Tag Archives: reading

Kindle: The New Slush Pile

Posted on September 19, 2011 by dorian thornley

It used to be that if you couldn’t get your novel published it was because you probably couldn’t write very well. Discerning editors at the big publishing houses stood between you and the reading public, wading through and rejecting the trite, the clunky and the … Continue reading →

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Too relaxed to read?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by dorian thornley

One of the most profoundly disturbing moments of my childhood happened when I watched the 1960 George Pal film version of H.G. Well’s, The Time Machine. In the movie our hero, Rod Taylor is demonstrating real anger and frustration towards the Eloi, a species … Continue reading →

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