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Time may change me

I really wasn’t going to write anything about Bowie. I figured there was nothing I could say that thousands of other people hadn’t already written or thought. Then I realised maybe that was the point. His passing, while terrifically sad, seems less about the grief and more about the joy that we were able to share him at all. There’s joy to be had from what he left behind, and that each of us got to have him in our lives. He was the consummate outsider. He was different to anyone who has ever been or ever will be. But we will always remember him for the way he reflected a small part of each of us back at ourselves.

Below is my experience of Bowie. Does it match yours?

2016 reading challenge

I read about 14 books in 2015. It’s not great, but it’s better than I’ve managed in previous years. While all of those books could be comfortably contained within the fantasy/horror/sci-fi shelves there was more variety than previous years: mainly down to me not simply sticking with authors I was already comfortable with (and I made some great discoveries, which might warrant a separate post). Still, I want to do better this year. But how?

the #morningshift that wasn’t

Today was a perfect example of how a #morningshift should NOT go.

Want my vote? Here’s how to get it

I usually save any political posts for my other blog. However, this one’s more of a statement about myself than about anything to do with politics. It’s not about who I vote for, or even why I would vote for them: it’s about what guides me when I’m deciding who will earn my vote.

The book of diversity (Cliff’s Notes edition)

Some carefully honed thoughts about diversity inspired by the recent Tor books kerfuffle.

Schrödinger’s Author

Applying your own interpretation to a piece of art is perfectly valid
but
it’s entirely solipsistic
and will only ever tell you what you already think about the world.

The real value of art comes when you look at the range of interpretations.
That’s when you start to understand
how everyone else sees the world.

 

(Death Of The Author)

Tony Stark attempts to lift Mjolnir

A few thoughts about that ‘rape joke’ in Age Of Ultron

In which I continue to explore the fallout from, and possible precursor to, Joss Whedon’s exit from twitter.

London Falling (Paul Cornell)

I’d heard many good things about London Falling, and had always liked Paul Cornell’s work on Doctor Who, so it was with some degree of anticipation that I added this book to my reading list.

Infected (Scott Sigler)

I continued my bid to become a ‘real’ reader again with this visceral sci-fi chiller from Scott Sigler – a sort of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, but with blood and guts turned up to 11.

Brilliance by Marcus Sakey

Brilliance (Marcus Sakey)

In the ongoing saga of my bid to develop a healthy reading habit, I moved straight from The Girl With All The Gifts to Brilliance, a sort of science-fictiony, crimey-wimey novel by Marcus Sakey.

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