#Alan Wilkins

[borninwinter81]

Library tour - Pratchett and Gaiman focused with some honourable mentions

Of course I've constantly had full bookshelves since I was a child, but I'd always wanted a room I could properly call a library. The house my husband and I now live in has 3 bedrooms, so as we're child free we've each taken one of the spare rooms to do with as we wish.

The majority of the furniture you see is thrifted (aside from the bookcases) and it was self decorated with a lot of cut corners-for example I decided instead of proper flooring it would be cheaper just to pull up the carpet and varnish the actual boards.

I spend more time in here than I do in our living room 😁

Gaiman stuff. Sandman alongside some Alan Moore, Preacher, Hellblazer, my signed copy of The Crow and one volume of Sin City. Two copies each of Ocean (one illustrated), and American Gods (original and authors preferred text). And of course one of my copies of Good Omens. Plus you can see the novelisation of Pan's Labyrinth sitting next to Neverwhere. Del Toro is another favourite fantasist of mine.

Pratchett stuff. Complete Discworld of course, and I'm slowly increasing my non Discworld Pratchett collection, my second copy of GO, the Paul Kidby illustrated edition (makes sense to have one living with the Gaiman books and the other with Pratchett). Soul Music and Hogfather are both signed, I met Pterry when I was 14 on the Hogfather signing tour.

The crocheted toy was actually from a pattern for a mimic I made (pattern by Complicated Knots on YouTube), but it's luggage-y enough that I put it with the Discworld books, Rob Wilkins' biography of Pterry, and a Librarian to look after everything, make sure the books don't get rowdy and take care of the L-space. I've had him since I was 18.

Specifically Good Omens stuff: a pair of felt plushies a friend made for me after S1 was released (@diedarlingsuk on Instagram), a pair of drawings I bought from a very talented 15 year old artist at a tiny comic con also after S1, (I'd credit her but I've no idea of her name or if she has an online presence), the script book, the TV companion, and an art book by the wonderful @mistysblueboxstuff, who I'm sure most of the fandom know and love. This contains all her GO art from S1 and S2.

Honourable mention stuff - I put above that I love Del Toro, so I've got to share the Angel of Death from Hellboy 2 as its one of my favourite things in this room. And its an angel, so that's kinda linked.

Made for me by another friend from clay on a doll's body and the wings on wire frames (@sids_workshop on Instagram).

Finally the Complete William Blake illuminated works, a guidebook to a Blake exhibition I went to, and Gustav Dore illustrated copies of Dante, Milton, Coleridge, Tennyson and Poe. I am a huge poetry nerd, and I think many GO fans would find a lot to interest them in some of these, particularly Blake and Milton.

I could go on, there's tons of other stuff I'd like to include but this post is fairly massive already and I wanted to try and stick to my theme.

#neil gaiman #terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #good omens #go2 #good omens 2 #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #guillermo del toro #books and reading #home library #books & libraries #the luggage #discworld #The Librarian #book omens #good omens book #the sandman

[freddycarterus]

I am posting this for notes purposes, because we are going to be contacting many of these companies to pitch SIX Of Crows! ;)

The following companies are looking for new TV pitches for development & production.

Campaign - Production Companies

20th Century Fox Television

20th TV, Fox and MyNetworkTV

2C Media

3 BALL PRODUCTIONS

3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA

3 Ring Circus

360Production

40 Partners

720 PR

8790 Pictures,Inc.

ABC Cable Networks

ABC Entertainment

ABC Studios

Abrams Artists Agency

Adept Entertainment

Alan David Group

Alchemy Television

Alchemy Television Group

Alcon Entertainment

Allan McKeown Presents Ltd

Allan R. Smith Productions

Ambush Entertainment

American Media Television

Anne Carlucci Productions, Inc.

APA

Arclight Films

Arjay Entertainment Television

Artist International

Asylum Entertainment

AT IT Productions

Atlas Media Corp

Automatic Pictures

Avalon Television USA

Axelson-Weintraub Entertainment

Banner-Caswell Productions

BBC Worldwide

BCII

Beth Grossbard Productions

Big Cattle Productions

Big Hill Pictures

Boulevard Pictures

Boxing Cats Productions

Boz Productions

Brian Graden Media

Broken Lizard Industries

Buck Productions

Buck Productions Inc.

CAA

Cakehouse Media

Capestany Films

CartoonNetwork

Cataland Films

Cavelight Films

CBS

CBS Entertainment

CBS Films

CBS Interactive

CBS Paramount

CBS Paramount Network Television

CBS Studios International

CBS Television Distribution

CBS Television Studios

Central Artists

Champion Entertainment

Clear Pictures Entertainment

Codeblack Entertainment

Codeblack Films/Lionsgate

Collins Avenue

CoLours TV

cosmic pictures

Creative Chaos Inc.

Creative Convergence

DASH Networks

DatsEntertainment

De Line Pictures

Digital Alchemy Entertainment Inc.

Disney Channel

diverse talent group

Dragonfly Film and TV

E'lan Productions

Echelon Studios

Echo Lake Productions

Echo Production Company, Inc

Edmonds Entertainment

Edward Saxon Productions

Electric Entertainment

Elkins Entertainment

Ellman Entertainment

Enchanted Rock Pictures/MTS Entertainment

Endemol USA

Endgame Entertainment

Ensemble Entertainment

Entertainment Studios, Inc

Epic Level Entertainment

Epiphany Pictures

Espiritus Productions

Evatopia

Eventime Productions

Evolution Entertainment

Eyeworks Belgium NV

Fauci Productions, Inc.

Faultline Films ltd

Film 44

Film Garden Entertainment

Firehorse Pictures

Fireworks Enterprises

Fisher Entertainment Group

Forward Entertainment, llc

Fox Broadcasting

Fox Interactive Media

Fox International Channels

Fox Searchlight Pictures

FOX Sports

Fox Television Studios

Frontlot Productions

FX Network

Generate

Goliath

Grand Productions Inc

GRB Entertainment

Greene & Associates Talent Agency

Greenspan Kohan Mgt.

Handmade Films

Harper Winslow Productions

HBO

HDNet

Here Media

Homerun Entertainment

Honest Engine Films

Hope Enterprises, Inc.

Ideas Unlimited - TV (Denmark)

Idiomatic Entertainment

IKA Collective

Imbroglio Pictures Inc. / Scott & Cooper Entertainment Ventures

Innovative Artists

insomnia media group

Inspire Films and Television

International Creative Management

Intuitive Entertainment

IWV Media Group, Inc.

Jackamo Television Ltd

Jane Street Entertainment

Jeff Ross Entertainment

Jupiter Entertainment

Just SInger Entertainment

Kaplan-Stahler Agency

Ken Ehrlich Productions

Kickstart Productions, Inc.

Kingfish Productions

klasky csupo, inc.

KoldCast TV

Komixx Entertainment

Konigsberg Company

Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Entertainment

Laika Entertainment

Legion Entertainment LLC

Lionsgate

Lionsgate Television

Little Dog Productions

LITTLE STUDIO FILMS

Litton TV

Lucky 8 TV

M Creative Group, Inc.

Madeline Films

Madhouse Entertainment

Madison Road Entertainment

Magical Elves

Magnet Management

Magnolia Entertainment

Mandeville Films Inc

Mandt Bros. Productions

Mango Tree Films

Manville Media

Mark Yellen Productions

Mashaal Media Corp.

Mass Hysteria Entertainment

Matrixx Prod.

Mayhem Pictures

Media 8 Entertainment

MGM

Michael Berk Productions

Michael Grais Prods.

Michael Levy Enterprises

Microsoft Corporation

Moniker Entertainment

Moxie Pictures

MPH Entertainment, Inc.

Mpower Pictures

Mt. Vernon Entertainment

myriad pictures

National Geographic Digital Media

National Lampoon/ Comedy Cocktail

NBC/Universal | Mun2

Neon Television

Network Entertainment Inc.

New Wave Entertainment

Noble Savages

Nu Image

Nu Image / Millennium Films

Nu Image/Millennium Films

Oceanside Entertainment

Ocular Production Inc.

One Entertainment

PalmStar Entertainment

Panic Productions, Inc.

Paradigm Agency

Paramount Digital Entertainment

Paramount Network

Paul Schiff Productions

Paulist Productions

Phoenix Pictures

Pie Town productions

Planet Grande Pictures

Planet Pictures

Playboy Entertainment Group

Plymouth Rock Entertainment, Inc.

Pogo Pictures

Popular Arts Entertainment

Porchlight Entertainment

Port Magee Pictures, Inc.

PorterGeller Entertainment

POW! Entertainment

preferred artists

Principal Entertainment

Principato Young

Principato-Young Entertainment

PrizmHead Pictures

Rain Management Group

Rainstorm Entertainment

RDF USA

RDS FILM

Red Baron Films

Reel Entertainment

Reid Media Group, Inc.

Revelations Entertainment

Reyes Entertainment

Right Brain Media

ROAR

Rob Gallagher Literary Management

ROBBINS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Rudolph Films Inc

S.L Entertainment

SB Productions Inc.

Scream Films (UK Based)

Shatner Universe

ShineReveille International

ShootersTV

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Sigh Griffin Management

Slate of Eight Productions

Smash Media

Smoke and Mirrors Creative / Pandemonium Films

Solar Films Inc

Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures International TV

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television International

Sony Pictures TV

Sony Television

SPEED Channel

Sports Branded Media

Starz

Starz Media

State Street Pictures

Station3

Storytime Films

Stowaway Films

Telecast productions

Tell Tale Productions

test

The Corsa Agency

THE GERLER AGENCY

The Gersh Agency

The Gersh Agency, L.A.

THE MAK COMPANY

The Sterling/Winters Production Studios

The Televisionaries

The Terminal

The Wolper Organization

The Wolper Organization / WBTV

Thousand Hills Productions

ThunderBall Films, LLC

Touchdown Television

Trevino Enterprises

Trilogy Entertainment Group

TV Guide Network

Twentieth Century Fox Television

Twentieth Television

Underground Films

Underground Films and Management

Union Entertainment

United Talent Agency

Universal Studios

UTA

Valencia Corp

Venture IAB

ViacomCBS

VPR Media

Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production

Washington Square Films

Wayans Brothers Prod.

Weller/Grossman Productions

Wide Angle Productions Group, Inc.

Wildbrain Entertainment

William Morris Endeavor

Wolf Moon Films

Zero gravity

Zero Gravity Management

Zilo Networks Inc.,

Zucker Productions

#six of crows #shadow and bone #campaign

[forever-mandarina]

Some previews of the comics in february 2024-DC

AMAZONS ATTACK #5 CVR B IRVIN RODRIGUEZ CSV

ACTION COMICS #1062 CVR C RICCARDO FEDERICI CSV

ALAN SCOTT THE GREEN LANTERN #5 (OF 6) CVR B PETERSON CSV

BATMAN OFF-WORLD #4 (OF 6) CVR B LESLEY LEIRIX LI CSV

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #24 CVR B DAVE WILKINS CSV

BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #10 CVR B MATTINA VAR

BIRDS OF PREY #6 CVR D PABLO VILLALOBOS SWEATER WEATHER CSV

CATWOMAN #62 CVR B MARCIO TAKARA CSV

DETECTIVE COMICS #1082 CVR B RICCARDO FEDERICI CSV

FIRE & ICE WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #6 (OF 6) CVR D LI SWEATER

GREEN LANTERN #8 CVR D TIAGO DA SILVA SWEATER WEATHER CSV

JOHN CONSTANTINE DEAD IN AMERICA #2 (OF 8) CVR B SUBIC

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #2 (OF 12) CVR B LUCIO PARRILLO CSV

POISON IVY #19 CVR C YANICK PAQUETTE CSV

POWER GIRL #6 CVR D LAURA BRAGA SWEATER WEATHER CSV

WONDER WOMAN #6 CVR C JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO CSV

#comics #dc comics #comic panels #comic art #superheroes #green lantern #batman #justice society of america #harley quinn #artwork #art #comic book #comic book cover art #comic books #detective comics

[eastercon]

The winners of this year's BSFA Awards will be announced at Conversation 2023. The BSFA Awards ceremony is free to attend by all members of Eastercon. See you there!

Here are the shortlists, including works by two of our wonderful Guests of Honour - Adrian Tchaikovsky and @tkingfisher Best Artwork

Alyssa Winans, Cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard, Gollancz

Manzi Jackson, Cover of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Macmillan

Chris Baker, Cover of Shoreline of Infinity 32, Shoreline of Infinity

Vincent Sammy, Cover of Parsec 4, PS Publishing

Miguel Co, Cover of Song of the Mango and Other New Myths, Ateneo De Manila UP

Jay Johnstone, Cover of The Way the Light Bends, Luna Press Publishing

Best Fiction for Younger Readers

T. Kingfisher, Illuminations, Argyll Productions

Frances Hardinge, Unraveller, MacMillan Children's Books

Kate Dylan, Mindwalker, Hodder and Stoughton

Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns, Hodder and Stoughton

Juno Dawson, Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Harper Voyager

Vanessa Len, Only A Monster, Hodder and Stoughton

Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, Margaret K. McElderry Books

Best Short Fiction

Or Luca, ‘Luca’, Luna Press Publishing

Aliette de Bodard, ‘Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances’, JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc

Rick Danforth, ‘Seller's Remorse’, Hexagon Magazine, Issue 11

Adrian Tchaikovsky, ‘Ogres’, Rebellion

Neil Williiamson, ‘A Moment of Zugzwang’, ParSec #4

Best Novel

Adrian Tchaikovsky, City of Last Chances, Head of Zeus

Aliette de Bodard, The Red Scholar's Wake, Gollancz

Adam Roberts, The This, Gollancz

Gareth Powell, Stars and Bones, Titan Books

EJ Swift, The Coral Bones, Unsung Stories

Best Non-Fiction,

Rob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Doubleday

Maureen Kincaid Speller, The Critic and the Clue: Tracking Alan Garner's Treacle Walker  http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/the-critic-and-the-clue-tracking-alan-garners-treacle-walker/

Fiona Moore, Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros, Edward Elgar Publishing

Wole Talabi and the ‘ASFS, Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF’ , https://www.sfwa.org/2022/06/01/preliminary-observations-incomplete-history-african-science-fiction-fantasy/

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki , ‘Too Dystopian For Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer's Perspective’, https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/too-dystopian-for-whom-a-continental-nigerian-writers-perspective/

#BSFAAwards2022 #eastercon 2023 #conversation 2023 #uk convention #eastercon #ursula vernon

[onebluebookworm]

May 2023 Book Club Picks

Death and the Librarian and Other Stories by Esther Friesner: A mother trying to nurse her sick son finds that his illness allows him to influence reality. A woman celebrates a very important birthday. A mother and daughter move to a new town, only to discover the fantastical secret ingredients being used at the local diner. All this and more in this collection of short stories which range from the hilarious, to the horrifying, to the heartwarming.

Penelope Goes to Portsmouth by Marion Chesney: Hannah Pym is heading for Portsmouth, and along for the ride is her next matchmaking challenge - Miss Penelope Wilkins, the practical, no-nonsense daughter of a wealthy merchant, and Lord Augustus Railton, a rakish ne'er-do-well. When the traveling companions are roped into an intriguing mystery involving a kidnapped footman, Hannah sees it as the perfect opportunity to bring the chasm between the potential lovers.

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski: Johnny Truant is a unmotivated slacker whose biggest concern is his next one night stand. All that changes when he and his friend Lude explore the apartment of Zampano, a recently deceased blind recluse. In the old man's apartment, they find writing - pages and pages of it, on every blank surface - and scratches on the floor. Gathering up the pieces, Johnny realizes the writing comes together as a dissertation about the critically acclaimed documentary The Navidson Record, which follows the Navidson family as they realize their house is bigger inside than it is outside. And then they discover the hallway...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller: Willy Loman has been a salesman for thirty-four years, and wants nothing more than to make it big. But at age sixty, Willy is finally cast aside by the company, and must face reality without a dream to keep him afloat. As he watches his sons struggle to follow in his footsteps, Willy is faced with one burning question - is this all worth it?

Watchmen by Alan Moore: The time is 1985, and the world inches closer to WWIII every day. Costumed superheros once proliferated the scene to maintain truth, justice, and the American way, but have since been outlawed, forced into retirement, gangpressed into working for the government, or operating illegally. When one government-sponsored hero, the Comedian, is murdered in his apartment, fellow vigilante Rorschach enlists the help of his former colleagues to figure who and why the Comedian was killed.

#book club #may 2023 #death and the librarian #esther friesner #penelope goes to portsmouth #marion chesney #house of leaves #mark z. danielewski #death of a salesman #arthur miller #watchmen #alan moore

[ninja-muse]

2022 Release TBR - Take 3

Because my second list was getting full! I’ve been doing pretty good at keeping up with releases this year.

Carolina Built - Kianna Alexander (historical fiction) - February 22 BIPOC

When We Were Birds - Ayanna Llord Banwo (fabulism) - March 15 BIPOC

Ripple - Jim Cosgrove (true crime) - April 5

Persians - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (history) - April 12

Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino (YA fantasy) - May 3 🏳️‍🌈

The Fairy Tellers - Nicholas Jubber (history/travel) - May 3

Uncommon Charm - Kat Weaver and Emily Bergslien (historical fantasy) - May 17

The Peacekeeper - B.L. Blanchard (alternate history) - June 1 BIPOC

Garden of Earthly Bodies - Sally Oliver (fiction) - June 7

Hot Moon - Alan Smale (alternate history) - June 14

The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean (contemporary fantasy) - August 2 🏳️‍🌈

High Times in the Low Parliament - Kelly Robson (historical fantasy) - August 9 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦

A Killing in Costumes - Zac Bissonette (cozy mystery) - August 9 🏳️‍🌈

Reluctant Immortals - Gwendolyn Kiste (horror) - August 23

Diary of a Misfit - Casey Parks (memoir) - August 30 🏳️‍🌈

Be the Serpent - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - September 6

The House With the Golden Door - Elodie Harper (historical fiction) - September 6

A Death in Door Country - Annelise Ryan (cozy mystery) September 13

The Collectors - Philip Pullman (fantasy) - September 20

Terry Pratchett - Rob Wilkins (biography) - September 29

Saga, Vol. 10 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (SF/graphic novel) - October 5

Cold Case BC - Eve Lazarus (true crime) - October 11

When the Angels Left the Old Country - Sacha Lamb (historical fantasy) - October 18 🏳️‍🌈

Anywhere You Run - Wanda Morris (historical thriller) - October 25 BIPOC

Into the Windwracked Wilds - A. Deborah Baker (fantasy) - October 25

A Restless Truth -  Freya Marske (historical fantasy) - November 1 🏳️‍🌈

The World We Make - J.K. Jemisin (contemporary fantasy) - November 1 🏳️‍🌈 BIPOC

The Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes - Kate Stradsin (history) - November 17

Remainders of the Day - Shaun Bythell (memoir) - November 29

#upcoming releases #2022 releases #the tbr list of doom #life updates #books #booklr #bookblr #who queue?

[mr-craig]

Found this mid-year book questionnaire on the youtubes, and felt like playing along... but didn't want to make a video. So here ya go. Play along if you feel like it.

1. Best book you’ve read so far this year. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

2. Best sequel you've read so far this year. Not counting Discworld books, Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. I don't really keep up with new releases. Honestly I'm a bit suspicious of most of the current 'trendy' books.

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, the official biography by Rob Wilkins.

5. Biggest disappointment. Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of the Day was wonderful and broke my heart, so I had high hopes for this... and I hated it. It didn't operate like good literary fiction or good sci-fi. However I try to make sense of it, nothing adds up. Hated it hated it hated it.

6. Biggest surprise. Probably just how much I hated Never Let Me Go.

7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you.) New to me: Connie Willis. I read To Say Nothing of the Dog early in the year, and a collection of her award-winning short stories more recently. I'm very eager to read more — though the length of most of her novels is a bit daunting, and one of them is a time travel novel about the Black Death, so... it might take me a while to feel brave enough to read more of her work.

8. Newest fictional crush. Several of the Wayfarer crew in The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I didn't find the plot very engaging so overall I didn't LOVE the book, but the characters were super cute and endearing.

9. Newest favourite character. Probably Tiffany Aching from The Wee Free Men. I'm excited to read the following books in her series.

10. Book that made you cry. At the risk of being repetitive, The Wee Free Men and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett. Also Tehanu and Tales from Earthsea by Le Guin.

11. Book that made you happy. Look it's all Pratchett, okay? Now I've caught the Pratchett bug, that's the main thing that excites me right now.

12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) Either the Folio Society edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, or the box set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Alan Lee artwork.

13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? I hope to finish The Lord of the Rings before the year is out. I'm 3/4 through the first book so far, though I plan to take breaks and read other books because it's a LOT to read straight through.

#reading #books #questionnaire #questions

[batbricks7]

TRIBUTE.

The greatest all-rounder from Proctershire. Alan Wilkins takes a trip down memory lane as he pays a tribute to his Gloucestershire captain Mike Procter.

#batbricks7 #news #tribute

[jules-has-notes]

Aca Top 10: Broadway — VoicePlay music video

VoicePlay have a reputation as the theater kids of the a cappella world. So it should come as no surprise that the second entry in their "Aca Top 10" series is a countdown of songs from Broadway musicals, and that they made it entertaining as all get-out.

Details:

title: Aca Top 10 – Broadway

original songs: "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" from Avenue Q; [0:27] "Sherry" from Jersey Boys; [0:45] "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast; [1:07] "Seasons of Love" from Rent; [1:26] "Master of the House" from Les Miserables; [1:43] "All That Jazz" from Chicago; [2:03] "He Lives In You" from The Lion King; [2:19] "Popular" from Wicked; [2:43] gentle mockery of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark; [2:45] "Phantom of the Opera" from Phantom of the Opera; [3:10] "Hello!" from The Book of Mormon

written by: "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx; "Sherry" by Bob Gaudio; "Belle" by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, & Tim Rice; "Seasons of Love" by Jonathan Larson; "Master of the House" by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, & Jean-Marc Natel; "All That Jazz" by John Kander & Fred Ebb; "He Lives In You" by Lebohang "Lebo M" Morake, Mark Mancina, & Jay Rifkin; "Popular" by Stephen Schwartz; "Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, & Mike Batt; "Hello!" by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, & Robert Lopez

arranged by: Layne Stein & Geoff Castellucci

release date: 17 September 2014

My favorite bits:

starting with just Geoff and Layne, then revealing the others by raising dropping the curtain

Puppets! And puppet violence!

Geoff lowkey doing the "Sherry" choreography from their boy bands medley, and Tony playing to the camera

Earl's adorable cartoon-y giggle

singing Belle's name on a bell chord, nice

getting double duty from the Book of Mormon by using it as Belle's ♫ "a-MAAA-zing" ♫ book

✨ ::jazz hands:: ✨

the sudden ~drama~ when they start "Phantom"

and the sudden lack of drama when they jump into "Hello!"

Layne's utter delight at getting to poke his finger through the doorbell drawing on the sign

the bloopers from Earl's outro spiel

Trivia:

○ Several of these songs have appeared in later VoicePlay videos:

Based on feedback to this video, they recorded a full version of "Phantom of the Opera" with Rachel Potter just over a year later.

They partnered with L.A.-based singer AJ Rafael for a beautiful rendition of "Seasons of Love" in early 2017.

"Popular" was, of course, included in their epic 2022 Wicked medley with Emoni WIlkins and Rachel Potter.

○ Friend and frequent collaborator Rachel Potter had understudied Glinda in the second national tour of Wicked.

○ They have since done a few collaborations with John Pinto Jr., a longtime cast member in The Book of Mormon both on Broadway and in the touring company.

○ This medley was included in their setlist for the 2015 Sing-Off tour.

○ The video got a nice feature article on Broadway World.

○ It also received several nice responses from friends and some of the shows.

#VoicePlay #music video #music medley #a cappella #live recording #Broadway musicals #music #video #series: Aca Top 10

[deepcutdave]

Deep Cut: Thunderbirds

September 30 1965-December 25 1966. 32 Episodes, ITV

Figured I'd look back at the shows I've discussed before but here it'd be a bit more detailed.

In the far future, International Rescue, led by the Tracy family, safegaurds the world from disasters both natural and man-made.

Father Jeff (Peter Dyneley) oversees the operation. His sons pilot or command each Thunderbird vehicle.

Scott (Shane Rimmer) flies Thunderbird 1

Virgil (David Holliday/Jerry Wilkin) pilots Thunderbird 2

Alan (Ray Barrett), the youngest. He also flies Thunderbird 3 and on occasion commands Thunderbird 5

Gordon (David Graham) is the undersea expert and drives Thunderbird 4

John (Ray Barrett) doesn't really do a whole lot, mostly monitors radio communication in Thunderbird 5.

There's also Brains (David Graham), the inventor of their gear and Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward (Sylvia Anderson) their London based agent.

The main problem facing IR was disasters but every so often they tangled with foes looking to steal their equipment.

Wonderfully done via marionets but a pinch too episodic. Even with that, it's still a good series with some amazing visuals and music.

#nostalgia #gerry anderson #Youtube

[inspiwriter]

A reading list

Mostly to feed my own obsession with lists, but also to be used as a book recommendations list. Enjoy!

Το καπλάνι της βιτρίνας - Tiger in the glass, by Alke Zei

Παραμύθι χωρίς όνομα, Πηνελόπη Δέλτα - Fairytale without a name, by Penelope Delta

Ο Μάγκας, Πηνελόπη Δέλτα - The cool kid, by Penelope Delta

Ένα παιδί μετράει τ’ άστρα, Μενέλαος Λουντέμης - A child counts the stars, by Menelaos Loudemis

Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder

The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe

Jonathan Livingston seagull, by Richard Bach

The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

The orange girl, by Jostein Gaarder

Anna: a fable about the Earth’s climate and environment, by Jostein Gaarder

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings (The Felowship of the Ring - Two Towers - The return of the King), by J. R. R. Tolkien

Demian, by Herman Hesse

Anna of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea, by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of the Island, by L.M. Montgomery

The ones that walk away from Omelas, by Ursula Le Guin

Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

A wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1), by Ursula Le Guin

The Worlds of Chrestomanci, by Diana Wynne Jones (heptalogy: Charmed Life - The Magicians of Caprona - Witch Week - The Lives of Christopher Chant - Mixed Magics - Conrad’s Fate - The Pinhoe Egg)

Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες, Στρατής Τσίρκας (τριλογία: Η Λέσχη - Αριάδνη - Νυχτερίδα) - Drifitng Cities, by Stratis Tsirkas (a trilogy : The Club - Ariagne - The Bat)

Η Φόνισσα, Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης - The Murderess, by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Emma, by Jane Austen

The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco

Kafka on the Shore, by Haraki Murakami

The Plague, by Albert Camus

Eroica, Κοσμάς Πολίτης (Kosmas Politis)

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

The Gambler, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott 

Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

Swann’s Way, by Marcel Proust

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo

The Owl Service, by Alan Garner

Διακοπές στον Καύκασο, Μαρία Ιορδανίδου - Holidays in Caucasus, by Maria Iordanidou

Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones

A Tale of Time City, by Dianna Wynne Jones

The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

Love in a cold climate, by Nancy Mitford

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

The turn of the screw, by Henry James

The Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones

The game, by Diana Wynne Jones

The last wish, by Andrzej Sapkwosky

A darker shade of magic, by V.E. Schwab

Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Auaten

Sculpting in time, by Andrei Tarkovski

Persuasion, by Jane Austen

Winter Rose, by Patricia A. McKillip

Swallows and amazons, by Arthur Ransome 

What is literature?, by Jean-Paul Sartre

Hexwood, by Diana Wynne Jones

Deep Secret, by Diana Wynne Jones

The hatred of literature, by William Marx

Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones

Castle in the air, by Diana Wynne Jones

Home of the Gentry, by Ivan Turgeniev

Archer’s Goon, by Diana Wynne Jones

The Homeward Bounders, by Diana Wynne Jones

Wilkin’s tooth, by Diana Wynne Jones

A wizard’s guide to defensive baking, by T. Kingfisher

Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett

The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle #2), by Ursula Le Guin

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Women’s League Exhibition Matches: PCB Shares Broadcast Details

Sana Mir, Urooj Mumtaz, Marina Iqbal, Waqar Younis, Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Mark Butcher, Sikandar Bakht and Simon Doull will be on commentary panel through the course of the exhibition games; while Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland will be the presenters. RAWALPINDI: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-March 6th, 2023) The Pakistan…Women’s League Exhibition…

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Women’s League Exhibition Matches: PCB Shares Broadcast Details

Sana Mir, Urooj Mumtaz, Marina Iqbal, Waqar Younis, Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Mark Butcher, Sikandar Bakht and Simon Doull will be on commentary panel through the course of the exhibition games; while Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland will be the presenters. RAWALPINDI: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-March 6th, 2023) The Pakistan cricket board on Monday…

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British SF Association Awards shortlist

Congratulations to everyone who has made it through to this round!

The Nominees for the British Science Fiction Association Awards, for publications in 2022.

Best Artwork

Alyssa Winans, Cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard, Gollancz

Manzi Jackson, Cover of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Macmillan

Chris Baker, Cover of Shoreline of Infinity 32, Shoreline of Infinity

Vincent Sammy, Cover of Parsec 4, PS Publishing

Miguel Co, Cover of Song of the Mango and Other New Myths, Ateneo De Manila UP

Jay Johnstone, Cover of The Way the Light Bends, Luna Press Publishing

Best Fiction for Younger Readers

T. Kingfisher, Illuminations, Argyll Productions

Frances Hardinge, Unraveller, MacMillan Children's Books

Kate Dylan, Mindwalker, Hodder and Stoughton

Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns, Hodder and Stoughton

Juno Dawson, Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Harper Voyager

Vanessa Len, Only A Monster, Hodder and Stoughton

Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, Margaret K. McElderry Books

Best Short Fiction

Or Luca, ‘Luca’, Luna Press Publishing

Aliette de Bodard, ‘Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances’, JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc

Rick Danforth, ‘Seller's Remorse’, Hexagon Magazine, Issue 11

Adrian Tchaikovsky, ‘Ogres’, Rebellion

Neil Williiamson, ‘A Moment of Zugzwang’, ParSec #4

Best Novel

Adrian Tchaikovsky, City of Last Chances, Head of Zeus

Aliette de Bodard, The Red Scholar's Wake, Gollancz

Adam Roberts, The This, Gollancz

Gareth Powell, Stars and Bones, Titan Books

EJ Swift, The Coral Bones, Unsung Stories

Best Non-Fiction,

Rob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Doubleday

Maureen Kincaid Speller, The Critic and the Clue: Tracking Alan Garner's Treacle Walker  http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/the-critic-and-the-clue-tracking-alan-garners-treacle-walker/

Fiona Moore, Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros, Edward Elgar Publishing

Wole Talabi and the ‘ASFS, Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF’ , https://www.sfwa.org/2022/06/01/preliminary-observations-incomplete-history-african-science-fiction-fantasy/

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki , ‘Too Dystopian For Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer's Perspective’, https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/too-dystopian-for-whom-a-continental-nigerian-writers-perspective/

Voting will open later in March 2023.

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Commentary panel announced for PSL 8 - SUCH TV

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed a panel of 15 commentators and two presenters for the 34-match Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight. Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Dominic Cork, Mark Butcher, Nick Knight, Sana Mir, Sikandar Bakht, Simon Doull, Urooj Mumtaz, Vernon Philander and Waqar Younis will commentate in English, while Marina Iqbal and Tariq Saeed…

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Keith Alan as Mr. Wilkins https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIRt77OylM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=