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Constellation Games – Book Review 16 Aug 2013 | 07:29 am
The premise of ‘Constellation Games’ is a playful and wholly original take on an alien invasion, as told through the eyes of a slacker My-Little-Pony game developer called Ariel Blum. When the Aliens ...
Odaiba Cannonades 5 Aug 2013 | 05:50 am
160 years ago, Japan and America looked at each other down the barrels of cannon. Japan was in isolation, and America (the whole world, really), wanted in. Five island forts stuffed with cannon (‘daib...
Mizune Freighter Tracks 17 Jun 2013 | 07:03 am
60 years ago the Mizune freighter line built one of the biggest dams in Japan. The line was specially constructed in the 1940s, with some 20 tunnels and bridges snaking through the west Tokyo mountain...
The ancient glare of Angkor Thom 10 Jun 2013 | 08:46 am
Angkor Thom is a behemothic ruin, 9 square kilometers of temples, lakes, terraces, and dusty faded glory all bound in by a ten-foot wall. Much of it now is paved with roads built by the South Koreans,...
Why Iron Man 3 had a soft-boiled spine 31 May 2013 | 05:52 am
I enjoyed Iron Man 3. Probably you did too. It broke all kinds of records, already made over $1 billion worldwide, and is currently sitting at number 5 in the top 5 highest grossing movies ever (behin...
The sun-bleached ruin of Angkor Wat 9 May 2013 | 06:51 pm
Angkor Wat is the last, greatest remnant of the ancient Khmer empire, a sprawling citadel and temple complex built nearly 1000 years ago, now resplendent in ruins. Doubtless you’ve heard of it. It’s t...
Why ‘Cloud Atlas’ is no ‘Magnolia’ 29 Dec 2012 | 07:19 am
Cloud Atlas is not a normal movie. It’s epic, glorious, ambitious, complex, etc, but as you’ll have surely heard from other reviews, it’s not a normal movie at all. Rather, it’s a kind of sprawling po...
Cullsman #9 @ Andromeda Spaceways 15 Dec 2012 | 07:17 am
The Cull needs you. My story Cullsman #9 is now available to buy in Andromeda Spaceways semi-pro zine, in edition 55, here. I first wrote Cullsman some 5 years ago, inspired by an idea I had 10 years ...
Why Neal Stephenson’s ‘Snow Crash’ needs rebooting 12 Dec 2012 | 02:37 pm
Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash is a blistering assault of techno-punk babble, metaphoric memetic conspiracy theory, and hubristically confident authorial voice, half-baked into a bun so undercooked it’l...
The Tonsor’s Son @ Podcastle 12 Oct 2012 | 03:33 pm
I knew from the moment I saw him that his beard was full of evil. My story The Tonsor’s Son is now up on the PodCastle website- an awesome semi-pro zine that makes audio recordings of short stories. T...
