Some recent comic book purchases… Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery IDW Publishing Written by Leah Moore & John Reppion Art by Ben Templesmith For about a year and a half now, IDW Publishing has been publishing original Doctor Who comics for the American audience, completely different than the eight-page strips found in Doctor Who Magazine.Continue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
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On Friday’s Philosophy Moment
“What am I doing here, miles from home? I’m following my dreams, living every day as if it’s my last. “One day I’ll have regrets… but it’s far better to regret something you’ve done, than something you never did.” — Martha Jones, Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery You know how there’s a publisher that’sContinue reading “On Friday’s Philosophy Moment”
On Unwritten Scenes
I’ve had The Lord of the Rings on the brain of late, the proximate cause being the repeated e-mails I’ve received from GameStop telling me to come into a local store to pre-order Lord of the Rings: Conquest, which came out on Wednesday. And then, of course, there was my discovery that a new TolkienContinue reading “On Unwritten Scenes”
On the Feast Day of St. Cedd
Today, the seventh of January, is celebrated in the Catholic Church as the feast day of Saint Cedd, who was built a number of monasteries and spread the Christian faith throughout Mercia and Essex in the seventh century. (Curiously, Cedd’s feast day is also celebrated on October 26th.) Cedd, of course, is the namesake forContinue reading “On the Feast Day of St. Cedd”
On “New Doctor” Anticipation
So, in about two hours, we’ll know. We’ll know who David Tennant’s replacement is. We’ll know who the next Doctor will be. 🙂 BBC News has a rundown of the leading contenders. Leading, as in, these are the people the bookies in the UK are talking about. As if bookies know anything. The leading candidateContinue reading “On “New Doctor” Anticipation”
On Stratfordians, Oxfordians, and “The Brain of Morbius”
A few months ago, I picked up off a clearance table at a bookstore Manga Shakespeare: The Tempest. It’s exactly what it sounds like, a manga-styled adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, the comedy “The Tempest.” It’s a late play, written somewhere around 1608 or 1610 if memory serves, based in part on a real-lifeContinue reading “On Stratfordians, Oxfordians, and “The Brain of Morbius””
On Unusable Ideas
It happens to every writer. They get an idea, a really cool idea, an idea that consumes their world for days on end… Only it’s an idea that they can’t possibly use. There’s an idea, an idea that’s been nagging at me for months. I can’t use it. For that matter, no one can. TheContinue reading “On Unusable Ideas”
On Death Comes to Time and the new starship Enterprise
Earlier this week the first picture of the Enterprise from next summer’s Star Trek film was released. In case you’ve not been paying attention to the development of J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek film, it’s a tale of the classic characters — Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and all the rest — during their original five-year mission.Continue reading “On Death Comes to Time and the new starship Enterprise”
On Random Road Thoughts
I was out, on the road, this weekend. I’ll write about it later. For the nonce, I listened to Death Comes to Time, the Doctor Who audio from 2001, and found it surprisingly better than I remembered. It’s only in its final fifteen minutes that it goes terribly wrong. The journey to that point, however,Continue reading “On Random Road Thoughts”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
I bought some comics recently. Aetheric Mechanics Avatar Press Written by Warren Ellis Art by Gianluca Pagliarani In the year 1907, England is at war with Ruritania on the Continent. France is besieged,and Grand Fenwick has been overrun by Ruritanian forces. England’s spacefleet is keeping London safe, while Ruritanian ships are sighted off Mars, andContinue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”