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Professors as Writers (1990)

Posted in writing technique, tagged , on August 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Robert Boice, Professors as Writers. A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing, Stillwater: New Forums Press, 1990.
My rating: *****
Professors As Writers by Robert Boice
I have read quite a few books on writer’s block and Robert Boice’s work on this subject is by far the most helpful and practical. Even if this particular book is [...]

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The Singing Detective (2007)

Posted in TV, media studies, science fiction/fantasy, tagged , , , , , , on August 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Glen Creeber, The Singing Detective, London: BFI TV Classics, 2007.
My rating: ***
The Singing Detective by Glen Creeber
Television doesn’t always age well, but Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective more than twenty years later is still just as riveting and confronting. I saw the series when it originally aired in 1986 and was completely fascinated, even [...]

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Star Trek (2008)

Posted in TV, media studies, science fiction/fantasy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Ina Rae Hark, Star Trek. London: BFI publishing, 2008.
My rating: ***
Star Trek by Ina Rae Hark
The author of this book, Ina Rae Hark is a long-standing fan of the series, dating back to the original 1960s series. She is currently professor of English and Film Studies at the University of South Carolina. In [...]

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Doctor Who (2005)

Posted in TV, media studies, science fiction/fantasy, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kim Newman, Doctor Who. London: BFI publishing, 2005.
My rating: ***
Doctor Who by Kim Newman
Kim Newman is a well-known and prolific author of genre novels, overviews on cult and horror film and TV and a reviewer for the film magazine Empire.
This book, an entry in the excellent BFI TV classics series, is an enjoyable [...]

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Foucault and television

Posted in Foucault, TV, tagged , , on August 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Posted on my site michel-foucault.com
What bothers me is the quality of French television. It’s true! It is one of the best in the world unfortunately!…
What bothers and irritates me horribly in France, is that you are obliged to look at the program in advance to know what you can’t miss, and you have to arrange [...]

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Foucault and lolspeak

Posted in Foucault, lolcats, tagged , on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lolspeak is the ‘pigeon’ language that is used to caption cats on the I can has cheezburger site. Lolcats, as I have mentioned earlier in this blog, have become an internet meme.
I suppose it’s inevitable that people have started making Foucault lolcats – given the popularity of both the cats and Foucault. I [...]

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