Via Beattie's Book Blog, the news that a New Zealand work of science fiction predates Wells and includes space travel, space suits, airlocks, sexual relations with aliens and interplanetary colonisation. Amazing.
NZ Herald story
LA Times story
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre article
Later, Kiwi science fiction would look more like David Bowie...
D1sc0r0b0t. Ones. Also zeros.
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Showing posts with label kiwi as. Show all posts
31 Mar 2008
Little flightless fullas all over the place
Being a round of of kiwis being excellent:
The winners of this year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all. It's nice to see such a brace of good authors there.
The first chapter of Philippa Ballantine's new podcast Chasing The Bard just went live. And while you're subscribing to things, why not check out her writing podcast Whispers at the Edge.
Thought he looked familiar. Outrageous Fortune's Grant Bowler (Wolf) and New Zealand's stunt woman Zoe Bell (Kill Bill) are both in Season 4 episodes of Lost.
And speaking of Outrageous Fortune, a preview of series 4. Still far and away the best show on TV.
Spielberg & Jackson's Tintin is that lad out of Love Actually. Seems a little young to me, but it could work. I bought an awesome Tintin on the moon watch in Belgium but some bugger thiefed off with it.
For those of you who read this blog but aren't in Aotearoa - if there's a Kiwi anywhere near you, grab them and make them watch this video. I guarantee they'll sigh wistfully and give you a cuddle. Guarantee.
The winners of this year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all. It's nice to see such a brace of good authors there.
The first chapter of Philippa Ballantine's new podcast Chasing The Bard just went live. And while you're subscribing to things, why not check out her writing podcast Whispers at the Edge.
Thought he looked familiar. Outrageous Fortune's Grant Bowler (Wolf) and New Zealand's stunt woman Zoe Bell (Kill Bill) are both in Season 4 episodes of Lost.
And speaking of Outrageous Fortune, a preview of series 4. Still far and away the best show on TV.
Spielberg & Jackson's Tintin is that lad out of Love Actually. Seems a little young to me, but it could work. I bought an awesome Tintin on the moon watch in Belgium but some bugger thiefed off with it.
For those of you who read this blog but aren't in Aotearoa - if there's a Kiwi anywhere near you, grab them and make them watch this video. I guarantee they'll sigh wistfully and give you a cuddle. Guarantee.
21 Sept 2007
18 Jul 2007
Overheard at an outrageous fortune series three script meeting, probably
JG: OK. So we've had skinheads, triads & crooked cops. We've got to come up with a new bad guy for season three. Someone people will really hate.
RL: Easy. Property developer.
JG: Nice one. That's pretty evil, but is it evil enough?
RL: Australian property developer.
JG: Nice one Stu! Right! Someone type that up. I'm off to the pub!
(JG exits, jandals slapping on the floor, keys nearly falling out of his stubbies)
RL (noticing the rest of the staff have buggered off as well): Stink.
(Picture from the Offical Outrageous Fortune site)
It's entirely possible that I'll devote a lot of blog time over the next few months to raving about how good this show is. And I don't even do that for Doctor Who.
RL: Easy. Property developer.
JG: Nice one. That's pretty evil, but is it evil enough?
RL: Australian property developer.
JG: Nice one Stu! Right! Someone type that up. I'm off to the pub!
(JG exits, jandals slapping on the floor, keys nearly falling out of his stubbies)
RL (noticing the rest of the staff have buggered off as well): Stink.
(Picture from the Offical Outrageous Fortune site)
It's entirely possible that I'll devote a lot of blog time over the next few months to raving about how good this show is. And I don't even do that for Doctor Who.
26 Apr 2007
Lumps
In response to certain people in the US who have been asking (Hi Tracy!),
that Pineapple Lumps commercial. More information can be found here. If the first link doesn't work, you can find DDB's web site here. Just follow the links to Cadbury.
Sweet as, dude.
Also: Pineapple Lumps thwart robbery. Is there anything they can't do?
Also Also: First link fixed - thanks Duncan!
that Pineapple Lumps commercial. More information can be found here. If the first link doesn't work, you can find DDB's web site here. Just follow the links to Cadbury.
Sweet as, dude.
Also: Pineapple Lumps thwart robbery. Is there anything they can't do?
Also Also: First link fixed - thanks Duncan!
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