Halcyon Company, the producers of the Terminator series of films, have announced they are to make a cinema adaptation of the 1974 Philip K Dick novel Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. Halcyon holds the rights to produce works by the late author in conjunction with Electric Shepherd Productions, the production arm of his estate.
The […]
By Nelson Galaxy
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Also tagged Electric Shepherd Productions, Eye in the Sky, Flow My Tears, Halcyon Company, Impostor, Jason Taverner, John W Campbell Award, Man in the High Castle, Martian Time Slip, Next, Paycheck, Terminator, The Policeman Said, Time Out of Joint, Ubik
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October 14, 2008 – 1:10 pm
Pip and I made an impromptu visit to the Tate Modern on Bankside. We were both intrigued by the latest art installation to fill the Turbine Hall. French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s ‘TH.2058′ consists of two hundred yellow and blue bunk bed frames. There are giant animal sculptures tacked on for good measure, including the spider […]
By Nelson Galaxy
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Posted in Art, Books, Culture, London, Pip
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Also tagged Art, Bankside, Books, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, HG Wells, JG Ballard, London, Pip, Science Fiction, Tate Modern, TH.2058, The Drowned World, The Man in the High Castle, The War of the Worlds, Turbine Hall
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August 22, 2008 – 12:50 pm
I shall be attending my own personal festival this weekend. It will involve relaxing, reclining and reciting. Hey, I am not talking about the mud encased rock/indie music extravaganza taking place in Leeds and the north of London town of Reading. No, because I am put off by the thought of overpriced tickets, too much […]
By Nelson Galaxy
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Posted in Books, Culture, Music
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Also tagged Alfred Bester, Jim Thompson, Lord Dunsany, Metallica, Michael Chabon, Rage Against the Machine, Reading and Leeds Festival, The Stars My Destination, The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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November 21, 2007 – 4:45 pm
Is Deckard a replicant?
Yes, he is.
It’s obvious.
This is why:
Whilst tapping away at an old piano Deckard has a slightly drunken vision of a unicorn. Later, Gaff presents him with an origami unicorn. Thus suggesting he knows that Deckard is a replicant because he has insider knowledge of his programmed memories. He lets Deckard escape with […]