There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
— http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html
Category: Movies
Titanic Redux
SPOILER: The ship sinks…
(more…)John Carter: The Movie Novelization
John Carter: The Movie Novelization: Seems like Edgar Rice Burroughs already wrote such a book a hundred years ago.
One could simply get this:
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John Carter of Mars: The Collection – A Princess of Mars; The Gods of Mars; The Warlord of Mars; Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Or one could simply download the books from Project Gutenberg.
Star Wars – Free Online
Still More Newtonian Swag
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Manifold: Space – Stephen Baxter |
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The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable – Terry Pratchett |
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A Fistful of Fig Newtons – Jean Shepherd |
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Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century – Hunter S. Thompson |
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A Deepness in the Sky – Vernor Vinge |
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Larks Tongues in Aspic – King Crimson |
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Liquid Tension Experiment 2 – Liquid Tension Experiment |
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Neon Mirage – Stan Ridgway |
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Drama – Yes |
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The Torture Never Stops – Frank Zappa |
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Donnie Darko |
An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Announcement Trailer:
(more…)Otto
Lorem Ipsum
(via Pharyngula) Generate some motherfucking placeholder text with Samuel L. Ipsum My money’s in that office, right? If she start giving me some bullshit about it ain’t there, and we got to go someplace else and get it, I’m gonna shoot you in the head then and there. Then I’m gonna shoot that bitch in … Continue reading “Lorem Ipsum”
Le Voyage dans la lune
Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) was released on September 1, 1902:
(more…)Heigh-Ho?
