Review of Jonathan Franzen’s Purity.
Although this blog is mainly about science fiction, I sometimes read non-genre literature to see what the other side is up to. Jonathon Franzen is one of my favourite non-genre authors. This is a review of Purity, the fourth of his novels that I have read. Purity’s plot revolves around secrets, with one secret being […]
Review of A Refugee’s Rage by Anthony J Langford
I very much enjoyed being challenged in my thinking by the two novellas in this collection. It contains two very different stories: Caught Between Love and Loss, and the title story, A Refugee’s Rage. Caught Between Love and Loss This story begins as if it is going to be a story about Richard, a guy […]
Quick review of The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Windup Girl is one of the most imaginative dystopian science fiction novels I have read. It has fantastic world-building and is peopled with flawed characters who primarily look out for themselves. The novel is set in a future Thailand in a near-apocalyptic world, where the Thais try to cope with climate change, rising sea […]
Quick review of When the Floods Came.
When the Floods Came is a well-written and imaginative take on an apocalyptic future. The novel is set in England, where a virus has wiped out most of the population. A few people live in isolated pockets using technology that is slowly running down. The main focus is a family who live by themselves in […]
A uni essay about two of the most influential books I have read
I wrote This personal essay for a subject in my BA in Internet Communications. It is about the influence of two books, 1984 and Stephen Donaldson’s Lord Foul’s Bane, on my reading and writing. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already. […]
Whatever happened to the technological singularity?
This is a copy of a speech I wrote for a writing subject in my BA in Internet Communications. Whatever happened to the technology singularity? I am here tonight to ask what happened to the technology singularity. We don’t seem to be getting any closer to being dragged into its event horizon. I desperately want […]
Too busy studying to post
I thought I better post something to prove I am still alive. I have been so busy studying that I have not had time to regularly post on my blog. In fact, I am feeling guilty as hell that I am writing this and not taking notes for one of my subjects. My course did […]
Advance Australia Fair
This video is a remediation of Advance Australia Fair made for my BA in Internet Communications. The remediation uses the anthem to critique Australian society.
Study, writer’s festival.
Once again, it’s been a long time between posts. Two months at least. My BA in Internet Communications is really eating up my time. I am now in the third period doing my fifth and sixth subjects. One of those subjects is an introductory subject to studying at Uni that everyone who studies at Curtin, […]
I’ve been busy.
It has been about six weeks since I posted anything on my blog. I have been extremely busy with my degree. I am currently building a new website for one of the web design subjects. It has interactive elements, i.e., things that move on it, like a slide show of pictures and hotspots that reveal […]