Archive for November, 2008

I read about this today over at David B Coe’s weblog. It’s truly astounding. Various churches around the world never cease to amaze me with their antics, but this is one of the best ones for a while. Author Jeremy F Lewis wrote a novel called Staked. The book deals with vampires and werewolves...
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I don’t know if this is real or not, but it made me laugh. .
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Following yesterday’s post about GetUp! getting behind a petition against the government’s proposed ISP filtering, here’s some corroborating info from our ABC. It’s written by someone that works with an ISP, so there could be a perception of bias, but all you need to do is check the facts. Here’s the article. .
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GetUp! is turning out to be a very powerful organisation that has been campaigning against all kinds of things that are really worth campaigning against. Draconian laws in the “war” on terror, antigay laws, infringement on civil liberties and so on. They now have a petition up against ISP filtering. Get on board and...
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My publishing company, Blade Red Press, is pleased to announce its membership of SPUNC – Small Press Underground Networking Community. SPUNC exists to advance the interests of the Australian small and independent publishing sector, and to facilitate cooperation between members of that sector. You can read all about them at their website. .
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You thought the Bill Henson “scandal” over here was a bit of an overkill? Sure, I find his images morally questionable, being that they are actual photographs of naked children, but this poor bastard is facing five years for reading a Manga comic: Christopher Handley and the obscenity trial – via Neil Gaiman’s blog....
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I’m sorry folks. It seems that there are a number of things conspiring against me here in getting RealmShift and MageSign into the country. Given the atrocious state of the Aussie dollar at the moment, coupled with crippling shipping rates, I can’t get copies here at a reasonable cost just yet. That may change...
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This is one of those signs that reinforces both sides of an argument. It argues eloquently for those that consider themselves highly devout and for those that are opposed to such nonsense. And really, being the bah humbug that I am, I wish Christmas was just for Christians and we could do without all...
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Well, it’s finally here. After all the waiting and promises you can finally buy MageSign, the sequel to RealmShift, through Amazon.com and all the various Amazon sites around the world. The new edition of RealmShift is also available. RealmShift and MageSign You can search at your local Amazon store or click on the covers...
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Following on from this post a week or two ago, which listed the Amazon.com editors’ choice Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2008, here’s the list from Amazon.co.uk: 1 The Temporal Void (Void Trilogy) by Peter F. Hamilton 2 Nation by Terry Pratchett 3 Anathem by Neal Stephenson 4 The Graveyard Book by Neil...
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