May Interview Line-Up

Reblogged from Curiouser and Curiouser:

May 1st - Stephen Graham Jones

May 8th - Craig Wallwork

May 15th - Michael Gonzalez

May 22nd - Pela Via

May 29th - Edward J Rathke

Branch of the Storytelling Tree…

ThunderDome REVAMPED!

Thunderdome just had an overhaul. The site is sexy and easy to navigate, and there are lots of new projects – wander around:

http://thunderdomemag.com/index.php

keep peeking around for news – i’m about to become a co-editor. so far that job has entailed digging up pretty photos from my hard drive, but i have a feeling it’s going to get a BIT more intense than that. for now, here are the updated links for my stories in the Thunderdome:

“Teetotaler” http://thunderdomemag.com/component/k2/item/44-teetotaler

“Fever” http://thunderdomemag.com/component/k2/item/25-fever

“Tin Man”  http://thunderdomemag.com/collections/the-collective-speaks/writers-in-residence-warmed-and-bound/item/100-tin-man

Congrats, Mike, on a site well done!

insomnia

The Girl Who Played With Fire vs. The Girl Who Played With Fire

since i last posted about Lisbeth vs. Lisbeth in celluloid, i’ve of course read all the books. so this is Book vs. Swedish film version of Fire- actually, just advice to Fincher when he tackles it:

1. no need for the graphic lesbian sex, it’s gratuitous considering how much plot simplification and condensation is done to make this fit in the parameters of film.

2.i liked that there was an absent Lisbeth during the entire sequence of events surrounding the murders, i liked being confused and not understanding her involvement if any. keep that. i never once questioned her innocence or connections in this film, and i think its largest weakness is the rapidity in which the catalyst for the entire story is treated. this should be a huge KABAM! instead of a small plot point.

3. cast the big dude from Legion and The DaVinci Code (Paul Bettany) as Lisbeth’s half-brother. he’d be perfect.

i’m only halfway through the film, now. i may be back with more advice, Mr. Fincher. Thanks for asking.

 

EDIT: you know what, nevermind. just leave it alone. this is Hannibal to Silence of the Lambs - half the characters, oversimplified plot, and the cripple was a HUGE disappointment. Zalachenko’s bad scar make-up effects were as disappointing as Mason Verger/Gary Oldman in a moving chair instead of bedridden and without eyelids. stay away, Mr. Fincher and Miss Mara. your remake was lovely, but take the rest of the Swedish trilogy movies (and the elimination of Margot Verger) as a cautionary tale…

LA1K hits ebook form! In Search of a City: Los Angeles In 1000 Words

THE LINK:  http://www.amazon.com/Search-City-Los-Angeles-Words/dp/1466338172/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330368769&sr=1-1

seriously, it’s $2.99 and this is what you get:

Table of Contents

Ryan Wilson – “American Trash”

 Stuart Gibbel – “Break on Through”

 Craig Clevenger – “Obsolescence”

 Nik Korpon – “South of Thirteen”

 Dennis Cruz – “Smile Now, Cry Later”

 Pela Via – “Bathhouse”

 Stephen Conley – “Don’t Feed the Animals”

 Grigori Black – “This Was Heaven”

 Doc O’Donnell – “Your Personal Apocalypse”

 Nikki Guerlain – “Sick Ticket”

 Patrick Verhagen – “Swim”

 Craig Wallwork – “El Bordello Alexandra”

 Nicholas Merlin Karpuk – “Ahm’s Bay”

 Nik Houser – “Subtitles for a Silent Film”

 H.R. Tardiff – “Walls in the Sand”

 Richard Thomas – “The Jenny Store”

Bob Pastorella – “Alexandra”

 Simon West-Bulford – “Project Asmodeus”

 Jay Slayton-Joslin – “The Fantasy of California vs. The Reality of London”

 Amanda Gowin – “Gilded Bones”

Chris Deal – “Padre Nuestro”

 Boden Steiner – “Here”

 Gordon Highland – “Fry Girl”

 edward j rathke – “All the Dreams You Dreamt Retold”

 Michael Paul Gonzalez – “Tidal”

 Victor Bengtsson – “Venice, Forever”