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Watchings

Things I’ve watched / am watching recently / at the moment:

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel – Didn’t know much about it before wathcing, seemed not have had a hype machine, but it’s very good. They do a lot with a little. Worth watching.
Zombieland – fun, kinda slick in places, great turns from Woody Harrelson [...]

The City & The City

& The Wow.
It’s not often I overcome my laziness and write much here, but: China Miéville’s latest book, The City & The City? Wow. With extra wow sauce and a side of wow salad.
I can’t / won’t do a proper analysis of it, so let’s just say that it’s one of the best books I’ve [...]

Back on the books

So things are about to start calming down around here, and I’ve starting doing The Reading.
Finished Halting State by Charles Stross a few days ago.
Cool near future sci-fi techy stuff, great fun, cunning. Left me feeling it was a bit fluffy, but that could be because I raced through it.
The Atrocity Archives is still by [...]