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Cian Gill's Blog: King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo
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Writing and Reviews from the Age of Imperialism and Adventure! Saturday, October 1, 2011. King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo. In empire-set fiction, a classic set-up for European folks living in exotic climes is to have the main characters be missionaries. Missionaries, by their very nature, go out into the wilds, spreading their own brand of Western interference exactly where it’s not wanted. In King of the Cloud Forests. Historical fiction then, and only wanted to read about the future and f...
Cian Gill's Blog: The Poisoned Island (2013) by Lloyd Shepherd
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Writing and Reviews from the Age of Imperialism and Adventure! Tuesday, January 28, 2014. The Poisoned Island (2013) by Lloyd Shepherd. Buoyed by my enjoyment of The Age of Wonder. Their Empire-building may have been ramshackle and occasionally haphazard compared to what came after, but they set the scene for it. So to that extent, I’ve taken an interest in them. I spotted the just-released Poisoned Island. The book touches on quite a few themes that I found interesting. It was enlightening, for exam...
Cian Gill's Blog: Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (1978)
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Writing and Reviews from the Age of Imperialism and Adventure! Saturday, August 31, 2013. Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (1978). Deep breath… and now, an exorcism of sorts. A piece of classic 19. Century science-fiction - and one that probably stands as my favourite – that I’ve steadfastly refused so far to review is H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. Or JWMVOTWOTW, as I’m probably not going to be calling it). Which is a 1970s progressive-rock opera retelling of the tale. So the sister, bless her, presumabl...
Cian Gill's Blog: The Future Eve (1886) by August Villiers de L'Isle Adam
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Writing and Reviews from the Age of Imperialism and Adventure! Monday, December 24, 2012. The Future Eve (1886) by August Villiers de L'Isle Adam. A word of warning: The Future Eve. Is not a novelette that you’re going to find easily. Not in English anyway; from what I can tell, the only available English translation, apart from some rather academic and expensive-looking journals, is in a strange collection called The Frankenstein Omnibus. I’ll admit upfront that The Future Eve. Not in this book. One of ...
Cian Gill's Blog: Burton & Swinburne in The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
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Writing and Reviews from the Age of Imperialism and Adventure! Saturday, July 19, 2014. Burton and Swinburne in The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man. So – what’s to be done about this whole ‘steampunk’ thing, then? It's got to be pretty crud, right - all that stuff about guys in goggles footling around in wind-up blimps and such, right? But first: some definitions. The debate as to exactly what. Constitutes steampunk has inspired more angry words online than the finale of Lost. Different order. It&#...
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Odds and Ends: Potboiler Origins: The Walsingham Ghosts and a Mummy on the Titanic
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Sunday, May 2, 2010. Potboiler Origins: The Walsingham Ghosts and a Mummy on the Titanic. I’ve written before. About the Usborne Supernatural Guides. When I read them now, I’m struck by the lack of verification for each story. Some of them are well-known cases of the paranormal, but many are not. So where did these stories come from? How did the writers decide which ones to include? An invisible bare-footed man follows Dad around in the garden one day. The Walsinghams justifiably abandon the house, and a...
Odds and Ends: Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
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Sunday, October 6, 2013. Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis. So I watched The Boys from Brazil. Recently, and it send me on a bit of a quest to track down any and all occult-Nazi-themed books or movies I could find. Turns out I had at least three of them already festering on my bookshelf, waiting for my fickle attention to turn to them. First up is Bitter Seeds. The first book in the so-called 'Milkweed triptych'. Fortunately, I was wrong. So if you like your occult-Nazi stories not so schlocky or pulpy, and ...
Odds and Ends: Only If You Wear That Dress: Street Fighter (1994)
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Monday, July 18, 2011. Only If You Wear That Dress: Street Fighter (1994). Being the first of several possible reviews of 90’s video-game movie adaptations! Fans who were at the right age when Street Fighter 2. Ruled the world in the early 90’s remember that there were two films based off this franchise at the time. One of them was hard to find (in Ireland at least! As in, you couldn’t buy it anywhere! But we’re not here to talk about that film. No, we’re here to talk about the other. Street Fighter film...
Odds and Ends: Lost Games: Devil's Flight by Gaetano Abbondanza
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Thursday, February 21, 2013. Lost Games: Devil's Flight by Gaetano Abbondanza. Is my second-only entry into the reviewing genre of gamebook playthroughs, and the world (or at least the internet) has changed since those heady days of playing through Bodies on the Docks. Back then, I was aware of only one site doing playthroughs of those old Fighting Fantasy books, and that was the excellently-named Fighting Dantasy. Favourites are Turn to 400. As you may remember, I take a slightly different approach to p...
Odds and Ends: Vu Quang
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Sunday, January 13, 2013. Richardson ripped a boot off, then a soggy sock, and squeezed it. Warm water splashed on the rock. He leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes. His face was pale and his uniform bright; he was young, on his first tour of duty. 8216;Why are you so jittery? 8217; Richardson brushed a mosquito off his arm. 8216;Why are you irritated by me being alert? Haven’t you seen enough in-country yet to make you jittery? 8217; He spoke slowly, with a slight Southern drawl. They sat in...
Odds and Ends: The Unappreciated: Music from 'The Elder' by Kiss
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010. The Unappreciated: Music from 'The Elder' by Kiss. As a Kiss record I'd give it a zero. As a bad Genesis record, I'd give it a two. Imagine it's the early 80's, and you've just joined KISS, the hardest rockin' band in the world (stop laughing), you're ready to bust heads and take names, and then you find out that Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons want to release. a duff 70's-style. Music From 'The Elder'. Well, imagine what a concept album made by KISS in the early 80's would be...
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A survival-horror gamebook set in the swamps of Louisiana…. Http:/ www.ciangill.blogspot.com. Writer, musician, cartoonist, animator, qualified zoologist, and all-round guy. I will review anything that takes my fancy, but I really like tales of adventure, orientalism and the supernatural set in the British Empire during the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Maybe some of these good things will show up in my work from time to time. And I like making comics, too. Posts by Cian Gill:. June 4, 2012. May 13, 2012.
Odds and Ends: Our Lady's Hospital.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. I went up the Lee Road a friend for to see,. They call it the mad house in Cork by the Lee. But when I got up there the truth I do tell. They had the poor bugger locked up in a cell. Johnny Jump Up, Cork folk song. Christ, and people sometimes ask why I'm fascinated by Victorian shit- growing up in a town where this Gothic monstrosity glowers down upon all and sundry from atop its gloomy hill! As Lovecraft would say (ever notice how the word. February 17, 2011 at 7:22 AM. What is ...
Odds and Ends: Prometheus Is A Bad Movie
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Friday, January 3, 2014. Prometheus Is A Bad Movie. Look, I'm sorry, Prometheus. Is just a bad movie. I didn't like it at the cinema. Even first time around, my gut reaction was disgust. I felt as though I was being psitol-whipped in the face with stupidity pretty much every five minutes. But maybe I had been too hasty. After all, there are a lot of people who like it. So I decided to give it another chance. But, after subsequent viewings, I'm sorry to say that Prometheus. Make sense are full of clunky e...
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Noticias, Comentarios, Calificación de Libros Leídos. RUSIA La Novela de Edward Rutherfurd. Junio 5, 2017. He terminado de leer el libro RUSIA La Novela (1046 páginas), del escritor británico EDWARD RUTHERFURD. Esta novela forma parte de la Tetralogía RUSIA, LONDRES, PARÍS Y NUEVA YORK. RUSIA es una novela de ficción superpuesta sobre hechos históricos que abarca desde el año 180 d. de C. hasta 1990. UN VETERANO DE TRES GUERRAS Recuerdos de José Miguel Varela. Abril 17, 2017. UN LIBRO MUY RECOMENDABLE...
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Writing and Reviews from the Age of Imperialism and Adventure! Monday, October 19, 2015. Cover Problems and Naming. Im still unsure what to call the book. It grew from what was originally a short piece called Company Man. Monday, October 19, 2015. Sunday, October 18, 2015. Sunday, October 18, 2015. I'm Writing A Book! SO - the direction of this blog is changing. Maybe. As well/instead of reviews there will be posts that chronicle the finishing of the book. Its an ode to Victorian-era adventure stories, o...
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Saturday, February 8, 2014. Thoughts About The Bill Nye/Ken Ham Debate. Friday, January 3, 2014. Prometheus Is A Bad Movie. Look, Im sorry, Prometheus. Is just a bad movie. I didnt like it at the cinema. Even first time around, my gut reaction was disgust. I felt as though I was being psitol-whipped in the face with stupidity pretty much every five minutes. Sunday, October 6, 2013. Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis. So I watched The Boys from Brazil. The first book in the so-called Milkweed triptych. To be h...
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Cian Ginty's Online Journalism Blog. Just another blog for Online Journalism. Student journos on Twitter 2009-10. Which do you think is easer to read? April 30, 2010. More on subbing: Below are screen shots of text from TV3.ie. And text from Telegraph.co.uk. Both four paragraphs. Which do you think is easer to read? First from TV3.ie, small white text and a grey background:. Text from TV3.ie. Text from Telegraph.co.uk. While this could also be placed into design, it’s also copy subediting. April 29, 2010.
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