by Neil | May 28, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Guillermo del Toro, Horror, Movies, Review, Thoughts
Cronos was made in 1993 and still represents one of the most original takes on the vampire genre in recent years. The film, Guillermo Del Toro’s third film, tells the story of Jesus Gris, an antique seller, who happens upon a golden scarab hidden in the base of...by Neil | Apr 26, 2008 | Books, Friday Flash Fiction, Personal, Review, Writing
Over at The Fix, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, has undertaken the not inconsiderable task of reviewing every one of the stories that went into Illuminations (featuring amongst others me) and the results can be read here. It’s quite flattering to have a reviewer (and a...by Neil | Apr 6, 2008 | Books, Comment, Entertainment, Fiction, Neil Gaiman, Reading, Review, Thoughts
I read Odd and the Frost Giants yesterday as a break from labouring on The Woodsman. Something I could fall into for an hour in order to think about something else; no real intention to review it. Reviewing Neil’s work is hard because I am quite clearly and obviously...by Neil | Apr 5, 2008 | Books, Comment, Fiction, Reading, Review, Thoughts, Urban Fantasy
I’m generally speaking not a big fan of writers utilising successful, well-established, ideas and conceits as their central Big Idea for novels. On the face of it, that’s what Unlundun is: China’s version of Neverwhere. Albeit aimed at a younger audience. And a...by Neil | Mar 21, 2008 | Books, Comment, Entertainment, Reading, Review, Science Fiction, Thoughts
Spin was the second of the e-books released for free to Tor’s mailing list and I started reading it pretty much by accident having been caught short without a book on my commute home. Spin begins from a very simple – almost silly – premise. What would...