The Great Raven

This is a book review and science fiction blog, for the most part, with the odd convention report and travel notes. And maybe the occasional Celtic goddess, such as the Great Raven...

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Monday, February 24, 2020

Just Been To See...Miss Fisher And The Crypt Of Tears!

This evening I went to see Miss Fisher And The Crypt Of Tears at the Classic, my local cinema. I get their newsletter and simply co...

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Just Been To See... Emma!

This week I went to see the newest film version of Emma . It has been filmed several times, for the big screen and the small, includ...

Friday, February 14, 2020

Compulsory Valentine’s Day Post 2020

Public domain Time for my annual compulsory Valentine’s Day post. Whether or not you have a thing going that involves giving or rece...

Friday, February 07, 2020

On Reading A Book About Writing Horses!

I think this book is going to be very useful to me in future writing. Judith Tarr is a fantasy writer who focuses on horses in her fi...

Just Finished Re-Reading...Hail! Hail! by Harry Turtledove

The year is 1934 and the four Marx Brothers(including Zeppo)whose film Duck Soup has recently come out, are on a train through Texas....

Thursday, February 06, 2020

Vale Kirk Douglas!

Kirk Douglas 1955. Public Domain. Vale, Kirk Douglas, w...

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Vale Christopher Tolkien!

From Wikipedia. Fair use Christopher Tolkien, son of the wonderful J.R.R Tolkien, is no more. True, he did get to the decent a...

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Of A Newspaper Article That Made Me See Red!

Here is a link to a newspaper article that made me angry. It involved some school in Queensland which had had this new and original ...

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Just Been To See.. Little Women!

So, today I went into the city to meet a friend and see the latest version of the film Little Women . There have been several versions no...

Monday, January 13, 2020

January 13 - Happy Birthday, Bart!

Today is the birthday of my friend Bart Rutherford, who, incidentally, had an ancestor mentioned in my book Crime Time: Australians Behav...

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About Me

Sue Bursztynski: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; I'm a writer, librarian, book reviewer, educator. I live in a beachside suburb of Melbourne with a lot of pot plants, but no cats. I slush fiction for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and hope that each one that arrives is going to be a potential Hugo winner.

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About Me

Sue Bursztynski: I'm a writer, librarian, book reviewer, educator. I live in a beachside suburb of Melbourne with a lot of pot plants, but no cats. I slush fiction for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and hope that each one that arrives is going to be a potential Hugo winner.

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