Every so often I might go off on a rant - about the unfairness of it all, how commercial websites do not offer a good services, and why good Sci-Fi is hard to find.
You'll find those here.
AWS Webinar Frustrations
Early in 2020 UKCP got ready to publish a full calendar of all cosplay and comic conventions in the UK, plus other events of geeky interest - until COVID rudely stepped on all of them!
We're currently trying to investigate how virtual events will work...
My take on Books, TV, Film... you name it. I'm a science and sci-fi/ fantasy geek of 'a certain age' and reckon I've read and seen most published material for something like 50 years.
I feel my judgement is as valid as most - plus: I do know how to wri...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715066/
Fantasy adventure origin story about a young man discovering he has God-like powers based on ancient Norwegian mythology.
Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Geoff Bussetil, Norman Lesperance
Stars: Nat Wolff, Priyan...
This review seemed a little spoilery to me. If you want to check out a shorter spoiler-free version check out the bottom of this page which has my Goodreads Version!
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Joshua James writes a LOT of books. I've enjoyed at least one series of se...
August 16, 2020
This is the second book I tried in my STP marathon re-read, after Fifth Elephant. Maybe I'm (much) older than when I read these the first time (very true) or maybe my tastes have improved (highly unlikely, but hey...) but I'm repeate...
I'm normally a patient person, but there are limits...
About an hour ago I read an email from AWS about a webinar that happened yesterday. I had signed up for it, but obviously had something better to do at the time; so now I could see the replay - cli...
Andy Weir's The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Knowing the backstory of the book here, it's clear the author Andy Weir had every chance to tweak the (originally self-published) factual content over a long period through the co...
There are several useful book websites. The best one (for me) is Fantastic Fiction https://www.fantasticfiction.com/). These are the authors I'm following there. This site will provide you with all the books written by any given author, plus plots,...
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Contents
Focus
‘Focus’ is (IMHO) the ultimate way to organise Evernote note-taking (alongside various other ‘helper’ app...
General:
I'm working on a longer definition, but the main points to remember when posting here are:
-My blog, my rules
-Don't be a jerk
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