HUNGER CITY 4 – Diamond Dogs
Part four of the Hunger City saga is up and things are getting out of control. Hunger City is loosely based on Diamond Dogs, an album released by David Bowie in 1974. Luna crawled in the ashes and tried to get a view of the hall outside the shop. There…
HUNGER CITY 3 – Temperance Building
It's Friday and time for another instalment of Hunger City. Luna finds herself hunted by the poachers and her life is about to change forever. As has been said earlier, Hunger City is based on the world of Diamond Dogs, created by David Bowie in 1974, which in turn was based…
HUNGER CITY – 2. We Are The Dead
Two days ago, I published the first part of a new series. Hunger City takes place in the dystopian world David Bowie created after being denied the rights to create a musical based on George Orwell's 1984. Part two is named We Are The Dead. It is muttered by one…
HUNGER CITY – New Series
As many may know, I was about to finish my second novel at the beginning of this year. I sent the manuscript to six readers and gave them a deadline on 9 January to turn in their findings. I would then go about ironing out typos and inconsistencies, creating the…
David Bowie’s 100 Favourite Books
As the fallout from Bowie's death settles, we collect our thoughts and try to make sense of his life and legacy. As I mentioned in my previous post, I fell in love with him in my teens. He was larger than life and he sang about feelings of isolation and…
David Bowie 1947-2016
I wasn't going to write about this. I was going to lie down with headphones on like I did in my teens. The way I heard "Heroes" for the first time. Listen to the album he released last Friday. The album that was a part of his death. But I…
State of Things
The blog is quiet on the surface, but don't be fooled. Here is what's up. My second novel, Blood and Rain, is as good as complete. A few minor tweaks, then a bit of photography, cover design, trailer and a Twitter storm. The site went offline in September 2015, as…
Mad World
The day so far. 1. Men are free to rape women in Iceland. 2. Icelandic working class can't get a payrise because it'll cause inflation. Politicians will get a 9.4% hike though. Because they're so useful, I guess. 3. Most of the Paris attackers are either dead or arrested. The…
David Bowie – Blackstar
David Bowie ★ What can I say? Just watched this for the first time. I have no idea what to think. Bowie has a way of doing that. He creates something completely unexpected. Sure, he is a very talented artist, but the unpredictability and the willingness to take risks is…
Zouheir
The name of security guard that stopped one of the killers from entering the stadium in Paris is Zouheir. He is a Muslim and this is somehow a big deal. I don't see why. Being somehow surprised, relieved or extra happy that the hero is a Muslim seems to indicate…
