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Mark
Mark is the Online Key Accounts Director at the Orion Publishing Group. He also writes and is currently working on a number of script projects, including OUR ROBOT OVERLORDS for director Jon Wright and Piers Tempest’s Tempo Productions. You can follow him on Twitter @markstay or or read his blog at http://unusuallytallstories.wordpress.com
Oh, Prometheus
Gollancz Team: Mark - January 9th, 2013
Film Reviews, Films, Other
Aww, remember this? Remember how excited you were…?
And then you saw the movie.
Some have been scathing of Prometheus, but I rather enjoyed it. No, it wasn’t Alien or Aliens, but it looked jaw-droppingly stunning, and there were great performances. But something wasn’t quite right, and it was largely the screenwriters Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof who came in for a kicking.
Tags: Alien, Aliens, Damon Lindelof, Film Review, Jon Spaihts, Prometheus, sci-fi film
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George R.R. Martin and How I Learned to Love The Big Bang Theory
Gollancz Team: Mark - November 28th, 2012
George R.R. Martin, Other, TV shows
This Wednesday we’re kicking off the first of our weekly What We’re Watching Wednesday promotions. Wherein, once a week a member of Team Gollancz will share with you a TV show or film we can’t stop talking about. Whether it’s a hot new TV series, old genre favourite, classic film or hotly anticipated new release this is the place to share and discuss what we’re watching. This week we’ve got a post from Mark about The Big Bang Theory (which … More
Tags: Armageddon Rag, Father Ted, George RR Martin, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, TV Shows
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Friday Reads: Joe Abercrombie’s RED COUNTRY is bloody . . . (spoiler free review)
Gollancz Team: Mark - September 7th, 2012
Fantasy, Friday Reads, Joe Abercrombie, Reviews
I remember getting an email from my colleague Simon Spanton some years ago. It was a simple message, ‘You’ll like this.’ Attached to the email was a file with the first few chapters of a book he wanted to buy for Gollancz called The Blade Itself. I opened the attachment and started to read.
He wasn’t wrong; the combination of black humour, violence and dental torture appealed to me very much. I wanted to read more and I’m happy … More
Tags: Fantasy, Friday Reads, Joe Abercrombie, Red Country
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