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A Song of Ice and Fire – the Ideal Cast

A few months ago (here), I mentioned the fact that HBO might be making a TV series of George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire”. This fan has matched each character with the actor he would like to see in the role (good call on the clerk from ER as the [...]

His Dark Materials

Graham Linehan, on his Hompendium of Dorithies, has taken a quick look at the new His Dark Materials film. They have reuinted the Casino Royale leads Daniel Craig and Eva Green, and opted to cast Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter. Choosing the child actor is always a gamble, so they played it safe [...]

The Unquiet

John Connolly’s new book, the Unquiet, should be hitting the shelves in Ireland this week. This will be the sixth in a series of mystery novels, from the former Irish Times journalist, centered around a haunted private investigator, Charlie Parker. Connolly has faced some flak or ‘breaking the rules’ of crime fiction, straying [...]

HBO Making A Song of Ice and Fire

This will come as great news to any fan of George R. R. Martin’s heptalogy-to-be, “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

The series will begin with the 1996 first book, “A Game of Thrones,” and the intention is for each novel (they average 1,000 pages each) to fuel a season’s worth of episodes.
This is a series [...]

Library Thing

Via SinĂ©ad, I have just become addicted to Library Thing. Its like a last.fm for books – catalogue all of your books, rate them, review them if you have time, and browse other catalogues. RSS feeds, tags, recommendations, and all that stuff included. My brand new account is here – so far [...]

I Forgot my Book in Cork

This is torture. I don’t often read detective/murder stories but, based on a very strong recommendation from my sister, I borrowed John Connolly’s first novel Every Dead Thing. At first glance, the internet nerd in me was disappointed to see that he, an Irish author, opted to register a johnconnolly.co.uk as opposed [...]

The Proposition

What is an Irishman but a nigger turned inside out?
I have been looking forward to this one ever since it got the Sigla thumbs up, it was well worth the wait. I love all of these Australian movies, Mr. Reliable, The Castle, Rabbit Proof Fence… even Wolf Creek although it scared the bejesus out [...]