Year: 2022

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I have always had some book content on this blog, but now I’m hoping to expand that. Reading has been a constant throughout my life, there have been times when I have read more and times when I have read less but it has always been there. Unsurprisingly Science Fiction and Fantasy have been the mainstay of my reading with numerous offshoots into Science, classics and anything else that has taken my fancy. I remember how excited I was as a 5 year old reading Brian Earnshaw’s Dragonfall 5 series…

Vangelis (29th March 1943- 17th May 2022)

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Vangelis – A Personal Voyage I was sad recently to hear of the passing of Vangelis at the age of 79, being a reclusive and private man it took a few days for the news to come out. I have been enthralled by his music for decades there has barely been a week where I haven’t listened to at least one of his compositions. There are plenty of obituaries published which will tell you of his full life, I thought though as my tribute I would talk about my personal…

The Memory Remains the same …… -May/June 2022

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume The Memory Remains the Same ……. It’s amazing how your memory can get set on an idea that is totally wrong. I just reread an excellent short story collection ‘….Who needs Enemies?’ (1984) by the criminally underrated Alan Dean Foster. I’ve not read it since the mid to late 80’s, there were two stories within that book that stuck with me over the decades, but the strange thing is I was convinced…

Spring has Sprung – April 2022

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume Spring has Sprung I’ve been quiet for a while, but I won’t go into the ins and outs of it in this post. I may do a catch-up Intermission extra at a later date.   I have a lot of items planned but as always getting them into print takes time. Recently a lot of my escapism has been into reading, I’m probably reading more than I have in a quite a…