of Chapter One, anyway. Behind the cut, the full and complete first chapter of The Hideous Tale of the Hideous Return of the Hideous Vampire! (Apparently, he’s not incredibly hideous yet; this is sort of a prequel!)
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Spot the error in this NYT story about the dragon design for Eragon (I’ll help by bolding it):
Mr. Fangmeier said the 22-year-old author of the “Eragon” novel, Christopher Paolini, had already given Saphira enough lore and mystery to sustain her as a character. He focused instead on one aspect: the business of dragon flight. To that end the filmmaking team spent a lot of time debating the degree to which Saphira’s wings should or should not resemble the standard bat wing. Eventually they added some feathers, though not so many as to tip the creature toward the canine-looking dragon Atreyu from the 1984 fantasy movie “The NeverEnding Story.”
Tsk, tsk. Everyone knows that Atreyu was a hot boy, not a dragon. The dragon is Falkor. And could it not be mentioned that the movie is based on a book as well? (And a better book, at that.)
THE INCREDIBLY HIDEOUS VAMPIRE! (Installment the first, installment the second.)
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Cleaning the desk, which led to thirty minutes of searching for "The Incredibly Hideous Tale of the Incredibly Hideous Vampire," a little comic C made a few years back. Sadly, it appears to have been eaten. (Spoiler: The Incredibly Hideous Vampire did not even realize he had a flowerpot on his head!)
I did find a rough version of the first two pages for a sequel however. Which I reproduce below for your edification:
Showtime’s Masters of Horror series features an adaptation of "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon (aka James Tiptree, Jr., aka Alice Sheldon) directed by Joe Dante tonight at 8 p.m.10 p.m. (by our schedule, anyway). You can read the story here. (Thanks, Ginger!)
The story of the Kim family is one part amazing survival tale, the rest heroic tragedy. Hug your loved ones, and hope to be so smart and brave in such circumstances.
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A poorly thought-out and savage review of the Tiptree bio is making some waves over at the SF Signal. Check out the comments. (Via JJA.)
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