http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:14:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I should have posted this a while ago, but the new issue of Focus is on the way (with luck members will have it landing on their doorsteps next week). The contents of the next issue looks something like this: Masterclass 3: Bringing Home The Bacon Chris Priest continues his masterclass series with an ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/142 Now this is a great story A complete version of the first epic science fiction film, Fritz Lang's Metropolis has turned up 80 years after it was last seen - in a museum in Argentina! (Who knows, maybe Hitler is still hanging out down there too... Is it safe?) Apparently it contains explanations ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/141 Because, seriously, if anyone reading this is going and has the chance to buy a special edition, Comic Con attendee only... (That's right, Universal are doing a limited run BSG Toaster!!!) ...then please, for the love of god, get one for me too. I will pay whatever it costs, postage, the whole ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/139 Of Cemetery Dance issue 58 - the magazine wasn't quite what I was expecting. I'm currently just scribbling some film reviews for Matrix - my article on steampunk movies is due up there soon. Then I've got some Orbiter reviews to do. Then some writing. Then I promise I'll blog something significant. http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/138 Now I don't normally inflict my footballing prejudices on this blog - I've always been of the opinion that I've made my own bed and therefore I should lie in it and suffer more or less alone (M&N being obvious and unfortunate exceptions to that rule). And, generally, you won't ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/137 Haven't been here for a while - insanely busy with union annual conference and ludcrously tight magazine deadline... Anyway, I'm working on a couple of longer pieces which I hope will get up soon. In the meantime, The Stage is posting this news about Stephen Moffat being appointed "lead writer and executive ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/136 Blue Tyson at Free SF Reader has reviewed Hub 50 and my story Home Protection - which you can still read here. It's hard to know exactly what to make of the review. At first 3 out of 5 seems disappointingly low but the site has pretty high standards (the big ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/135 So I had some bad news, then I got sick, and in truth I've spent most of the last week in bed feeling sorry for myself - it's not a pretty sight - and I'm gutted that this coincided with Sci-Fi London (one of the weekends I look forward to ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/134 Illuminations got reviewed at The Fix - under the circumstances the reviewer did a pretty good technical job of completing the review of an assignment I'd have hated. He's pretty tough on our little project (but fair, and his criticisms are solidly supported) though he finds quite a lot to like. ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/133 So the past week or so have been a bit of a write off - insanely busy at work last week before discovering that a friend had died suddenly. I hadn't seen him for a while, but I still felt like we had a lot of stuff still to do ... http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/132