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29th-Apr-2008 08:47 am - what am i reading?
It, HC Headshot, copernicus 2, outhouse, magic dirt, fly, saucer men, grattis, flight to mars, unleashed logo, Orphans head, gedosenki A, man from planet X, WOTF 23, saturn returns, crab monsters, fingers, cenotaxis, saturn title, psycho, changeling close, red moon, destination moon, zombie, boot, Movember 1, suicide pistol, squid, haiku, energy dome, inflatable dalek, beach, silent p, dalek & madonna, dog collar, earth ascendant, dalek & kylie, squid fancy, Movember 3, dirt 1, Movember - FZ wallpaper, city painting, south park, seth bullock, askew, aurealis head, Movember 2, glitter negative, trouvelot mars, Washington, destination: prague, gedosenki C, pink pills, Movember - FZ water, bert, Wig, bear, Mischevious, kev07, Lodo, tux, movember - wolfman, cosmic monsters, denied a voice, trouvelot nebula, russian egghead, sorry, kittens, blob, tubeway, glitter - not, unleashed, pirate, kb's party, gedosenki B, berserker, Movember - FZ black, hanging mountains, quantum lolcat, beast with 10000 eyes, Gazza, cenotaxis - audible, killers from space, destroy all monster, cosmic man, wedding 1, magritte, invaders from mars, robot, fringe ticket, in the name of the law, gary numan ticket, goldfrapp A&E, copernicus, giant claw, numan's eye, green sun, trouvelot jupiter, simpsons, Imre, PEN, saturn returns - audible
Courtesy of the excellently-named Marshal Zeringue:

What is Sean Williams Reading?
Writers Read: Sean Williams (the full version, comes with free Rob Shearman plug*)

So many books, so little etc.

* And by that I don't mean a plug shaped like Rob Shearman, although I suppose there could be a market for such a thing.
17th-Dec-2007 09:11 am - kindling
It, HC Headshot, copernicus 2, outhouse, magic dirt, fly, saucer men, grattis, flight to mars, unleashed logo, Orphans head, gedosenki A, man from planet X, WOTF 23, saturn returns, crab monsters, fingers, cenotaxis, saturn title, psycho, changeling close, red moon, destination moon, zombie, boot, Movember 1, suicide pistol, squid, haiku, energy dome, inflatable dalek, beach, silent p, dalek & madonna, dog collar, earth ascendant, dalek & kylie, squid fancy, Movember 3, dirt 1, Movember - FZ wallpaper, city painting, south park, seth bullock, askew, aurealis head, Movember 2, glitter negative, trouvelot mars, Washington, destination: prague, gedosenki C, pink pills, Movember - FZ water, bert, Wig, bear, Mischevious, kev07, Lodo, tux, movember - wolfman, cosmic monsters, denied a voice, trouvelot nebula, russian egghead, sorry, kittens, blob, tubeway, glitter - not, unleashed, pirate, kb's party, gedosenki B, berserker, Movember - FZ black, hanging mountains, quantum lolcat, beast with 10000 eyes, Gazza, cenotaxis - audible, killers from space, destroy all monster, cosmic man, wedding 1, magritte, invaders from mars, robot, fringe ticket, in the name of the law, gary numan ticket, goldfrapp A&E, copernicus, giant claw, numan's eye, green sun, trouvelot jupiter, simpsons, Imre, PEN, saturn returns - audible
Dave Cake (aka [info]strangedave) has an excellent post about electronic book readers over at Talking Squid, structured around a review of the new Amazon Kindle but dealing concisely and convincingly with many general arguments against such devices.

I think it's only a matter of time before the right reader comes along to make ebooks as ubiquitous as mp3 music files. The Kindle doesn't appear to be it, but that doesn't mean it isn't being designed right now, by someone. I for one will welcome it, and the empty spaces on my book shelves it will allow.

Dave's post is part one of two. I'm looking forward to reading the rest.
9th-May-2007 08:34 am - time-line fever
It, HC Headshot, copernicus 2, outhouse, magic dirt, fly, saucer men, grattis, flight to mars, unleashed logo, Orphans head, gedosenki A, man from planet X, WOTF 23, saturn returns, crab monsters, fingers, cenotaxis, saturn title, psycho, changeling close, red moon, destination moon, zombie, boot, Movember 1, suicide pistol, squid, haiku, energy dome, inflatable dalek, beach, silent p, dalek & madonna, dog collar, earth ascendant, dalek & kylie, squid fancy, Movember 3, dirt 1, Movember - FZ wallpaper, city painting, south park, seth bullock, askew, aurealis head, Movember 2, glitter negative, trouvelot mars, Washington, destination: prague, gedosenki C, pink pills, Movember - FZ water, bert, Wig, bear, Mischevious, kev07, Lodo, tux, movember - wolfman, cosmic monsters, denied a voice, trouvelot nebula, russian egghead, sorry, kittens, blob, tubeway, glitter - not, unleashed, pirate, kb's party, gedosenki B, berserker, Movember - FZ black, hanging mountains, quantum lolcat, beast with 10000 eyes, Gazza, cenotaxis - audible, killers from space, destroy all monster, cosmic man, wedding 1, magritte, invaders from mars, robot, fringe ticket, in the name of the law, gary numan ticket, goldfrapp A&E, copernicus, giant claw, numan's eye, green sun, trouvelot jupiter, simpsons, Imre, PEN, saturn returns - audible
Like all authors, I'm occasionally asked what I'm reading at the moment. It's nice for once to have a definitive answer to that question.

The book I'm currently enjoying is Lance Parkin's A History of the Universe.

Sounds dry? I assure you it's not.

The universe in question is that of Doctor Who, and I am an unashamed fanboy. It's a happy conjunction.

(Thanks, [info]dalekboy, for dropping by and giving me this most excellent read!)
30th-Dec-2006 12:28 pm - a few of my favourite things
It, HC Headshot, copernicus 2, outhouse, magic dirt, fly, saucer men, grattis, flight to mars, unleashed logo, Orphans head, gedosenki A, man from planet X, WOTF 23, saturn returns, crab monsters, fingers, cenotaxis, saturn title, psycho, changeling close, red moon, destination moon, zombie, boot, Movember 1, suicide pistol, squid, haiku, energy dome, inflatable dalek, beach, silent p, dalek & madonna, dog collar, earth ascendant, dalek & kylie, squid fancy, Movember 3, dirt 1, Movember - FZ wallpaper, city painting, south park, seth bullock, askew, aurealis head, Movember 2, glitter negative, trouvelot mars, Washington, destination: prague, gedosenki C, pink pills, Movember - FZ water, bert, Wig, bear, Mischevious, kev07, Lodo, tux, movember - wolfman, cosmic monsters, denied a voice, trouvelot nebula, russian egghead, sorry, kittens, blob, tubeway, glitter - not, unleashed, pirate, kb's party, gedosenki B, berserker, Movember - FZ black, hanging mountains, quantum lolcat, beast with 10000 eyes, Gazza, cenotaxis - audible, killers from space, destroy all monster, cosmic man, wedding 1, magritte, invaders from mars, robot, fringe ticket, in the name of the law, gary numan ticket, goldfrapp A&E, copernicus, giant claw, numan's eye, green sun, trouvelot jupiter, simpsons, Imre, PEN, saturn returns - audible
Where did 2006 go? Looking back on it, I don't seem to have encountered very much new stuff, although I'm sure that isn't true. It's probably just been buried beneath all the books I've been reading.

I've already covered said books, and I haven't seen enough movies to consider myself any kind of authority on the subject (like everyone else, it seems, I liked "Children of Men" and "Casino Royale"). My TV watching consisted of keeping up with new seasons of Deadwood, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Scrubs and Doctor Who (not on Australian commercial networks, of course) and finally watching through the anime classic "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" (which reminded me, in a very pleasing way, of parts of The Resurrected Man).

The only area in which I feel at all knowledgeable is ambient music, so here's my top five albums that I discovered this year (even if, in at least one case, they were released ages ago):

Steve Roach, "Proof Positive"
Biosphere, "Shenzou"
Carbon Based Lifeforms, "World of Sleepers"
Global Communications, "76:14"
Maneki Neko, "Auracle"

A couple of soundtracks I'm really enjoying at the moment are those to "Breaking & Entering" (Underworld and Gabriel Yared) and "The Prestige" (David Julyan). And I really liked Fourplay's new album, "Now to the Future" (not just because the title always makes me think of Devo's "Duty Now for the Future", honest). Gary Numan's "Jagged" was, of course, a personal highlight, as was Frank Zappa's posthumous CD of guitar solos, "Trance-Fusion". The only album I picked up by anyone remotely contemporary was José González's "Veneer"--not because there isn't good music out there, but because I just don't have time to listen to anything with lyrics.

So that's it. Thanks to everyone who recommended I watch, read or listen to this or that. Sorry if I didn't get to all of it. The backlog may be growing, but it's good to know that there will never be a shortage of good material to distract myself with. In fact, just today I bought the first season of Sopranos. That, no doubt, will consume any spare moment I might find in the coming weeks...
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