Alasdair Czyrnyj is convinced that something horrible is going to happen in the near future, but isn’t entirely sure what. As a result, he spends most of his time in pensive discontent, which is far less enjoyable than it sounds. He often reads books, sometimes finishes them, and occasionally writes about them.
articles
- Same Vodka, Different Bottles Comrade Czyrnyj accuses The Red Star of right deviationism.
- No Exit from Fantasyland Alasdair tries to come to grips with the Fencer Trilogy
- Attacking Avatar Listen up, and Alasdair will tell you all a story about a little guy that lives in a blue world
- Kitsch Kills Alasdair talks about Richard Calder’s Babylon
playpen posts
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at 18:47 on 06-03-2010
And now, for you daily dose of WTFery, Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman reimagined as ...
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at 18:39 on 06-03-2010
@Arthur: Yeah, and in RA3 the president is none other than Vernon Schillinger from Oz. To briefly wander back to the “games is/not art” discussion, I wonder if ther...
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at 23:52 on 04-03-2010
@Andy G:Incidentally, on the computer game front, I rather liked this Onion video about ultrarealistic war games. You know, if you've watched that video, then you've just seen ...
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at 23:52 on 22-02-2010
You know, Arthur, I wouldn't mind seeing you write up an article on Miéville or something. I've only read Iron Council (liked the Transcontinental Railroad-turns-The Long March th...
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at 18:51 on 20-02-2010
Ah, body pillows. For the woman who somehow thinks buying one makes her less of a perv than the people who buy blow-up dolls. I wonder what Robert Pattison must make of all this. I m...
comments
- 18:13, 13-03-2010 on Six Hours of My Life I Won't Get Back:
I just loved it for that classic rock ballard of "Chord-chord-chord-chord-chord-chord-other chord-chord-chord-chord-ch...
permalink - 18:12, 13-03-2010 on Noir Fantasy: My New Favourite Subgenre:
No, there are no airships, and the closest the book gets to stereotypical steampunk is with the giant steam-powered truck two of...
permalink - 00:02, 12-03-2010 on Noir Fantasy: My New Favourite Subgenre:
Um...wow...I just finished this book. Yesterday night. ... ... ... GET OUT OF MY HEAD, ARTH...
permalink - 14:23, 11-03-2010 on Same Vodka, Different Bottles:
Not in bookstores, no. I managed to get the first two paperbacks in a comic book store back in 2006, and had to order the last ...
permalink - 17:06, 10-03-2010 on Who Watches The…oh never mind:
Necromancy ho! @the issue of datedness and the nuclear arms race After reading through the article again, I ki...
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