’s actually a true story, you know), preying upon women and [...]
Scrooge McD Nostalgia
I bought the first volume of the Norwegian “Walt Disney’s Hall of Fame” today, a book that collects some of Don Rosa’s first and best Scrooge McDuck comics. I haven’t started on the comics themselves yet, as it had some snacks in the beginning that I have to read. One of these tasty little morsels [...]
Garden State
I watched my favourite romantic comedy last Thursday: Zach Braff’s “Garden State”. (Eh, this one was written about one month ago; I must have forgotten to submit it…)
It really is a magnificent little movie, which Braff not only wrote and directed, but also starred in. He played the main character, Andrew Largeman, a young man [...]
Seeing Red: A Case in the Study of Joss Whedon, Sadistic Genious
This has got to be one of the best worst minutes of television I have ever seen. Observe, if you will, these four moments:
1. Bliss, as Buffy and Xander make up and embrace.
2. Dread, as Warren appears, toting a gun.
3. Grief, and/or anguish, as a stray bullet from Warren’s gun penetrates Tara’s chest, and her [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, part III
Whoa.
And when I was done, Queen’s “You Take My Breath Away” was next in line in my WMP playlist. How’s that for a coincidence?
Half-way evil Willow.
A Angel-Buffy(in-nurse-costume)-Spike dream landscape with barbed wire.
Fi fa fucking fum.
“Ladies and other ladies… the indescribable Rosenberg.” - Xander.
“Well, this is really unimpressive. One attack by the undead and Renee has [...]
Whenever I feel down…
I take a look at this one. And this one. And suddenly things seem a little brighter.
(And I am well aware that I’ve linked to these stripes almost ten times before, but they really are that… man, I got to get around to reading some Jack Vance soon, so that I can learn some new [...]
Awesome music videos
Radiohead - Paranoid Android — I don’t love the video as much as I used to, but man, this is still a fucking mind-blowing song. Undeniably my favourite of all time.
Queen - I’m Going Slightly Mad — not only is the song weird in a good way, but the video is, in addtion to being [...]
Nerdenes Rikskringkasting!
Okay, den andre norske posten min på ei uke. Ikke akkurat et så veldig godt tegn at det gjør noe. Men, men.
Uansett, det som denne gangen vekker min entusiasme, som NRK-patriot (jeg ser ikke på andre kanaler) er nyheten om at NRK har kjøpt inn “Heroes” og at de skal begynne å sende serien i [...]
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