For me the highlight of New York Comic Con was seeing Terry Pratchett in person. Of course they put him on the wrong stage and no one could hear a word he was saying, even when a very nice lady all but shoved the mircophone in his mouth. But seeing the man, with the iconic beard and hat was a real treat, and reminder what the world will lose whne he finally departs this plane of existence.
Not thats something I could get behind!
One of the big advantages of digital publishing is the low cost of production. No paper, to printer, in the end it's all nothing more than electrons, 1's and 0's and what time you choose to put in in terms of arranging them. Publication in instantaneous, as is purchase. Which, if one thinks about it, is perfect for a model similar to that of the old dimes and dreadful's. Quickly written, short, sensational in content and lurid in presentation...and serialized. Instead of laboring for years on end, writing, editing and re-writing thousand word doorstoppers, a writer (or team of writers - see Fantomas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre...) with a knack for publicity and a talent for compelling plots could do well for himself (or themselves) cranking out serialized stories released weekly. People often complain about the 99 cent price point as being economical. Maybe it is...for full length novels. But an old-fashioned (so old it's new) serialized story, released electronically over dozens of installments.
Now that could be something....
Fall is here. I know this because like clockwork I;ve caught by annual changing of the seasons cold. Oh joy...
Interesting side note...GRRM was a producer and writer for this show way back in the Eighties, before he went onto bigger and better things. Which begs the question: is he getting a piece of this action as well?
Also..seem's interesting, and of course Kristin Kreuk would improve a reading of the phone book by her mere presense. But the original series had three things going for it: Ron Perlman in lion make-up, Linda Hamilton in big shoulder pads. And an Eighties sound track, with accompanying hair. Lots and lots of hair...
Book Two of the NINE SUNS is one chaopter away from completion! Now I just have to figure out a title...
From an article by the now-defunct Cimmerian:
Like a wizard and his staff, or a dragon and its gleaming horde, heavy metal/hard rock music and fantasy literature are an inseparable pair. I haven’t seen any statistics published on the subject, but fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard just seem more inclined to listen to heavy metal than any other genre of music.
Man-o-war knew this from the beginning...maybe a little to well:
On the other hand, DIO always gets a pass (may he rest in peace...)
This is all just my opnion, BTW. and no licard people were harmed writing this post...anyway, here's a list that runs the gamut from cool to riduculous to why-the-hell-didn't-I-think-of-that?
