Archive for the ‘Fandom’ Category
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Burn Bright – Welcome to Ixion
Posted by 2011 will mark the publication of Marianne de Pierres’s first Young Adult novel, Burn Bright. Her Burn Bright site will keep fans up to date about her latest news and appearances, and will offer a range of exciting features, such as competitions, forums, and all things Burn Bright! In the run up to the book’s […]
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Interstella 5555: A Mu5ical Anime and 5tory of Fandom
Posted by Imagine for a moment that you are in a band. One of the most successful and artistic disco / house bands on the planet. You have made it big, sold millions of albums. You’re gradually ticking off all of your life to-dos. Next on the list? Work with a childhood hero. French ‘robot’ duo Daft […]
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Authors Are People Too
Posted by Admit it: authors are the celebrities of the nerd world. Well, to be fair, there are as many kinds of nerd as there are worlds to hold them—but in the world of the fiction-loving, book-reading nerd? Admit it: authors are celebrities, if not gods. One of the Internet’s best and worst gifts to the author-worshipping […]
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Joss Whedon’s 2010 Melbourne Writers’ Festival Keynote Speech – Transcript
Posted by Through the masses of people who wanted to see Joss Whedon’s keynote speech at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival, I managed to acquire 4 tickets. The sell-out time for these tickets was amazing – I think they sold out the day before they were set to officially go on sale, when it was made known that […]
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Scott Pilgrim VS The World
Posted by It’s your standard romantic comedy, really. Boy meets Girl. Boy feels alienated by age difference and distances himself from Girl. Boy meets Other Girl. Boy stalks Other Girl, forgetting to break up with Girl. Boy manages, against all odds, to endear himself to Other Girl and is roped into battle with her seven evil exes. […]