I just sent out a new Lame Excuse Books catalog filled with interesting science fiction, fantasy, and horror first editions. Once again there’s lots of great stuff, including new books from Joe R. Lansdale, Jay Lake, Henry Kuttner, Charles Stross, Neal Stephenson, a Tim Powers Charnel House book, a signed Roger Zelazny limited edition, a desirable Jack Vance first, and numerous small press books from Subterranean, Haffner, PS Publishing, and Night Shade, among others. Let me know if you’d like me to email you a copy.
New Lame Excuse Books Catalog Available
March 16th, 2011Japan Tsunami/Earthquake Update for March 16, 2011
March 16th, 2011A few tidbits of news on the Sendai earthquake/tsunami aftermath in Japan:
Another gallery of aftermath photos.
I’m not seeing too many new videos worth putting up. You’ve probably seen a lot of this video before, but here’s one long, continuous aerial take of the tsunami coming in:
More volcano erruption footage:
To end on an encouraging note, here’s a video of two dogs who survived the earthquake and tsunami:
This and all previous posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami can be found here.
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update for Tuesday, March 15
March 15th, 2011Some news on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami:
More aftermath pictures from the Sendair earthquake and tsunami.
Tsunami coming in to Iwaki City:
More tsunami wave footage:
Rooftop tsunami footage:
Sendai tsunami footage:
The tsunami in Minamisanriku:
Still more tsunami footage:
The aftermath in Rikuzentakata:
Shinmoedake volcano eruption in SW Japan:
This and all previous posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami can be found here.
Howard Waldrop and I Review Battle: Los Angeles
March 14th, 2011Short description: Better than Skyline, but no great shakes in the SF department…
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update for Sunday, March 13
March 13th, 2011A few more quick updates on the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake/tsunami:
More dramatic footage of the tsunami coming in. There’s one building that the water goes up against, and then through, and then, in a matter of about 10 seconds since the wave hit, the building is gone.
Includes some of the above, and a lot more besides, off Japanese TV:
Before and After aerial footage:
Helicopter rescue footage:
The tsunami even caught the Japanese Air Force unaware, which a number of (I think) F-16s picked up and carried into buildings or soaked with mud:
Interesting video from 2010 explaining Japanese preparation for earthquakes and tsunamis:
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update for Saturday Morning, March 12, 2011
March 12th, 2011Some quick Sendai earthquake/tsunami updates:
Up-close footage of the tsunami coming into the city I haven’t seen before:
Close footage of the tsunami surge moving into a city:
More close tsunami footage:
More Sendai aftermath footage:
Some cognitive dissonance in this Russia Today video: The footage is mainly the burning natural gas plant, while the voiceover discusses the nuclear plant failsafe issues:
More burning natural gas footage, along with a discussion of other nation’s tsunami preparations:
For other videos I’ve put up from the earthquake/tsunami, start here or just go scrolling back through the videos I’ve put up the last couple of days.
Howard Waldrop and I have to review Battle: Los Angeles for Locus Online, so between that and my usual Saturday obligations, I’m not sure if I’ll have time to do too many more updates today.
And Still More Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Upadates
March 11th, 2011My most recent post on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is here.
Some more news tidbits on the Sendai earthquake/tsunami.
Dawn just broke over there. Here’s footage of the aftermath:
A video of the massive whirlpool formed off the coast in the wake of the tsunami:
(If you know of a better video not recorded off a camera aimed at a TV, let me know.)
And finally, a much-needed moment of levity. I LOLed…
My earlier posts for earthquake/video footage can be found here, here, and here
Still More Video From the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami
March 11th, 2011A few more videos. Not a lot of context for some of these, so I can’t tell if they’re from Sendai or someplace else.
This provides a scary, up-close demonstration of how fast the tsunami came in:
Japanese office workers run as bits of building start falling around them:
There’s a reason they call it the Ring of Fire: The quake has activated several regional volcanos:
It’s almost like playing Sim City, where you inflict all the disasters (earthquake, flood, volcano, monster) on the city at once…
Japan Earthquake News Update
March 11th, 2011The current news, as near as I can gather:
More Videos
A grocery store during the quake. Don’t know us this is Sendai, Tokyo or somewhere else:
The Ichihara oil refinery on fire:
The tsunami coming in:
More tsunami flood footage:
Still more: