News Briefs 02-12-2009
Posted by Rick MG at 12:17, 02 Dec 2009Farewell Robert Holdstock (1948 - 2009). More on his life & death. 2009 is the 25th anniversary of Mythago Wood, one of the best books you will ever read (Amazon US & UK).
- Mystical Brain by Isabelle Raynauld: seeking the inner mysteries of the mind.
- More 'dreams are just exercise for the brain' claims. Yawn.
- Lucid Dream Exchange & Dream Tree: terrific resources for the land of Nod.
- The complex psychology of Climate Change denial.
- Some parts of Antarctica are turning green, while other parts get cooler.
- Living with chaos: Drs Matthew Fox, Ralph Abraham, and Dean Radin.
- Designers of ancient temples were chasing sound waves.
- Paul Devereux wrote about acoustic archaeology in Stone Age Soundtracks.
- 17 unique cave paintings discovered in India (with pic).
- High-tech library to preserve Timbuktu's ancient manuscripts and heritage.
- 2000-year-old marble bust of Caesar dredged from murky depths of the Rhône.
- US Air Force coordinates with archaeologists to protect Arizona desert artifacts.
- Goldman Sachs bankers are arming themselves. Men with golden guns.
- U.S. could have captured Osama Bin Laden in 2001, but Rumsfeld let him go.
- Virologist insists swine flu 'escaped' from lab. How many monkeys?
- Google to help limit online free news access.
- Martin Hickman awarded Journalist Of The Year for his expose on palm oil.
- The neverending cycle of crap plastic toys.
- Amazing kaleidoscopic whale song art, by engineer Mark Fischer.
- Bulgarian astrophysicist says aliens are among us, and they don't like our behaviour. We're an alien version of 'Ladettes to Ladies".
- UFOs crash and cause power failures in Argentina.
- Scott Corrales also has video taken of a UFO over Iquique, Peru.
- Cattle mutilations in Colorado last month have authorities bewildered.
- The Vril Society: Nazis, flying saucers, and a Hollow Earth beneath our feet.
Quote of the Day:
God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
Joseph Campbell
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30 April 2004
9 hours 19 min
I am crushed at the death of Robert Holdstock. I love his books, they conveyed the sense of other worldliness and are a joy to read. ;(
2 May 2004
11 hours 46 min
His death was so unexpected. When I heard he was in hospital from E. Coli infection (food poisoning), I assumed he'd get better and write more wonderful novels. I absolutely love his Merlin Codex series, and I was just thinking only last week that I really need to get the third book, which I still haven't read.
Can nobody else die, please? There've been too many this year.
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@levitatingcat
26 August 2009
5 days 8 hours
The news about Rob Holdstocks death is truly saddening the whole Mythago wood series has been a favorite of mine and friends since publication and as young people we spent an inordinate amount of time scouring the Gloucester countryside searching in vain for those fantastic places.
I echo Ricks sentiments exactly, far far too many great people have died this year and all at comparativly young ages, i hope they've all discovered their own Mythago Wood.
22 October 2009
7 weeks 1 day
The power of Robert Holdstock's writing is rarely experienced and I for one would rate him as one of the very best writers of fiction. The quality of his prose goes far beyond just a 'genre' writer as he has too often been perceived to be.
It is bizarre, I never knew the man and yet feel a real sense of loss...