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11.07.07 by Widge @ 1:27 am  Looks like a goodly number of new titles by The Neil have hit Amazon. Sure, they're not coming out till next year, but we like the pre-order discount, and on a lot of these you get an additional 5% off. And if the price drops (again, on most of these--be sure you read the fine print) you get the lowest price. And if memory serves, they only charge you when the thing ships. So, you know, rock. Here's the rundown for those of you who, like us, are going to order these anyway. If you do, do it through us, would you? All the kickbacks we get go into improving the site. And honestly, have you been here? We could use a lot of improvement. Much obliged. The Graveyard Book. If you've read or listened to M is for Magic, then you got a sneak preview of this with "The Witch's Headstone." The book is available to pre-order by clicking here and the audiobook if you click here. And I don't have any cover images, but Neil posted some pics of the book he hand wrote it in here. (I really admire that...without a keyboard, I'm hopeless. Usually with a keyboard I'm not much better, but still.) I'm not sure who's reading the audiobook, but my first guess would be Neil. He does a lot of that, and he's awfully good at it. Categorized as: Books
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11.01.07 by Widge @ 3:41 am  BibliOdyssey has posted some fascinating pages from the 1630 book, Academy of the Sword. Or rather, its full title is: Academy of the Sword. Wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of a mysterious circle, the theory and practice of the true and heretofore unknown secrets of handling arms on foot and horseback. Apparently the horseback portion was never to be realized, however--sort of like History of the World Part II. This book is pretty damn rare in its original form, apparently: they report it can go for $50,000. If I were you and wanted it, though, I'd stick with the re-release. Categorized as: Books
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11.01.07 by Widge @ 12:57 am  Kevin Church has published Samuel L. Jackson's capsule reviews of book that all young adults should read. Perhaps not surprisingly, his views on I, Robot are a lot like our own Doc Ezra's. Categorized as: Books
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09.21.07 by Widge @ 3:04 pm  Three most excellent maps of Lovecraftian locales: Arkham, Innsmouth and Kingsport are in what is possibly the best titled blog post you'll see all week: Cartographie lovecraftienne. If that doesn't need to be the title of an album, then I don't know what does. This was found by the madmen at Ectoplasmosis. If that wasn't enough to ruin your sleep, they also mentioned "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Pooh Corner": "Oh, bother," said Pooh, as the unclean emanations of the Old Ones manifested as squamous and rugose tentacles that were of no earthly color. You people are sick, wrong, demented and potentially dangerous, and I'm glad to be on the same Interwebs as you. Categorized as: Books
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08.24.07 by Widge @ 11:24 pm  Okay, so I've finally caught up to everybody else: I've finished Harry Potter. Yeah, I know, I know. I'm old now. I read slow. Anyway, because I know you'll ask. Here's my three word review until I have more time to talk about: "I was satisfied." Now that I have finished, though, Ken sent me over this Comics in Context article from Quick Stop Entertainment by Peter Sanderson. And if you've read anything by Peter Sanderson--yes, the same guy who worked as a researcher for both DC and Marvel--you know he's thorough as hell. Categorized as: Books
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