For the Gaiman fans;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/18/neil-gaiman-graveyard-book-awards

On the subject of Gaiman, Flidge's ARG comments got me thinking about the relationship between ARG's and earlier works of fiction. What comes immediately to mind is parts of Fowles "The Magus", a brilliant book and definately in the top one hundred of the last century. Much earlier though, Chesterton presents a similar idea in one of his short stories in "The Club of Queer Trades". It reminded me how much I like that book, and I think I'd like to use a similar idea for my some short stories of my own. It is a collection of stories about people who do novel jobs, such as; a company that provides people with adventures (the ARG link), a famous raconteur, etc. Convert that to a wierd fiction style though, arachnid reality weavers, dream harvesters, time sales men, that sort of thing.

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I just got through reading the collection edition of M. John Harrison's Viriconium series, and it was great. More on that at a later date, just wanted to post this link to an article because I think what he has to say is really important.

http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/viriconium/

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This is even wierder than my musings on the psycho sexual arousal of death fetishism.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/10/alan-moore-libretto-gorillaz-duo

( War is a pointless, utterly futile, waste. )

Here is a very interesting article discussing all the problems with Waterstones in the Guardian as an aside to my disappointment at the weekend.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/10/waterstones-high-street-bookselling

Current Music: whiskey makes the strangers all look good

( Come and walk down memory lane. No one sees a thing but they can pretend. Life eternal scorched grass and trees. For your love nature has haemorrhaged )

Current Location: Obliterates your meaning
Current Music: Manics - The Holy Bible

( In Ft. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright. Pretty lights red and blue. But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight and say a prayer or two. If they only knew )

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Current Music: So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues

( Thomas the Rhymer and writing courses )

( Red suns, black swords, and writer detectives )

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