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Ah, Sydney
Went for a great bike ride with my pal K on Saturday... from Marrickville and Annandale, over the Anzac Bridge into Darling Harbour, then to the Rocks and around the foreshore under the Harbour Bridge to Circular Quay. From there, a ferry to Mosman Bay where we chained up the bikes and bussed it up the hill to do some shopping (the goal for this ( Read more... ) -
Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge
I've just finished reading Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge. I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's a YA fantasy set in a non-magical world loosely based on 17th century England. There are rival claimants to the vacant throne, a Parliament set on keeping the throne empty, and a bunch of powerful Guilds who are quietly bent on increasing ( Read more... ) -
The Viking returns
I'm back from my medieval weekend (obviously... blogging hadn't been invented in those days, you know ( Read more... ) -
A-viking we will go, again
Yes, it's time to don ye olde medieval clothes, take up spear and sword (and drinking horn) and head off to the biennial Australasian Historical Conference, a gathering of re-enactment clubs covering Ancient Greece and Rome, Vikings and Byzantines, Crusaders, Condottiere and all the way to those modern rascals the Routiers who do English Civil War ( Read more... ) -
Ugly financial truths
It's over - we're officially, royally fucked. No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock...
This article in Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi, brought to my attention by catsparx, is a great read. It explains the complexities of how America (and therefore the world) came to its current parlous state of finance. It is a complicated situation ( Read more... ) -
Watchmen
In a word - awesome ( Read more... ) -
Watchmen!
I'm off to see Watchmen tonight. In Gold Class, no less! I'm excited. The movie will have to be pretty brilliant to live up to the graphic novel, but most reviews so far are positive so I'm quietly hopeful.
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Hope
Most of you already know about this, but here are further details for Hope, the fundraiser for Victorian bushfire relief that I mentioned previously. My contribution will appear in a later issue (not sure which one).
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Hope #1Hope is a new multi-part fanzine raising money for bushfire relief in the Australian state of ( Read more... ) -
Victorian bushfire relief fanzine
Most of you probably know that Grant Watson is producing a fanzine, with the theme of "Hope", proceeds from which will go to bushfire relief. Details here. I've sent him my 2004 story "The Glass Flower"; a story with plenty of hope in it, I think. If you have something to contribute, click that link above for contact details. But do it now - he's ( Read more... )