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Just finished (re-)reading The History of the #Runestaff by #MichaelMoorcock
I love his 1960s British pop-culture references, but I don't get all of them:
• Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl, Rhunga are the #Beatles
• Chirshil is #Churchill
• Bjrin Adass — #BrianAldiss ? Why is he the Singing God?
• Jeajee Blad — #JGBallard
• Jh'Im Slas — Jim ??
• Aral Vilsn — #HaroldWilsonWilson is father of Squeeze(?) and Balance of Credit. I need to look up the specific events of c.1968 to see what he's referring to.
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Just finished (re-)reading The History of the #Runestaff by #MichaelMoorcock
I love his 1960s British pop-culture references, but I don't get all of them:
• Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl, Rhunga are the #Beatles
• Chirshil is #Churchill
• Bjrin Adass — #BrianAldiss ? Why is he the Singing God?
• Jeajee Blad — #JGBallard
• Jh'Im Slas — Jim ??
• Aral Vilsn — #HaroldWilsonWilson is father of Squeeze(?) and Balance of Credit. I need to look up the specific events of c.1968 to see what he's referring to.
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Just finished (re-)reading The History of the #Runestaff by #MichaelMoorcock
I love his 1960s British pop-culture references, but I don't get all of them:
• Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl, Rhunga are the #Beatles
• Chirshil is #Churchill
• Bjrin Adass — #BrianAldiss ? Why is he the Singing God?
• Jeajee Blad — #JGBallard
• Jh'Im Slas — Jim ??
• Aral Vilsn — #HaroldWilsonWilson is father of Squeeze(?) and Balance of Credit. I need to look up the specific events of c.1968 to see what he's referring to.
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Just finished (re-)reading The History of the #Runestaff by #MichaelMoorcock
I love his 1960s British pop-culture references, but I don't get all of them:
• Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl, Rhunga are the #Beatles
• Chirshil is #Churchill
• Bjrin Adass — #BrianAldiss ? Why is he the Singing God?
• Jeajee Blad — #JGBallard
• Jh'Im Slas — Jim ??
• Aral Vilsn — #HaroldWilsonWilson is father of Squeeze(?) and Balance of Credit. I need to look up the specific events of c.1968 to see what he's referring to.
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This week's review at B-Movie Enema looks at the gothic time-travelling adaptation of Frankenstein Unbound, which also was the final film Roger Corman directed.
Read the new review at https://wp.me/p9XNnZ-7vM
#blog #review #90s #frankenstein #rogercorman #brianaldiss #johnhurt #rauljulia #bridgetfonda #sciencefiction #horror
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CW: Spoilers for Non-Stop (world-building more than plot)
Coolest moment so far: one third of the way through and there's been no hint of anything other than ordinary animals and various human groups.
Suddenly sentient(?) but normal sized rats show up and carefully manoeuvre into place a caged rabbit. Which is telepathic?? And a slave of the rats?
It would be so great to hit players with that when they think this is humans-only.
#books #scifi #nonstop #brianAldiss #osr #ttrpg #megadungeon
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Currently reading Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss, part of Gollancz's SF Masterworks line.
It's a great setup for a megadungeon campaign: the protagonist is part of a degenerate tribe living within a massive starship where everything has gone to crap. They explore the forest of hydroponic overgrowth hunting for meat. There are countless still-sealed rooms containing advanced tech, critical supplies, useless junk, terrifying monsters.
#scifi #books #nonstop #BrianAldiss #osr #ttrpg #megadungeon
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Nice to compare Brian Aldiss's two visits on Desert Island Discs.
The first included "The Waiter, the Porter, and the Upstairs Maid," Schubert, and Bennie Moten doing "Kansas City Breakdown."
The second has Walter Brennan, Górecki, and Ella doing "Cow Cow Boogie."
Both include Borodin, Holst, and Tom Lehrer.
His luxury changed from a time machine to a banjo.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mksv
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Nice to compare Brian Aldiss's two visits on Desert Island Discs.
The first included "The Waiter, the Porter, and the Upstairs Maid," Schubert, and Bennie Moten doing "Kansas City Breakdown."
The second has Walter Brennan, Górecki, and Ella doing "Cow Cow Boogie."
Both include Borodin, Holst, and Tom Lehrer.
His luxury changed from a time machine to a banjo.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mksv
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Nice to compare Brian Aldiss's two visits on Desert Island Discs.
The first included "The Waiter, the Porter, and the Upstairs Maid," Schubert, and Bennie Moten doing "Kansas City Breakdown."
The second has Walter Brennan, Górecki, and Ella doing "Cow Cow Boogie."
Both include Borodin, Holst, and Tom Lehrer.
His luxury changed from a time machine to a banjo.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mksv
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Nice to compare Brian Aldiss's two visits on Desert Island Discs.
The first included "The Waiter, the Porter, and the Upstairs Maid," Schubert, and Bennie Moten doing "Kansas City Breakdown."
The second has Walter Brennan, Górecki, and Ella doing "Cow Cow Boogie."
Both include Borodin, Holst, and Tom Lehrer.
His luxury changed from a time machine to a banjo.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mksv
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Oh look what arrived in the mailbox today! I never expected to see a new #MichaelMoorcock edited large format issue of #NewWorlds again. Particularly with a story by #PamelaZoline, whose "Heat Death of the Universe" completely blew my mind when I first read it. Not to mention a new Moorcock #JerryCornelius story! My copies of the large format New Worlds are pretty much my most treasured possessions, so this is a very exciting acquisition.
For those who are unaware, New Worlds was Britain's first professional #ScienceFiction magazine, originally edited by Ted Carnell from 1936 until 1964. When Mike Moorcock took over in 1964, it became the foremost publisher of #NewWave #SF #experimental #fiction - people such as #JGBallard #MervynPeake #BrianAldiss etc etc. I don't believe boundaries have been pushed anywhere as much since then. Amazing, mind-blowing stuff. -
Oh look what arrived in the mailbox today! I never expected to see a new #MichaelMoorcock edited large format issue of #NewWorlds again. Particularly with a story by #PamelaZoline, whose "Heat Death of the Universe" completely blew my mind when I first read it. Not to mention a new Moorcock #JerryCornelius story! My copies of the large format New Worlds are pretty much my most treasured possessions, so this is a very exciting acquisition.
For those who are unaware, New Worlds was Britain's first professional #ScienceFiction magazine, originally edited by Ted Carnell from 1936 until 1964. When Mike Moorcock took over in 1964, it became the foremost publisher of #NewWave #SF #experimental #fiction - people such as #JGBallard #MervynPeake #BrianAldiss etc etc. I don't believe boundaries have been pushed anywhere as much since then. Amazing, mind-blowing stuff. -
Oh look what arrived in the mailbox today! I never expected to see a new #MichaelMoorcock edited large format issue of #NewWorlds again. Particularly with a story by #PamelaZoline, whose "Heat Death of the Universe" completely blew my mind when I first read it. Not to mention a new Moorcock #JerryCornelius story! My copies of the large format New Worlds are pretty much my most treasured possessions, so this is a very exciting acquisition.
For those who are unaware, New Worlds was Britain's first professional #ScienceFiction magazine, originally edited by Ted Carnell from 1936 until 1964. When Mike Moorcock took over in 1964, it became the foremost publisher of #NewWave #SF #experimental #fiction - people such as #JGBallard #MervynPeake #BrianAldiss etc etc. I don't believe boundaries have been pushed anywhere as much since then. Amazing, mind-blowing stuff. -
Gonna do one of those "here is a list of all my general nerdery" toots:
(Part One: Authors)
#MaryShelley
#HGWells
#EdgarAllanPoe
#EdgarRiceBurroughs
#ArthurConanDoyle
#Saki
#MRJames
#JSheridanLeFanu
#IsaacAsimov
#BrianAldiss
#ArthurCClarke
#AlanDeanFoster
#DCFontana
#JamesBlish
#IainBanks
#IainMBanks
#WilliamSBurroughs
#AllenGinsberg
#DianeDuane
#TimothyZhan
#MichaelAMartin
#AndyMangels
#UnaMcCormack