From The Art of Manliness, The Essential Man's Library.
Summer has at last arrived here in the savage wilds of South Portland. Oh joy!
In writing news, look for stories in Postscripts 15, the Super Worldcon Special Edition, and in an upcoming issue of Barrelhouse.
May 26, 2008
May 24, 2008
Wings! Pistons! What Is One to Do?
Tonight, Monday, and Wednesday, the Pistons and Wings will be playing at the same time. This is a damnable injustice...
but at least their success is easing the sting of the Tigers being such a disappointment. I mean, really. Who thought the Tigers would be 20-28 at this point? At least there are 114 games left. All they need to do is go 75-39 to win 95 games and have a shot at the playoffs.
In book-related news, the British have outdone themselves in the area of literary lists. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die? Ay yi yi.
May 23, 2008
Things of Interest Over the Past Few Days
Phoenix is about to land on Mars, where it's going to look for evidence of life.
New York Magazine's Vulture blog takes an interest in Philip K. Dick's late-50s literary novels.
And the following list of Favorite Obscure Books, courtesy of the Village Voice. I've only read two of them: Fup and Gob's Grief. Both are excellent.
On a gloomier note, the depressing influence of Time Warner over the post office, and its effect on small literary magazines, is briefly post-mortemed (is that a word?) here.
New York Magazine's Vulture blog takes an interest in Philip K. Dick's late-50s literary novels.
And the following list of Favorite Obscure Books, courtesy of the Village Voice. I've only read two of them: Fup and Gob's Grief. Both are excellent.
On a gloomier note, the depressing influence of Time Warner over the post office, and its effect on small literary magazines, is briefly post-mortemed (is that a word?) here.
May 15, 2008
What My Students Get Up To, Pt. 2
My Advanced Creative Writing students recorded their flash stories and got them up on this website, for your listening enjoyment. Check it out...
Ahhhh, end of the semester. Life takes on a different shape for the next almost-four months.
Ahhhh, end of the semester. Life takes on a different shape for the next almost-four months.
Apr 29, 2008
PKDlicious
The guy who made and then lost an excellent robotic head of Phil Dick has had his lawsuit dismissed. The judge's dismissal is excerpted at Total Dick-Head, and it is marvelous.
Wonder where the head has gotten to by now...
Wonder where the head has gotten to by now...
Apr 26, 2008
Misgivings
Guillermo del Toro, in 2006:
I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits -- I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff."
Guillermo del Toro, in 2008:
"Contributing to the 'Lord of the Rings' legacy is an absolute dream come true."
Oh, man, I hope this isn't a disaster. Especially the 'sequel.'
I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits -- I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff."
Guillermo del Toro, in 2008:
"Contributing to the 'Lord of the Rings' legacy is an absolute dream come true."
Oh, man, I hope this isn't a disaster. Especially the 'sequel.'
Apr 25, 2008
Apr 23, 2008
Baseball and Technical Difficulties
It may already be apparent to some of you that alexirvine.net is undergoing a time of travail. I'm not sure why, but with any luck it will all be sorted out soon. One of the downsides of the online merchant-customer dynamic is the difficulty of actually finding a human being who will admit to being authorized and equipped to deal with a problem. So there is a moment of Luddism here. If you've been looking for alexirvine.net and found it vanished, my apologies. Things will be restored to their normal hiatus soon.
If, on the other hand, you have arrived at this space looking for random bits of possibly literary news, oh boy. It seems that Nabokov the Younger has decided to contravene his father's wishes and publish the scanty relics of the Elder's final work, despite express wishes to the contrary. And it all came about as the result of a vision, which, well, of course. And in completely unrelated news, Massive Attack doing Blade Runner? Man, I wish I was going to be in England sometime soon.
The Tigers, since an 0-7 start, are 9-6. And Curtis Granderson is back. I try to envision a summerlong brutalizing of any and all opposition, but with their starting pitching in its current desperate situation, optimism is hard to come by. Can they win every game 10-7? Here's hoping.
If, on the other hand, you have arrived at this space looking for random bits of possibly literary news, oh boy. It seems that Nabokov the Younger has decided to contravene his father's wishes and publish the scanty relics of the Elder's final work, despite express wishes to the contrary. And it all came about as the result of a vision, which, well, of course. And in completely unrelated news, Massive Attack doing Blade Runner? Man, I wish I was going to be in England sometime soon.
The Tigers, since an 0-7 start, are 9-6. And Curtis Granderson is back. I try to envision a summerlong brutalizing of any and all opposition, but with their starting pitching in its current desperate situation, optimism is hard to come by. Can they win every game 10-7? Here's hoping.
Apr 18, 2008
To the Barricades!
Elements of the French intelligentsia are agitating for the abolition of the semicolon. Barbarians.
And speaking of barricades, on Sunday we (by which I mean L and myself) went to the Public Theater's Public Lab for a play called Paris Commune. Improbably, it was a musical. Even more improbably, it was a pretty good show.
And speaking of barricades, on Sunday we (by which I mean L and myself) went to the Public Theater's Public Lab for a play called Paris Commune. Improbably, it was a musical. Even more improbably, it was a pretty good show.
Apr 16, 2008
Man, I Hope This Is True
Although their work from adapted sources sometimes doesn't measure up to their inspired best, the Coen brothers are still among my favorite filmmakers, and who better to take on Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union?
The Tigers have won three in a row! The last a 13-2 annihilation of the Cleveland Indians. It's hard to complain about anything after a game like that, but how would you like to be Pudge Rodriguez, who (while his teammates were racking up 17 hits and wearing themselves out running around the bases) went 0 for 6 hitting leadoff, and left 10 guys on base? Eek.
Surprising baseball stat of the day: Tonight's grand slam by Edgar Renteria was the fifth of his career.
The Tigers have won three in a row! The last a 13-2 annihilation of the Cleveland Indians. It's hard to complain about anything after a game like that, but how would you like to be Pudge Rodriguez, who (while his teammates were racking up 17 hits and wearing themselves out running around the bases) went 0 for 6 hitting leadoff, and left 10 guys on base? Eek.
Surprising baseball stat of the day: Tonight's grand slam by Edgar Renteria was the fifth of his career.
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