http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/ splinters: spikemagazine.com weblog Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:16:49 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/559 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/559 Two cracking reviews from Ben now up: The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil - George Saunders Someone To Drive You Home - The Long Blondes -- Posted by Chris Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:31:55 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/558 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/558 Following on from not having a clue about what graphic novels to buy, Nerve have a 20 Comics That Can Change Your Life . Amusingly, the two I most want to read Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:07:08 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/557 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/557 New stuff on Will-Self.com , including Will's schedule of appearances etc for the next few months. -- Posted by Chris to splinters: books, authors, literature, Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:58:10 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/556 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/556 Warren Ellis on his forthcoming novel Crooked Little Vein : "This all started when I inherited a literary agent upon signing with the Writers And Artists Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:25:36 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/555 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/555 Sometimes I just can't read books anymore. Something about reading becomes very oppressive. This is usually when I retreat to reading graphic novels instead - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:43:44 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/554 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/554 Latest additions to SpikeMagazine.com, thanks to Ian Hocking and James McConalogue: The Samplist - Francis Ellen "...its appeal will be limited to those like a Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:19:36 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/553 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/553 Simon Sellars, creator of ace JG Ballard site Ballardian.com , also regularly writes for Lonely Planet. He's contributed sections to the Lonely Planet Japan Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:41:38 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/552 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/552 Discovered Strange Attractor through The Midnight Bell . Looks lovely. Might be able to find a copy in London while I'm back in Blighty for Christmas. (From 30 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:04:40 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/551 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/551 I wrote before about the Hunter S Thompson Death Industry - and it grinds on with the showing of the documentary "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride" on American TV Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:34:21 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/550 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/550 -- Posted by Chris to splinters: books, authors, literature, travel, politics at 11/23/2006 11:09:00 AM Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:25:33 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/549 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/549 This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually. (db0ce4a4-5b73-453b-8a29-6093e4ea2d96) -- Posted by Chris to splinters: books, Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:19:54 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/548 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/548 Paul Neilan, author of Apathy And Other Small Victories, has a blog that's making me want to read the book even more. I found it because he linked Jayne's Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:26:49 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/547 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/547 Websites, like newspapers and magazines, thrive on getting sent free stuff by companies to write about. Getting paid by companies to review stuff is considered Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:57:15 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/546 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/546 Will Self on the pain of trying to acquire quotation rights to that early 80s masterpiece "Rhythm Is A Dancer". -- Posted by Chris to splinters: books, Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:06:05 GMT Chris http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/545 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters_blog/message/545 James Gleick in the NY Times on the Oxford English Dictionary's quiet revolution to keep up with the incredible speed of change in the English language. "The