[caption id="attachment_515" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Slave houses at the Laura Plantation in Louisiana"][/caption] I’ve been travelling across the South recently and wanted to read a book that would suit both my weird tastes and reflect some of the history of America. Being a Read more

I had a post apocalyptic weekend, finishing Fallout: New Vegas and watching Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior in the space of 24 hours. It’s obvious that the developers at Bethesda have drawn on Mad Max, in both the detail of the world and the relentless storylines of survival. But having played Read more

When asked why someone would read her books, Gail Carriger wrote “It’s got gay vampires, dirigibles, and madly wielded parasols in it. What more could you want from a book?” I can’t say it any better than that. But here I go anyway. The Parasol Protectorate is a series of five novels, Read more

Author: Larry E. Huddleston Publisher: Midnight Express Books 2009 213 pages.  $11.95 Reviewer: Christopher Zoukis At the present juncture, vampire novels are in vogue.  The guy who started the whole thing was Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula.  Hollywood got a hold of the book and went Read more

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here. In this time I’ve read lots of great books and have been working on my own novel! Enough to keep me busy, that’s for sure. Lately I decided to read Ursula K Le Guin’s Earthsea series, consisting of A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Read more

I saw Robin Hood last week, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. While I really enjoyed the film and the great historical detail, every character seemed to remind me of an author. Maybe it’s a reoccurring trend for science-fiction and fantasy authors to look like they’ve come out of Read more

There’s been a few bits and pieces on the weird fiction radar lately and since I’ve been doing a lot on video games I thought I better get back to my books. So here goes: Cthullu’s News Desk at nine. Jeff Vandermeer and his wife Anne have released The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals. Read more

For many years game developers have tried to create narrative driven games with multiple outcomes on a limited scale. The 1997 Blade Runner game had a possible 13 endings depending on your interactions with characters and Final Fantasy X-2’s had three alternate endings, one for perfect Read more

I bought Final Fantasy XIII on tues when it was released and spent a good two hours playing it. I would have played more, but us poor gamers still gotta work. So here’s my first impressions… The FFXIII story revolves around two things – the Fal’cie and the L’cie, although I’m not Read more

V is back on TV in a glossy new update of the old miniseries. The first part debuted last night on Channel 9 in prime time position. I’m a V fan from way back. The 1983 miniseries holds the same amount of nostalgia for me as Back to the Future or Escape from LA. [caption id="attachment_405" Read more