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Archive > December 2011
Where The Monsters Are Kept
One reason I came to Japan was to look for monsters. One place I’ve found them is Mandarake, in Nakano Broadway. It’s a hive-like mall of small stalls selling manga, anime, idol merch and all kinds of other stuff. My favourite things were the toys and figurines from old tokusatsu films and dramas. Everything was [...]
QuickSilver – Sam Osman
Having met Sam Osman at Broxbourne during the North London Regional Final of the Kid’s Lit Quiz, I learned enough about her new series to be intrigued. I always enjoy reading fantasy and this book was no exception. QuickSilver is not your typical fantasy, though: no big battles to speak of, no particularly memorable madcap [...]
Dug For You
Another year has passed since I last made some music recommendations. So here goes… That people are out there tracking down strange, amazing, otherwise-impossible-to-find things and showing them to the world is probably what I love most about living in the internet age. But what was new in 2011 for me was that much of [...]
Vote Monster
Thanks to @Destroyer_199 for linking to the best thing to come out of the US presidential elections so far: If Godzilla became America’s president, could Tim become Britain’s prime minister? Now, that would be a ’special relationship’ I could believe in. ;p
One of my heroes
I saw the first reports on Twitter last night as I was finishing up the day’s writing: Russell Hoban has died. There have already been some fine things written about him. Here’s an obit in UK paper The Guardian. This one from his editor David Lloyd, is my favourite. Though his creativity remained as strong [...]
Open Doors
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, here on Trapped By Monsters, then the world is in for a treat. A Letter for Florence starts here. If, while [...]
Spider
Given the title and that this blog is inundated with monsters, it would be easy to misconstrue what this book by Linda Strachan is about. Spider is not like many of the books we talk about here. It’s not a tale about a gigantic Shelob-like creature creating havoc in Scotland! It’s an urban thriller about [...]
