The speculative genre is not small any longer. It has countless of sub-genres and cult-symbols, its followers occupy at least half of the Internet and the movies with the biggest revenues aren’t exactly the kitchen-sink dramas of yore. However, if we take a quick look at the literary side of things, we discover that there [...]
Posts tagged as Neil Gaiman
(Take) COVER (!) (It’s the) ART (!)
I love reading books. I love it above nearly any other form of past time activity. I try to read as often and as much as I can, yet I never seem to get do enough. There’s always another book to read, another story to hear. Yet there are some books that you simply can’t [...]
Beowulf
I am Ripper… Tearer… Slasher… Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength… and Lust… and Power! I AM (SPARTA) BEOWULF!
This year has already brought us one film affiliated with one of my absolute favourite authors, Neil Gaiman, but you can never have too much of a [...]
Californication
No, I’m not talking about the Red Hot Chillipeppers song, but rather the TV-show from Showtime, otherwise known the channel that brought you “Dexter” (which is a show that’s nothing but radiant in its brilliance). I was therefore intrigued when my friend pitched me a show about an author that’s moved to Hollywood, does lots [...]
The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe
It’s All Magical (even the cats, dogs and horses, too!)
“If you don’t read this book, you’ll have missed out on something important and wonderful and all the cool people will laugh at you.”
– Neil Gaiman (author of American Gods, Stardust, Sandman…)
Indeed they will, for “The Wizard Knight” is everything that Gaiman says it is, [...]
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