Cell is a recent-ish novel by Stephen King, in which cellphones cause people to go mad, and pretty quickly cause the downfall of human civilization. It is dedicated to George Romero and Richard Matheson, and that’s what it reads like: somewhere between scary, hilarious and thoughtful. It asks interesting questions about human behaviour and morality [...]
All posts for the month August, 2009
Cell (quick review)
Posted by Jonas on August 19, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/19/cell-quick-review/
Star Maker (halfway)
I’m currently halfway through Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon. If the other half of this book is as fascinating and deep as the first half, this book will be added to my list of Books Everyone Should Read. Not a page has gone by that hasn’t impressed me. I think I shall have to read [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 18, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/18/star-maker-halfway/
Colonialism 2.0 (with French expansion)
Being in this hotel is really disturbing sometimes – especially at dinner. All these rich white people being served by poor black people… sometimes you feel that you’re in the wrong century. And it’s not just a visual thing. The other day a tourist dropped a glass, which shattered. OK, shit happens. But the way [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 17, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/17/colonialism-2-0-with-french-expansion/
Progress Report
My main creative project here in the Dominican Republic is working on my novel. I know I keep mentioning it without ever providing details, but let’s hope that this will change in the next few months. I’m not done yet, but the possibility of being done is becoming more and more real. There’s still some [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 16, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/16/progress-report/
Updates from Samana
So there is an internet connection at the hotel… which is ridiculously expensive and hard to use, so we will only be updating every now and then. Verena has written a short post (with a photo of a beautiful landscape and an ugly man) over here.
Posted by Jonas on August 8, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/08/updates-from-samana/
Honeymoon!
If not too many more catastrophes occur today, we shall be off to our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic. I don’t know how often I’ll update in the next 18 days, but I probably will. (Note: If you’re an agent who is reading this in relation to Verena’s queries, we’ve set up a system so [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 7, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/07/honeymoon/
Grarghness
I am currently immensely frustrated by Pinnacle Studio’s refusal to recognize videos that were created by other software. Yes, I know, I should be using something better… but I have yet to find editing software with a decent GUI that is also free and runs on a PC. Actually, when it comes to video, everything [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 5, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/05/grarghness/
Warren Zevon: Boom Boom Mancini
Here’s one of the greatest musicians of all time doing a song that is just dripping with cool. Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Warren Zevon. We lost a truly great one when Warren died.
Posted by Jonas on August 4, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/04/warren-zevon-boom-boom-mancini/
A Hidden Story
I don’t know how many people are aware of this, but the story of Last Rose in a Desert Garden has continued through three different games. I usually don’t like to spend time explaining my own work, since I generally believe that if I could really do it justice in an article, I wouldn’t have [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 3, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/03/a-hidden-story/
Divinity II: Ego Draconis
Note: Verena and I are playing this game together, even though it’s a single-player game. You can read Verena’s review here. Remember how in the podcast I complained about the lack of good RPGs? Well, exactly one day after I recorded my complaint, we bought Divinity II: Ego Draconis. And? And, it’s good. Not perfect, [...]
Posted by Jonas on August 3, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/08/03/divinity-ii-ego-draconis/
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