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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
MwaHAHAHAHA!
Have just heard via @BarringtonStoke on Twitter that the very first finished copy of my forthcoming novella for them, MY NAME IS O, has just arrived from the printers. Here’s the pic they posted of it together with the other fine books BS are bringing out in Jan: …SNEE HEE HEE!
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Future Space Metropolis
To Odaiba, to visit Japan’s “Future Museum,” the Miraikan. The trip across Tokyo Bay on the (driverless, rail-less) Yurikamome Line made me feel like I was in the future already… …so when I arrived I was delighted but strangely unsurprised to find what appeared to be a real giant mech under construction. The Miraikan’s exhibits […]
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Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Open Doors
My friend Barnaby Richards has just started a new weekly webcomic. The site is called anopendoorquietly. If the new project turns out to be even a quarter as wonderful as his weekly Postcards from Cosmo were on Trapped By Monsters, then the world is in for a treat. A Letter for Florence starts here. If, […]
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Sunday, December 4th, 2011
The Night Watch
On my first, daylight visit to Asakusa I was short of time, the rain was slashing down and the place was packed. My second was much nicer. The crowds were almost gone, so the souvenir and snack shops of Nakamise Street were closing up… …but in their night-time lighting the temple buildings… …looked magical. This, […]
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Indeed / In Chambers
My thanks to my friend the formidable James N. for making me grin with this: I might fault the extra ‘i’ in ‘Moriarty’ but with the rest I only heartily concur: it may well be that behind Chuck Norris‘ beard there is another fist, but in terms of miles covered and enemies suavely bested Peter […]
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Good Fortune Has Tentacles
Friday night, at the Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku: I took this pic at the Tori no ichi – a festival about good luck. These… …are bamboo rakes, to help you ‘rake in’ good fortune, each one so elaborately decorated that they made the place feel like a dragon’s treasure horde. Other stalls at the festival […]
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Friday, November 25th, 2011
A Terrible Mistake
Near-fatal faux pas leaves author forced to climb mountain, tell gods he’s sorry: this week on Trapped By Monsters, Don’t Tangle with Tengu.
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
What I Am Doing Here
What Am I Doing Here in Tokyo? It’s ok, sometimes I ask myself that, too. ;D The answer is, I’m writing a book. I’ve been researching and planning this story since May (and before, but that’s when I got serious). It’s wildly ambitious, thoroughly outrageous and occasionally I’m not sure if I’m good enough to […]
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Awesome On Tap
My brother – who has his own experience of what it’s like to live in a foreign country – asked me a very good question in an email recently. Wondering how I was finding life in Tokyo, he asked “Is it utterly alien and unsettling, or are you enjoying the change of scenery and weirdness-on-tap?“ […]
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Sweet / Scary
This week on Trapped By Monsters: surgical masks, J-Pop and the terrifying yokai known as Kuchisake Onna.
