tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post115648246829924206..comments2023-10-15T23:55:58.457+08:00Comments on THE GRIN WITHOUT A CAT: banzai cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1157084071160118972006-09-01T12:14:00.000+08:002006-09-01T12:14:00.000+08:00Investments...*sigh*Speaking of which, one of my t...Investments...<BR/><BR/>*sigh*<BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, one of my to-be investments petered out as I can't find a copy of Theodora Goss' book. Might have to order it. Grrr, just when I had the funds to get it already.banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156906834382833852006-08-30T11:00:00.000+08:002006-08-30T11:00:00.000+08:00as it has mine... arg.but hey, it's an investment,...as it has mine... arg.<BR/><BR/>but hey, it's an investment, especially for an SF writer, as evidenced by my most recent experience...skinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156904830956600342006-08-30T10:27:00.000+08:002006-08-30T10:27:00.000+08:00Aw fuck. :-( Am glad that it's hit local shores b...Aw fuck. :-( Am glad that it's hit local shores but still, man, this one's gonna hurt the wallet.<BR/><BR/>*sigh*banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156899046553931592006-08-30T08:50:00.000+08:002006-08-30T08:50:00.000+08:00even more reason for you to make yourself a pauper...even more reason for you to make yourself a pauper:<BR/><BR/><I>Shriek: An Afterword</I> is out. just hit the shelves at Powerbooks: P1275, hardbound, but if you catch the sale, only P1020.skinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156841470013023102006-08-29T16:51:00.000+08:002006-08-29T16:51:00.000+08:00eldritch: Oooo, I remember that film. I think that...eldritch: Oooo, I remember that film. I think that when it came out here, it was called "Back to the Wars". Certainly, it had that pulpish goodness that appealed to a youngster like me when it first came out. Still, that bad review does explain the incongruence between Biggles' books and the time-traveling aspects of the movie.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, I once saw a copy of Blaylock's short story banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156826151495930042006-08-29T12:35:00.000+08:002006-08-29T12:35:00.000+08:00i once started The Rainy Season soon after finishi...i once started <I>The Rainy Season</I> soon after finishing <I>The Gormenghast Trilogy</I> having heard of his 'atmospheric' writing, but it quickly fell by the wayside when i it didn't live up to my expectations...<BR/><BR/>still, from what i remember from what little i got to read, the writing was more than decent, 'creepy' in an 'atmospheric' sense, though not really creepy for me (i have a skinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156789702300653442006-08-29T02:28:00.000+08:002006-08-29T02:28:00.000+08:00My only encounter with Biggles was through this ra...My only encounter with Biggles was through <A HREF="http://www.moria.co.nz/fantasy/biggles.htm" REL="nofollow">this rather strange film from 1986</A>, one of the first movies I saw on laser disc a year or two after. I have no idea if I'l still like it now, but I pretty much enjoyed it back then.<BR/><BR/>I haven't read Blaylock's stories with Powers, though I do have <I>13 Phantasms and Other Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230929139934305168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156737497253449452006-08-28T11:58:00.000+08:002006-08-28T11:58:00.000+08:00Yeah, that one sounds cool too. I know I should be...Yeah, that one sounds cool too. I know I should be snapping up these books considering how cheap they are (and JP did recommend Biggles once in his blog) but unfortunately, no money no honey.<BR/><BR/>As for Blaylock, I've read only one work <I>The Last Coin</I> and it was okay. However, I want to give him another chance because of his link with Tim Powers. Your call, I guess. Sorry.banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1156506881587756232006-08-25T19:54:00.000+08:002006-08-25T19:54:00.000+08:00And recently, people like Joe R. Lansdale, among s...And recently, people like Joe R. Lansdale, among several others, are gathering various authors for anthologies that also deal with that kind of pulp tradition...<BR/><BR/>Not at all pulpy, but I forgot to ask you if you've read James P. Blaylock's <I>Night Relics</I> and if it was as good as it seems to be. I saw a copy in the BookSale in the Shopwise Cubao building.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230929139934305168noreply@blogger.com