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The Brakespeare Voyage

Starting to get some more detailed reviews....http://gnomeship.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-brakespeare-voyage.htmlAnd that reminds me that now I've finished writing it, I have reviews of its...

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On reading cheerful, forceful poems while depressed.

Invictus by William Ernest HenleyOut of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not...

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The Brakespeare Voyage - reviews

And another review here, in the Amazon Australia...

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Shard Apocrypha - Brakespeare Initialisation

While clearing my files, I found the text below from [Re: to [Now]]. I haven't edited it.It's part of an e-mail chat between myself and Lawrence Miles, back when "The Brakespeare Voyage" was first...

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Part of a 'game' of imaginary TV shows:

Pilot: “The Long Slow Stench Of Dying” (1992) 90m,Dying in a blue on blue, friendly fire incident in Chicago,law-enforcement officer (his ‘live’ rank is never revealed in theshow) Justin Manwe (JM)...

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A BBC PDA proposal that was eventually rejected after Ian Mckintyre and I did...

Proposal by Simon Bucher-Jones THE BRIDGE OF LIGHT3rd Doctor and Jo Grant   PDA  - role for future MasterThe third Doctor is called into a UK experimental laboratory where light is being slowed down by...

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An early document concerning the Brakespeare posted for those interested in...

Nebaioth(1)[(1)-the eldest son of Ismael, in Hebrew and Islamic lore, - Ismael of course being the  only survivor of the whaling ship in Moby Dick.]OrThe Seventh Wave Boy’s Book Of Whaling For...

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The accretion of legendary, in a War context.

Even well documented events (cf The Book of the War) can become rapidly misremembered, misconstrued, elaborated, or distorted in the retelling.  One such distortion is at the root of the so-called...

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Brakespeare Review link

http://andrewhickey.info/2014/02/04/faction-paradox-the-brakespeare-voyage/From Andrew Hickey, an excellent writer, and a friend by e-mail. 

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Random Sentences as a Marketing Tool...

Having enjoyed this glimpse, into the next Faction Paradox novelhttp://andrewhickey.info/2014/02/11/ten-sentences-from-head-of-state/Here’s a bit of something I’m working on.Eight  random sentences...

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Imaginary TV Shows #2

"Alienating Statement" 7 episodes BBC 2  1988. An oddity of a series, in which characters (one to an episode) attempt to defend their stance over "The Incident" to an unseen tribunal.  It combines the...

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Arisa's Song from the King In Yellow

From Andrew Lloyd Weber's ill-fated Musical adaption Carcosa! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.[1] the musical made its West...

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Another Brakespeare Review

Humbert on GB, about the Brakespeare Voyage: "I finished this book last night, and remained astounded all the way up to the end." http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7837412&postcount=67...

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King In Yellow announcement

I have completed my first draft, new english translation of The King In Yellow.I'm in the process of setting up a kickstarter to fund a full revision of the French text for publication in a single...

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Partial transciption of old tv documentary (Fox 2010)

People unsure of the real history of THE KING IN YELLOW may recall the Fox docudrama of some years ago.I've only had time to transcribe the beginning as I'm working on this as a SERIOUS project, and...

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The Touch of Other Seas

The green tide rises, and the beaches feelTouched by the otherness that lies beyondThe taste of things washed from the deep ship's keelThe slow strange stirring of a seaweed frondThe flotsum washed...

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Some friends of mine (I hope I can call them friends) are doing this...

Blog Tour Meme Andrew Hickey and Lawrence Burton, did this.  I'm taking the liberty of assuming Andrew would have tagged me if technology had allowed.This is mine:1 What are you working on at the...

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Illnesses

Suffering from, chest infection, asthma, hayfever, and what may be shingles or bell's palsy, or some other facial nerve issue, or not, and still depression/anxiety.May be a while before next writing...

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11811

"Number 11811 get back to machine and forget that you ever left it."We build comforts out of unseen misery,We who are rich, by every standard of the poor,And yet we give the power that we might use,To...

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One Gross Of Poems

I see that I've written 144.I wonder if any of them were good.Perhaps I'll write 240 more,So tell me, do you think I really should?Simon BJ

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