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Thanks for adding. The more interest and range of...

2010-01-05T08:16:36.330Z

Thanks for adding. The more interest and range of choice we can add to this category, the better.

Paul, Here's the skinny on Jan's Atomic Heart.

A few other selections occurred to me as well: The Joe R. Lansdale updating of Pigeons From Hell and The Surrogates, Vol. 2: Flesh & Bone

oops.. created my list before reading your full li...

2010-01-04T14:54:02.593Z

oops.. created my list before reading your full list. So please ignore my mentions of the ones you already posted.

I must admit, Rick, I'd never heard of that. I...

2010-01-04T14:52:43.027Z

I must admit, Rick, I'd never heard of that. I wonder if any other readers have? I'd included entries on all else you mention in my first blog post on the subject. Except the Crumb, which is indeed, deserving.

Really? Dark Entries? It was dreadful. He...

2010-01-04T14:46:54.365Z

Really? Dark Entries? It was dreadful.

Here's one you missed:

Jan's Atomic Heart by Simon Roy (New Reliable Press)
Simon Roy's near-future thriller of robotics and terrorism ushers in a major new talent. Following an accident, the mind of Jan, a computer analyst, is downloaded into an outmoded Lunar robot. In this reality, the Earth holds a very tentative peace after a war with the Lunar colonies. Jan discovers that similar Lunar models have committed acts of terrorism. Roy populates his red herring-laced plot with multi-faceted, realistic personae. Top all that off with his magnificent Tardi-influenced art and the unheralded Jan's Atomic Heart emerged as one the year's biggest and most pleasant surprises.

And a few others: Jeff Smith's RASL, The Umbrella Academy Volume Two: Dallas, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe, and how could you forgot Robert Crumb's The Book Of Genesis?

That would have been good, but indeed...

2009-12-24T06:11:36.801Z

That would have been good, but indeed...

One thing I thought interesting in Avatar (and I&#...

2009-12-23T23:17:36.075Z

One thing I thought interesting in Avatar (and I've just got my MA in Eng Lit, so excuse me for overthinking *everything*) was that scientific/mystical, rape/interface between the Na'vi and the animals of the world, including those dragon-things. For one moment there, I thought Cameron was going to introduce some interesting grey areas, and suggest that the Na'vi do not, in fact, live in harmony with their world, instead dominating their environment in the same way that the imperialist humans do. But then the moment passed...

Indeed, nobody wants that!

2009-12-23T10:02:19.009Z

Indeed, nobody wants that!

Hmmm. Well, I guess you'll just have to wait ...

2009-12-22T17:41:29.812Z

Hmmm. Well, I guess you'll just have to wait until NYCC in October... I'm not sending them in the post. I've received "Royal Mail" from friends in the UK, and the only thing "Royal" about it is that it looks like its taken a royal beating. Packages from England always get to me looking as though they've been pounced on by a mountain lion after having been picked at by vultures. I don't want that happening to my muffins!

I'm afraid we're pegged to this continent ...

2009-12-22T16:03:37.316Z

I'm afraid we're pegged to this continent for the forseeable, but muffins are always welcome.

OMG, YOU AND THE MISSUS MUST COME LIVE HERE AT ONC...

2009-12-22T08:25:09.098Z

OMG, YOU AND THE MISSUS MUST COME LIVE HERE AT ONCE! I'm already starting on the basket of Welcome Muffins...

I'm glad you two are bigging up NYC. I'd r...

2009-12-22T08:01:43.177Z

I'm glad you two are bigging up NYC. I'd really like to live there one day. I kind of share your feeling about it as feeling safe.

Yeah, I've lived in New York City for over thi...

2009-12-22T00:21:02.433Z

Yeah, I've lived in New York City for over thirty years and I have almost never been killed here. Once or twice at most.

I'm so, so, SO happy you've mentioned Nort...

2009-12-21T19:26:13.513Z

I'm so, so, SO happy you've mentioned North 40. I've been loving that series since issue #1.

It's so funny, because it totally adds to my arsenal whenever I get into "arguments" w/friends about The Big City vs. Podunk, USA. I'm a native New Yorker, and most of my friends are transplants from out of state. So many of them are Overwhelmed by New York - it's so loud, and so fast...and a lot of their relatives were anti them moving here because it would be "dangerous." And I always want to say to them "No. New York City isn't dangerous. I've lived here for 30 years and *knock wood* I've never been mugged, or violently attacked in any way. And when New Yorkers kill each other, it's rarely random. If someone is going to kill you, it's because you stole their stuff or slept with their spouse. You know where the random, senseless shootings happen? East Bumblefuck, that's where. The Unibomber didn't live in the Big City, he lived in the freaking woods. Every horror movie where you see crazed serial killers with hook hands and leather faces? The woods. And usually at some kinda summer camp!" North 40 makes so much sense to me, because if Lovecraftian supernatural craziness were going to happen, it would happen in Podunk, Middle Of Nowhere, and not anywhere near ME! :)

Gov: glad we featured a favourite. Ian: I think Gr...

2009-12-20T09:12:33.391Z

Gov: glad we featured a favourite. Ian: I think Grandville could well be among the nominations. Rab: I'm not, but that sounds great. And yes, it's what Kim Newman said to me about Avatar: 'Kinda with a bigger budget'.

Paul, are you familiar with the novel Monument<...

2009-12-19T23:12:09.427Z
Paul, are you familiar with the novel Monument by Lloyd Biggle Jr.? It's very much what you propose as an alternate path for an Avatar-like story.

(Beware the Wikipedia entry for this book, as it contains serious spoilage.)

Also, I can't help thinking of Kinda in connection with this...

The only one of those have read is Grandville, and...

2009-12-19T15:01:49.898Z
The only one of those have read is Grandville, and have not been the same since reading it because I see giant kick ass badgers everywhere.

It was a fun read and by all rights should win something because its a beautiful book.

I agree about Sword. I have been getting it month...

2009-12-19T14:57:07.553Z
I agree about Sword. I have been getting it monthly. Excellent series.

Thanks.

Comments on PaulCornell.com: The 12 Blogs of Christmas: Seven. Five More Comic...

Thanks for adding. The more interest and range of...

Paul, Here's the skinny on Jan's Atomic Heart. A few other selections occurred to me as well: The Joe R. Lansdale updating of Pigeons From Hell and The Surrogates, Vol. 2: Flesh & Bone

oops.. created my list before reading your full li...

I must admit, Rick, I'd never heard of that. I...

Really? Dark Entries? It was dreadful. He...

That would have been good, but indeed...

One thing I thought interesting in Avatar (and I&#...

Indeed, nobody wants that!

Hmmm. Well, I guess you'll just have to wait ...

I'm afraid we're pegged to this continent ...

OMG, YOU AND THE MISSUS MUST COME LIVE HERE AT ONC...

I'm glad you two are bigging up NYC. I'd r...

Yeah, I've lived in New York City for over thi...

I'm so, so, SO happy you've mentioned Nort...

Gov: glad we featured a favourite. Ian: I think Gr...

Paul, are you familiar with the novel Monument<...

The only one of those have read is Grandville, and...

I agree about Sword. I have been getting it month...

Paul, Here's the skinny on Jan's Atomic Heart.

A few other selections occurred to me as well: The Joe R. Lansdale updating of Pigeons From Hell and The Surrogates, Vol. 2: Flesh & Bone