CRITICAL LINKING: February 11th, 2012

“John Kennedy Toole: the omega point is now available for viewing.  This is the first version of the film.  We are working on a subsequent version that will feature new material, including an interview with Bobby Byrne, Carmine Palumbo and recently discovered archival photographs.”

I love the internet.

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“A cesspoolful of rotting monsters behind his slow boyish smile…aging ape eyes…Humbert’s face might twitch with neuralgia.”

But sometimes the internet really freaks me out.

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“But these scrappy journals are actually enjoying something of a renaissance in print, buoyed by on-demand publishers like Lulu and CreateSpace — which make them cheaper than ever to produce — and print fetishists who treat them like sacred art objects.”

But not everything cool is on the internet.

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“The deal came about when the award-winning comedian and songwriter tweeted that he had time to kill in London and Gollancz Deputy Publishing Director Simon Spanton, who follows Benn on the micro-blogging site, suggested he should use that time to come by the Gollancz offices to discuss the SF novel ‘that you’re going to write for Gollancz’.”

But everyone once in a while, the internet is kinda magical.