Monthly Archives: July 2005

J.G. Ballard, Super-Cannes

By Steen | July 25, 2005

In this novel, Ballard continues his critical views of contemporary society indicting not just the social structures which he finds but the humans who create them. Where ever Ballard looks he finds perversion; one could in fact argue that Ballard’s main obsession is with perversion in all its forms, not just sexual though that is [...]

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J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By Steen | July 23, 2005

The latest in the HP series contains yet another death, which has been about as much info as has been available before its release. However, when first getting the book the first thing which struck me was that for the first time the latest installment is actually shorter than the one before! And it was [...]

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Chris Nolan, Batman Begins

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The best Batman film made to date, and probably for a long time after as well. It is unfortunate that Chris Nolan does not seem eager to pursue the franchise more, but it is quite understandable that he wishes to return to smaller films. These will probably be even better still, as film franchises have [...]

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J.G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

By Steen | July 17, 2005

One of the most experimental sf books published, in many ways it can hardly be called sf and most have only referred to it as sf due to Ballard’s earlier involvement with sf. It is a collection of semi-connected short stories with recurring characters. It also contains the beginning seeds of Ballard’s later novel Crash. [...]

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Robert Coover, The Public Burning

By Steen | July 10, 2005

Using Richard Nixon as the narrator of the book created a lot of stir, especially since he was President at the time of publication and Watergate was drawing closer. It was difficult for Coover to find a publisher, but it is a good thing that he succeed in the end for the novel is one [...]

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