Traveler | 24. August 2010
A recent update led to the installation of the iBook app on my iPod Touch. Being a new father I was also quite pleased that Winnie the Poo came with it for free. I was even more pleased to find the following among the free books being offered via iBooks: How lucky is that? If [...]
Traveler | 20. August 2010
If he would still be with us today, H.P. Lovecraft, Master of the Macabre, Pulp-Icon, my favourite author and responsible for part of my son’s name, would celebrate his 120th birthday today. So, let’s take a moment to skip through the pages of the many verions of the Necronomicon available today, take out one of [...]
Traveler | 22. Juli 2010
Today I have another two gems from the ætherweb for you. I have to thank Elvira Afterthought for pointing my eye and ætherweb-searches towards those two. It is always good to take a closer look at the people who tweet about my stuff on Twitter. So, Elvira mentioned two sites I found particularly interesting and [...]
Traveler | 28. Juni 2010
Well, what can I say, another issue of the famed Gatehouse Gazette is out: This time, it is all about the good things in life and the Joie de Vivre, only fitting for the summer issue of the Gazette. Featuring most brilliant articles by the renowned Steampunk and Dieselpunk journalists Ottens, Heyvart, McCleary, Christi, Stock [...]
Traveler | 13. Juni 2010
I could not finish my Neil Gaiman week without mentioning The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Gris Grimly. This is such a delightful piece of weird childrens’ literature. It is perfect for the Gothic Nursery, it is sweet, intense, heroic and: it has a few disinctly Dieselpunk and Steampunk elements in it. [...]
Traveler | 13. Juni 2010
When I first read I, Cthulhu, I did not get the joke. Looking back now, I am at a loss to explain how I managed that. This short piece of fiction is so obviously tongue-in-cheek, with so many weird references that make no sense within the classic Cthulhu Mythos, I really do not know why [...]
Traveler | 8. Juni 2010
My friend Daliah Jane of Upon a Midnight Dreary has kindly agreed to provide a piece for my Neil Gaiman Week, for which I am very greatful. So here are her thoughts on Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book: There are few more pleasant ways to spend an afternoon than among the crumbling headstones of an [...]
Traveler | 8. Juni 2010
A few weeks back, Tiffany Kelly of Quirk Classics invited me to do a review of Android Karenina. Being a literature enthusiast, I could not say no. So here’s my review of yet another great Steampunk novel. Android Karenina by Ben Winters is a Steampunk take on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel and in deed, the [...]
Traveler | 7. Juni 2010
Today is the first day of Neil Gaiman Week on this blog. I decided doing this special feature for several reasons: By Jove! Neil Gaiman is awesome! Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is an integral part of my time in Nottingham being as enjoyable as it was. There are enough Steampunk elements in his various works to [...]
Traveler | 4. Juni 2010
Over the last few days I discovered two particularly delightful blogs I now want to share and recommend: Cyborg Ivy A very delightful, high-quality online novel, chronicling the adventures of a group of bold adventurers in a strange and wonderful alternate late 19th century. When I first skimmed the site I was once again afraid [...]
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