![]() ![]() One of the most thrilling trends in publishing in recent years has been the rise of the female-focused mythological retelling, books that reevaluate and reassess some of Western literature’s most famous tales through a distinctly female lens and putting the spotlight squarely on the women who are often left to languish in the margins of men’s stories.įrom Madeline Miller’s Circe and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to Natalie Hynes’ A Thousand Ships and Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, female authors are spinning heartbreaking and haunting tales about these female characters and telling their stories from fresh perspectives. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A novelist, essayist and short-story writer, he made his literary debut in 1981 with The Tokyo Zodiac Murders, which was shortlisted for the Edogawa Rampo Prize. You have all the clues, but can you solve the mystery before they do? Born in 1948 in Hiroshima prefecture, Soji Shimada has been dubbed the 'God of Mystery' by international audiences. A mystery-obsessed illustrator and a talented astrologer set off around the country - and you follow, carrying the enigma of the Zodiac murderer through madness, missed leads and magic tricks. By 1979, these Tokyo Zodiac Murders have been obsessing a nation for decades, but not one of them has been solved. Shortly afterwards, the plan is carried out: the women are found dismembered and buried across rural Japan. His diaries reveal alchemy, astrology and a complicated plan to kill all seven women. ![]() An old eccentric artist living with seven women has been found dead- in a room locked from the inside. ![]() The Tokyo Zodiac Murders Author: Soji ShimadaĪ bestselling and internationally-acclaimed masterpiece of the locked-room mystery genreJapan, 1936. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sagan himself, in the early episodes, seems to deliver his lines in a contemptuous drawl, not unlike the Matrix's Agent Smith. The music was corny, the opening sequence in which Sagan strides along a clifftop above a rocky shore felt like a documentary cliché, his introduction was painfully drawn-out, the promised poetry was turning the sea air purple. To be honest, my first impressions were not favourable. Would it live up to such high expectations? The 13 one-hour episodes of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage have just been re-released, digitally remastered and with updates on scientific progress in the quarter century that has passed since the series was created. I've heard science journalist colleagues talk about the series almost with reverence, describing Sagan's commentary as "poetry". I was at boarding school in 1980 when it was released, so my TV watching was restricted. I never got to watch Carl Sagan's epic science documentary Cosmos as a child. ![]() ![]() ![]() John Whitney, an anthropologist for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, studies a tribe in South America and drinks a soup made by the tribesmen. It was the last film appearance of actress Audra Lindley. The film was released in the United States on January 10, 1997, by Paramount Pictures. The film was the second on-screen collaboration between Hunt and Miller, who both worked on the film Kindergarten Cop as well. ![]() However, a deal could not be reached and, after taking interest in the film's premise, the Field Museum offered to let the studio shoot there instead. Production was originally intended to be held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The movie was shot in Chicago at the highly-regarded Field Museum of Natural History. In the film, a detective and a biologist try to defeat a South American lizard-like monster which is on a killing spree in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, and James Whitmore. The Relic is a 1997 American monster- horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling 1995 novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. ![]() ![]() ![]() An easy read but very rewarding as well as enjoyable. It is so well written with much humour and pathos. The span of the book is from about 1885 to modern times and the background to modern Burma’s troubles become clearer. I also was fascinated by a detailed and informative digression on the practicalities of timber exploitation and the use of elephants. In the later stages no punches are pulled regarding the Indian National Army, an entity of which I was completely unaware. Second, the painful rags-to-riches history of one Rajkumar, whose family story is woven throughout the narrative, and third, a discussion of the modern Burma.Īt all stages the political thoughts of the various parties are discussed as the narrative unfolds. First, the end of the Burmese monarchy and the shameful (?) role of the British in this at the turn of the 19th / 20th century. ![]() Three countries are involved in the tale: Burma, Malaya and India (the older terminology is used deliberately here). This is a historical novel – a dynastic family saga set against a well written, extraordinarily well researched history, principally of Burma. ![]() ![]() And I think they knew that neither my brother nor I would ever come back to them destitute."įey grew up to become Saturday Night Live's first female head writer as well as the star and executive producer of NBC's sitcom 30 Rock. " me wanting to pursue this before I had commitments, before I had a family. Are you sure you don't want to be an entertainment lawyer?' " she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "To their credit, they never said, 'You like entertainment. ![]() Tina Fey grew up in a household with parents she has described as "Goldwater Republicans with pre-Norman Lear racial attitudes."īut, she says, her parents were always supportive of her career, even when she told them she was moving to Chicago to start a career in improv. "It ended up being a lot of fun, but it did permanently politicize me in a way." "I was worried about being the mouthpiece for anyone and being politicized personally," Tina Fey says about playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over on Steam, Siege is getting review bombed, in part for the removal of Standard Edition but also recently announced aesthetic changes. We’ve also asked why it wasn’t announced, considering the backlash last time discontinuing the Standard Edition was suggested. We’ve reached out to Ubisoft to confirm the change was intended and to see what it means for the future of the Standard Edition. “For our newcomers and those of you concerned about introducing your friends to the game, we will be keeping the Standard Edition in the store at the current price,” Ubisoft said in a statement at the time. ![]() That message was posted to Reddit a short time ago, and while many fans may have jumped to conclusions, those assumptions weren’t entirely without reason.īack in January, when Ubisoft proposed pricing changes to its various editions to recognise the additional content that had been released since the game launched, including a phasing out of the Standard Edition, the negative response from fans convinced the team to keep the Standard Edition going. ![]() Update: Community manager UbiNoty says “There was an error and the standard edition should be showing up properly in the Steam store again as of right now.” Indeed, the Steam store now appears to be correctly showing all versions of the game. ![]() ![]() ![]() Valerius ended the call, then returned the phone to Tabitha, who slipped it into her pocket. "I already know and I need my baby girl home with me. "Don't say it," she said, her voice breaking. Valerius put the phone back up to his ear. She cleared her throat, but didn't take the phone from his hand. "Your mother wants to know if you're okay." "Tabitha," he said, gentling his voice as he offered her the phone. "I'm." He hesitated at giving her his full name since she would no doubt register it as the name of an enemy and panic even more. "Who is this?" the woman sounded a bit frantic. ![]() Valerius pried the cell phone from her hand and flipped it open. "I can't."īy the look on her face as she saw the caller ID, he had a good idea of who it was. "I can't call my mama and tell her," she said, her tears welling. ![]() She hesitated on the last number to be called. One by one, she'd contacted her family and assured herself that they were safe. The Dark-Hunter in him wanted to find Acheron, but the man inside refused to leave Tabitha, who was keeping vigil in her sister's store until the coroner, Tate, arrived. Valerius was torn between his loyalties and his duties. ![]() ![]() When her husband is murdered to prevent the transaction, Rinette refuses to surrender the casket to Queen Mary until his murderer is brought to justice. Rinette escapes with the casket hidden in an armload of flowers, but soon makes a fatal mistake-she shows the casket and its contents to her adored but power-hungry husband, who proceeds to offer it for sale, without Rinette's knowledge, to interested parties in Scotland, France and England. ![]() Moments before her death, Mary of Guise calls Rinette to her bedside to prophesy, a pretext that allows her to entrust the casket to Rinette, who promises to smuggle it out of the castle and into the hands of the new Queen Mary. ![]() In question is a silver casket owned by Mary of Guise, Scotland's ailing queen regent, which contains ciphered secrets regarding Scotland's most powerful noblemen and personal prophecies penned by Nostradamus himself. ![]() This romantic adventure unfolds as a reverse quest-instead of seeking a sacred object, the heroine must prevent the object from being found. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They rallied the populace to take charge of their communities, while simultaneously putting the detached politicians in check. In Children of the Knight, Lance and Arthur created a New Camelot of Knights in Los Angeles by using might for right. When the children rise, will the city fall? Despite these uncertainties, Lance readily accepts the position of First Knight-youth leader of Arthur’s new army-thereby setting in motion a crusade of tsunami proportions. And he wants to believe in Arthur, but doubts even a king can accomplish such lofty goals. He’s spent his entire life in and out of the system, and it sucks. He plans to collect other cast-off kids like Lance-even teen gang members-and create a New Camelot of Knights to gain more rights for youth and shake up the out-of-touch politicians who run Los Angeles. Turns out this Arthur guy wants to start some kind of revolution. Swords, daggers, bows and arrows-the kind Lance has only seen in movies. But this “king” not only reeks of sincerity, he wears armor, rides a gorgeous white horse, and lives in the storm drains underneath the city! Arthur has a throne, old-school clothes, and weapons up the wazoo. Lance has met lots of weirdos on the streets of L.A., and they claim to be many things. For starters, his savior claims to be King Arthur, the once and future ruler of ancient Britain. When 14-year-old Lance is saved from death, his life is forever changed. ![]() |