Monthly Archives: April 2012

Avengers Assemble – no really, they built this movie from a kit.

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Bob Neilson

From the moment I saw The Ultimates graphic novel, in which Nick Fury was re-imagined as Samuel L. Jackson, I have been waiting for this film to arrive. I have loyally trekked to the local multiplex to watch just about … Continue reading →

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Anne McCaffrey interview, Albedo One issue #10 1996

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Bob Neilson

Anne McCaffrey The Encyclopedia of SF says that your first published work was a short story in 1953 and your first novel was in 1967.1 thought that said something about those times. Yes. I was raising children. I remember they … Continue reading →

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Book reviews from Albedo One issue #3 1993.

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Bob Neilson

Index of first lines Enlightenment came to Patera Silk on the ball court; nothing could ever be the same after that. So runs the first line of NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN (NEL, HARDBACK, UK £15.99, 333 pp) the new novel, … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews from Albedo One issue #1 1993

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Bob Neilson

Fanfare of trumpets and a drumroll please, maestro. The new Stephen King novel is here and despite the regularity with which his books now appear – second only to Dean R. Koontz retreads – the event still causes a flutter … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Dolores Claiborne, Joe Haldeman, Mary Renault, Stephen King, The King Must Die, Worlds Enough and Time | Leave a comment

Namedropping in Dublin – an interview with Clive Barker

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Bob Neilson

This is an interview with Clive Barker that featured in Albedo One #3 from Winter 1993. Hopefully it gives an interesting snapshot of his thoughts and opinions at that point in his career. This is the first time that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Albedo One, Bloggerview, Uncategorized | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alice in Wonderland, Anne McCaffrey, C. S. Lewis, Conan the Barbarian, Dante, David Cronenberg, Dean Koontz, Frankenstein, G. K. Chesterton, Ghost Story, Gulliver's Travels, J. G. Ballard, James Herbert, Lewis Carroll, Moby Dick, Narnia, Pilgrim's Progress, Poe, Ramsey Campbell, Ray Bradbury, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Stephen King, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Lord of the Rings, The Wind in the Willows, Tolkien, William Gibson | Leave a comment

Create Your Own Genre – Steve Rasnic Tem Speaks

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Bob Neilson

Born Stephen Rasnic, Steve Rasnic Tem grew up in the relatively isolated rural community of Jonesville, Virginia, in the heart of Appalachia, and in his opinion one of the most beautiful areas of the US. He went to college at … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones at their best, at last.

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Bob Neilson

When I was a kid (hint: it was a long time ago) there was a split in musical taste along the lines of Beatles vs. Stones. Coming down firmly on the side of the Beatles at the time I kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Abbey Road, Beggar's Banquet, Born in the USA, Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town, David Bowie, Exile on Main Street, High tide and Green Grass, Let it Bleed, The Beatles, The River, The Rolling Stones, Ziggy Stardust | 7 Comments

Mosaic – The Claude Lalumière Interview

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Bob Neilson

Claude Lalumière was born in Montreal in 1966. In his late teens and early twenties, he dabbled — in French — with filmmaking, poetry, fiction, and humour. In 1989, he opened the first of his two English-language bookshops, Nebula, followed … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Avengers Assemble – no really, they built this movie from a kit.

Anne McCaffrey interview, Albedo One issue #10 1996

Book reviews from Albedo One issue #3 1993.

Book Reviews from Albedo One issue #1 1993

Namedropping in Dublin – an interview with Clive Barker

Create Your Own Genre – Steve Rasnic Tem Speaks

The Rolling Stones at their best, at last.

Mosaic – The Claude Lalumière Interview

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