Monthly Archives: March 2012

Magpie Monday

Posted on 12 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Do your ears a favor right now and go listen to DJ Carlos Serrano’s awesomely superb mash-up of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” and Daft Punk’s “Something about … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 2012 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and Festival, Adele, Ali Luke, alternate history, Babylon 5, Book Monster, bookmarks, BookRiot, Brit Mandelo, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carlos Serrano, cartography, Cathy Day, Charlie Jane Anders, Charlize Theron, Chris Buzelli, Chuck Wendig, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, commercials, Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar, creativity, Cynthia Kraack, Daft Punk, David Kowalski, David Malki!, Delenn, Downton Abbey, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, fairy tales, Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Heart of Darkness, humanities, Jack Finney, Jack Zipes, Jean Cocteau, Jodi Chromey, Joe Fassler, Joseph Conrad, Ken Parille, Kit Steinkeller, Korea National Ballet, Leigh Bardugo, Levi's Stretch to Fit jeans, maps, Maria Popova, masks (disturbing), Matt Switliski, Meghan Deans, MFA programs, Mike Mignola, Mirror Mirror, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nick Mamatas, Paul M. Raine, poetry, Rasputin, religion, show don't tell, Simon Whaley, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, STEM, Strange Horizons, superheroes, The Comics Journal, The Company of the Dead, The Corinthian, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Sandman, The Universe, The X-Files, theMountainGoat, Theodora Goss, Thomas Jonte, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Victoria Strauss, Wondermark, word choice, zombies | 5 Comments

Video Friday

Posted on 9 March 2012 by Robert

Today I have another fairy-tale adaptation video for your viewing enjoyment, Navin Dev’s Red Hood. Many of you know that Little Red Riding Hood is one of my favorite fairy tales, and Dev makes some fun and interesting choices with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Video Friday | Tagged Brothers Grimm, fairy-tale films, Little Red Cap, Little Red Riding Hood, Navin Dev, Red Hood | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 5 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ PistolesPress makes some beautiful, beautiful book art. Check out this accordion tunnel book: Naomi Bardoff has more pictures of this book over at the SFCB blog; below she offers this … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged accordion books, Alison McMahan, Andy Bryan, Awesome People Reading, book advances, book art, book repositories, book trailers, Brewster Khale, Brian Siano, Bruce Weber, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cathal Logue, Charles Vess, Chip MacGregor, Cole Gamble, cupcakes, David Hartwell, David Streitfeld, depression, Dune, Elizabeth Hand, English language, eye-gouging, Flowers, foreign words, Gene Wolfe, Goodnight Dune, Goodnight Moon, graphic novels, Greer Gilman, Gregory Benford, grief bacon, Harry Potter, Homer Simpson, Indiana Jones, Internet Archive, Irene Gallo, James, John Jude Palencar, Jr., Kelly Thompson, Kummerspeck, Kyle Cassidy, L.E. Modesitte, libraries, Lichtenburg figures, lightning trees, Lolly Willowes, loneliness, McSweeney's, mental disorders, Michael Swanwick, minimalist posters, Morrow, Naomi Bardoff, Nathan Fillion, Neil Gaiman, OCD, Patrick Smith, pilkunnussija, PistolesPress, rejection, Sarah Waters, SFCB, Shalom Harlow, shemomedjamo, slushpile, superheroes, Sylvia Townsend Warner, tenure, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, The Book of Ballads, The Daly Show, The Doll's House, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Library of Congress, The Palencar Project, Tim Barribeau, Tim Daly, tunnel books, writing "rules" | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 2 March 2012 by Robert

Today’s video is The Tree Man (2009), written and directed by Navin Dev, which is an interstitial adaptation of Pinocchio. Here’s the official description: Set between Chapters 15 and 16 of Carlo Collodi’s classic novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Video Friday | Tagged Carlo Collodi, fairy-tale films, Navin Dev, Pinocchio, puppets, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Tree Man | Comments Off

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