How was I unaware of this film until now?
Not only is it Knightrider meets supernatural revenge fantasy, it’s so 80s it hurts.
MST3K Film Candidate: The Wraith
February 3rd, 2018Library Addition: Asimov’s Little Lost Robot
January 30th, 2018I’m not an Isaac Asimov completist because I’m not completely insane. But I have been picking up firsts of the science fiction he did before Foundation’s Edge when I can find them at reasonable prices. This one is an odd little item, a scholastic chapbook of one of his robot stories done in “simplified language” for “upper intermediate” students, so not really Asimov when you get right down to it, but it’s not terribly common.
Asimov, Isaac. Little Lost Robot. The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1977. First edition chapbook original thus, a Fine- copy with the barest traces of wear at points. “This edition first published 1977” on copyright page at rear of book, as per Currey (1979), page 18. Bought off Biblio for $42 plus shipping.
Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s Cover of Husker Du’s “Celebrated Summer”
January 28th, 2018I was thinking about putting up something from Echodrone’s new album, but I stumbled across their cover of “Celebrated Summer” by Husker Du (a band never, ever, ever associated with Shoegaze). This is a case where the cover is much better than the original.
Plus old home movies have a certain fascination to them.
Also, bitrot seems to have have removed two of my favorite Echodrone songs from previous Shoegazer Sunday entries, so here are “Under an Impressive Sky”:
And “Gravity”:
The original version used clips from Memoirs of a Giesha, which is probably why it’s not online anymore…
Capsule Movie Review: Ip Man
January 28th, 2018Ip Man is a movie with first rate fight choreography (courtesy of Sammo Hung) in a third rate plot so trite and hackneyed (and a lead character so one-dimensionally perfect) that the Shaw Brother would have been slightly embarrassed to put it up on screen.
Here’s the justly famous “10-1” fight scene:
Watch the fight scene highlights and skip the rest…
Library Addition: World’s Science Fiction Story Collection II
January 27th, 2018Here’s something I didn’t buy, it showed up on my doorstep as a contributor copy:
Haijun, Yao and Mike Resnick, editors. World’s Science Fiction Story Collection II (ISBN 978-7-5364-8711-6). Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, 2017. Trade paperback original, a Fine copy, still in shrinkwrap. Chinese language anthology that prints a translation of my story “Crucifixion Variations.”
I’m pretty sure this is the only time my name has appeared higher on a cover than Robert Silverberg’s…
Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s “The Past or the Present”
January 21st, 2018Echodrone has a new album out*, Past, Preset and Future, and “The Past or the Present” is a track off that.
*Correction: Evidently it doesn’t drop until January 23.
Library Additions: Lettered Edition of Joe Lansdale’s Hoodoo Harry
January 17th, 2018This is one of those books that almost eluded me, but I snagged what was evidently the last hardback copy:
Included with the same purchase:
Not part of the bundle, but I might as well list it here:
Gonna Pass on the Expedited Shipping, Thanks
January 16th, 2018Actual screen cap from an Amazon order I placed yesterday (click to embiggen):
Think I’ll have to pass on the $12 million in expedited shipping costs. I don’t need it that bad…
Dolores O’Riordan, RIP
January 15th, 2018Just heard the news that Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer for The Cranberries, has just died at the untimely age of 46.
There were most famous for “Zombie” and a few other hits, but my favorite song of theirs has always been the melancholy “Daffodil Lament.” Here’s a live version.
(Hat tip: Derek Johnson.)
Elvis vs. King Kong vs. Godzilla
January 10th, 2018Mark Finn reminded me that Elvis Presley’s birthday was this week, so to celebrate I thought I’d put up this very, very silly video…