I’ve just finished watching the first season of Westworld, and I enjoyed it very much. I was hooked from the moment it was suggested that there was a deeper mystery within the park, behind all the recorded quests made available to the guests in that real-life version of Zelda or World…
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I’ve always been skeptical about suggesting albums — in my experience, people’s tastes in music differ far more widely than for books or movies. While you can guess that a friend who likes thrillers will probably enjoy House of Cards, the fact that she likes Kraftwerk doesn’t mean that she will enjoy…
Leave a CommentSome very nice stories in this excellent magazine devoted to Horror: Barbary, by Jackson Kuhl, where a man afflicted with ocular hypertension finds relief in smoking something rather different from what certain Californian shops have to offer. Very original and nicely written, in an 18-19th century environment. Highly recommended! Skein…
Leave a CommentBy luck, I saw yesterday this great documentary — in fact, a collection of interviews with Robert S. McNamara, the former US Secretary of Defence. If you are interested in History, especially of the Second World War and the 1960s, I highly recommend that you watch it. The movie is…
Leave a CommentThe latest James Bond, Skyfall, has just been released in this part of the world, and I expect to see it very soon. Considering this, and given that it’s Friday (for various reasons the most boring/stressful day of the week for me, hence the day when I like to discover…
Leave a CommentInterzone’s 240th issue contains a full interview of Nancy Kress, and five short stories. I was particularly impressed by Vylar Kaftan‘s Seeking Captain Random. A comic book author notices an incongruous stranger in his dreams: the man doesn’t fit there, doesn’t do or say anything — he only offers him a beer,…
Leave a CommentBack in 1989, unable to wait for the release of Tim Burton’s first Batman, I remember trying to get hold of anything Dark Knight-related — and as I spoke only French at the time, the choice was limited. Though, I managed to find Frank Miller’s amazing Batman: Year One —…
Leave a CommentGreat premises, great execution, great book! Summary plot: One night, as Diane and Jason Lawton, twins, and their best friend Tyler Dupree gaze at the sky, the moon and the stars all suddenly vanish — as well as all man-made satellites. The following morning, the Sun rises normally… But it very soon appears that…
Leave a CommentAn interesting (but a bit slow) early Noir novel set in pre-WW2 Europe. Summary plot: Charles Latimer, an English professor turned crime novelist, is vacationing in Turkey, looking for new ideas, when he hears about a thief and murderer, Dimitrios, whose body has just been found floating in the Bosphorus. Fascinated,…
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