Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Book Party!
Come to The Beaumont (316 West 5th Avenue, at Alberta Street) at 9pm this Saturday, September 24, 2011 for the release of Mark Loader's newest M.O.R. graphic novel! The $12 entry gets you in, and gets you a copy of the book (limited to the first 100 people)! Plus live music by Katelyn Molgard! There will always be MOR!
Friday, May 22, 2009
People We Outlived | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
May 22, 2009 marks the 150th birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of seminal detective Sherlock Holmes.
From the Knowledge Refresher File:
The standard overview. [wikipedia]
The Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker Street. [SHM]
A top-rated omnibus site. [SirConanDoyle.Com]
An online exhibit. [Westminster Libraries Online Exhibit]
Ashcroft B.C. ACD Society... (last update 2003) [ACD-Ashcroft]
The Canon of The Masterpiece Creation. [Canon of Sherlock Holmes]
Conan Doyle on Project Gutenberg. [ProjectGutenberg]
On Conan Doyle's "odd spiritualism". [more.intelligent.life]
Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes sites in WebRing. [WebRing]
Finally, a filmed interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, talking about his fictional detective and his spiritual interests.
From the Knowledge Refresher File:
The standard overview. [wikipedia]
The Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker Street. [SHM]
A top-rated omnibus site. [SirConanDoyle.Com]
An online exhibit. [Westminster Libraries Online Exhibit]
Ashcroft B.C. ACD Society... (last update 2003) [ACD-Ashcroft]
The Canon of The Masterpiece Creation. [Canon of Sherlock Holmes]
Conan Doyle on Project Gutenberg. [ProjectGutenberg]
On Conan Doyle's "odd spiritualism". [more.intelligent.life]
Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes sites in WebRing. [WebRing]
Finally, a filmed interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, talking about his fictional detective and his spiritual interests.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Arts round-up
A few of the "arts-related" tidbits I've ran across recently that have caught my eye.
Neil Gaiman's work on The Sandman series ranks near the top of graphics-based literature. Good Omens, the book he co-authored with Discworld-creator Terry Pratchet, is one of the funniest books I've ever devoured multiple times. And now Gaiman is giving away his latest, The Graveyard Book, by taping himself reading individual chapters on his book-tour and posting them on his MouseCircus site for young readers. (Wired)
And to follow-up on a story mentioned earlier: Stephen Colbert has won the White House! (In the Marvel Universe.) (Wired) And, like the Chicago Tribune's "Dewey Defeats Truman" gaffe 60 years ago, the Daily Bugle blows it! (Wired)
Staying with the comic theme for another moment, kottke posted some links to maps of the New York City of the Marvel Universe. (WizardUniverse) (NYCmetblogs) (flickr)
Next: some awesome t-shirts for sale at Glennz.
Then check out Edmund McMillen's independent artist product: This is a cry for help. A load of stuff for $10!
And if you figure you've already bought so much stuff you can't get more, check out this post on Swaptree... like ebay, except it's an exchange of goods. (Lifehacker)
On another note... if you think you're old ask yourself this question: Do I dream in colour, or black-and-white? If it's B&W, then you're right, you are old... apparently the television you watched as a child may influence the colour of your dreams. (TelegraphUK)
Speaking of old, here are the definitions of some commonly-used abbreviations, most of which are derived from Latin. (BloggingTips) And another list in the follow-up post. (BloggingTips) Both excellent posts are written by Kevin Muldoon of System0.
Neil Gaiman's work on The Sandman series ranks near the top of graphics-based literature. Good Omens, the book he co-authored with Discworld-creator Terry Pratchet, is one of the funniest books I've ever devoured multiple times. And now Gaiman is giving away his latest, The Graveyard Book, by taping himself reading individual chapters on his book-tour and posting them on his MouseCircus site for young readers. (Wired)
And to follow-up on a story mentioned earlier: Stephen Colbert has won the White House! (In the Marvel Universe.) (Wired) And, like the Chicago Tribune's "Dewey Defeats Truman" gaffe 60 years ago, the Daily Bugle blows it! (Wired)
Staying with the comic theme for another moment, kottke posted some links to maps of the New York City of the Marvel Universe. (WizardUniverse) (NYCmetblogs) (flickr)
Next: some awesome t-shirts for sale at Glennz.
Then check out Edmund McMillen's independent artist product: This is a cry for help. A load of stuff for $10!
And if you figure you've already bought so much stuff you can't get more, check out this post on Swaptree... like ebay, except it's an exchange of goods. (Lifehacker)
On another note... if you think you're old ask yourself this question: Do I dream in colour, or black-and-white? If it's B&W, then you're right, you are old... apparently the television you watched as a child may influence the colour of your dreams. (TelegraphUK)
Speaking of old, here are the definitions of some commonly-used abbreviations, most of which are derived from Latin. (BloggingTips) And another list in the follow-up post. (BloggingTips) Both excellent posts are written by Kevin Muldoon of System0.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Review of "The Man Game" by Lee Henderson
A good article about "The Man Game" by Lee Henderson. In his first novel, Henderson uses the Vancouver of 1886 as the setting.
There's also a list about little-known Vancouver historical facts that the author dug up in his research.
There's also a list about little-known Vancouver historical facts that the author dug up in his research.
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