Seeds Of Earth Review at ConceptSciFi

Yes, indeed, friends and neighbours – Gary at Concept SciFi has given it a thumbs-up – go check it out;
http://www.conceptscifi.com/seedsofearth.htm

Barack Obama, 44th US President: The Shadow Of Bush

There is a tremendous amount of high-flown proclamations and declarations about what the accession of Barack Obama will bring about; a lot of it is dewey-eyed and Disney-hued and thoroughly unrealistic. That said, I refuse to bow to the kind of reflex cynicism which passes for balanced realism among certain sections of the progressive left [...]

Rat Salad: Black Sabbath, The Classic Years 69-75, by Paul Wilkinson

Rat Salad by Paul Wilkinson, Black Sabbath fan

Short Story Sale: Black Fragmentaria to Postscripts quarterly

Just letting you know that I recently had a short story accepted by Pete Crowther for his quarterly anthology, Postscripts, scheduled to appear in the winter 2009 issue. I regard this as a bit of a personal milestone as Postscripts is a seriously good magazine/anthology which has showcased some of the field’s best writers. The fact [...]

Gaza: The Power Of Names

Small post this one, spurred by a sudden mini-epiphany – why is it that we know what Hamas’ rockets are called yet we don’t know what Israeli rockets and missiles are called? Most will know of the Qassam rocket (those Guy Fawkes night whizzbangs), and some may know of the Grad rockets, but what of [...]

Book Meme: Nearest Book

Caught this from Mark Chitty’s Walker of Worlds, couldn`t resist it. And this is how it goes:
* Grab the nearest book.
* Open it to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual [...]

Gaza Update

Too much to talk about, too many acts of brutality to go into but I wanted to make a quick update to point out to any readers the confirmed and corroborated order of events, ie that the original ceasefire was broken by Israel on November 4th when they attacked houses in Gaza, only after which did [...]

A Cage Called Gaza

caged in gaza