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game of thrones

Mar 6

Posted by shawndagan in Books, fantasy, fiction | No Comments

George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Firehas captured the world of fantasy fiction’s attention, giving a genre that is used to manipulating a tired storyline over and over something fresh albeit dark. And as we await the fifth book of the series, the long anticipated A Dance with Dragons, we can also begin to look forward to the miniseries that is due from HBO. To wet that anticipation, they’ve just released one of the first screenshots from the upcoming pilot. Let’s hope it lives up to the books, and the quality that HBO has shown in some of its other projects in the past.


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a soldier of the great war

Dec 15

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As long as we’re talking about favorites, I may as well bring up one of my favorite books of all time. A Soldier of the Great War
is a beautifully written book by Mark Helprin that follows an Italian soldier as he lives, breathes, and experiences World War I. The scene where he rides in a small gondola with a dying man as a child in the Italian Alps, being mistaken for a guardian demon when he arrives on the other side of the chasm, is reason enough to read the book. Believe me, read this book. You’ll be glad you did.
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mr. fantastic

Dec 13

Posted by shawndagan in Books, Comedy, art, fiction, films, illustration, painting, video | No Comments

There is indeed something fantastic about Mr. Fox. Up until I saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox last night, I thought that it was a relatively quiet year for moviedom, with exceptions of course (i.e. Star Trek). An adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Roald Dahl, the story follows the exploits and adventures of Mr. Fox who is voiced perfectly by George Clooney. The regular cast of characters show up for the director Wes Anderson for his best film since the inimitable The Royal Tenenbaums. Watch it.
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox movie poster
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