Bugonia is fucking brilliant

forever trapped in the second dimension. forced to peer out into a reality completely beyond their comprehension. all they can do is look back at it in pure horror

go outside today and compliment someone push someone else over

new Mark Z Danielewski book YAY!

today i learned doctor screw has missing episodes

havnt read a doctor who book in a while… might do History 101 or The Final Sanction

thinking about that jenna coleman interview with the bloke using a 240p webcam in a dark room and she goes “you must be a doctor who fan”

so my blog is now live with a half arsed “essay” about the novel Inherent Vice to read. lemme know what you reckon to it and if i should keep going northantsghoul.wordpress.com

setting up a wordpress site to post essays on books i’m reading. want to make it a semi regular thing but we’ll see

as ugly and as angry as the original Jubilee on audio but with its themes updated to mirror the scarily similar state of modern UK politics to those of the English Empire in the story i’m surprised this was allowed to go out under the doctor who brand in 2025 i imagine Chimes is just as good

reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and i cant help but feel that while it’s trying to showcase a dying culture and celebrate African history, it just ends up being a book that desperately wants the adoration of the western world which imo makes the whole thing a bit dishonest.

i love this audio so much

Too many of us wake to discover that the brave post of yesterday is the huge error of judgement of today. But for Ben, an unwise video is just the first step into an uncertain new world of online celebrity... Hear the new episode of #neuroticliterature at pod.fo/e/33d9da #anxiety #fiction #podcast

Doctor who’s best suited to prose and the fact that it is mainly a TV franchise activity damages its reputation in modern pop culture

Merry Dog Carcass In Alley Day to all who celebrate.

Hamster Book Club - The Eyeless by Lance Parkin - a surprisingly bleak, dystopian world with huge things to say about war, weapons of mass destruction, genocide and scientific responsibility...aimed at children? @lefthandeddalek.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Today @docoho44.bsky.social and I talk about an Enemy, a Weapon and a Doctor. The Eyeless by @lanceparkin.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

I was really late to the party here but THIS BOOK WAS BLOODY BRILLIANT!!!

this book is giving me immeasurable relief from some dull narrative non-fiction im slogging through at the moment. star trek, glass people, iris wildthyme and twenty questions. cant ask for more than that

i still have no idea what im supposed to be reading for my course which starts in 2 WEEKS!!! i thought it had to do david copperfield but nah not until after Christmas apparently so thats just a massive waste of time. i’m imagining the MA creative writing office is like this atm

If you see this, QTP with a title screen that’s iconic to you!

Helllo Everyone! This week more Books n Stuff! @lefthandeddalek.bsky.social joins me to talk about the novel Fear Of The Dark. We weren't very feared. #DoctorWho

books and stuff! this week i force Luke to endure 300 pages of caves and blokes with guns facing off against creatures from before the dawn of time. it was reprinted so it must be good, right?

Helllo Everyone! Later this week @lefthandeddalek.bsky.social joins the Maran Chess Club for books and stuff! Check out Hooklight below #DoctorWho

today is a good day

In stock now, and don't they look lovely! obversebooks.co.uk With equally lovely writing by @purserhallard.com, @paulmagrs.bsky.social, @dalesmithonline.com, @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, @twilightstreets.bsky.social, @steffanalun.bsky.social and many others!

JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE CREATIVE WRITING MA🎉🎉🎉 this means more to me than graduating did lol

"Without the humanities, all we have are the inhumanities." - Alan Moore.

just watched fantastic 4 dreadful script, probably because i dont care about babies. film looked gorgeous tbf go watch superman instead

I am a very lucky man

just watched the new War of the Worlds on amazon prime jesus that was shit. the editing gave me a migraine on top of it being for an ad for amazon and calling for a surveillance state stronger than is already in place. potentially worst film ive seen this decade

just finished this. i assumed it was all hype and pretension but it truly was one of the best things i’ve ever had to privilege to read

graduated today 🎉

My Ham Fam ❤️

“I am the law! … erm that sounded better in my head”

Ten Writers by whom I’ve read more than five books: Alan Moore George RR Martin Grant Morrison Paul Magrs Lawrence Miles Brandon Sanderson Ben Aaronovitch Steven Erikson Stephen King Joe Abercrombie god i need to expand my scope

todays reading sorted

Listening to @docoho44.bsky.social's chat about The English Way of Death. Easily my least favourite of Roberts' four MAs, & the only one I wouldn't have in my top 10, so very interesting listening to him & @lefthandeddalek.bsky.social talk about it; maybe now I'm older I'd appreciate the charm more?

graduating with a 2:1 YES!! considering 3 years ago i was about to drop out of uni after perhaps the worst year of my life so far i’ve done pretty well for myself i reckon

illegal gambling

i have this awful habit of avoiding books that are highly acclaimed. so ‘the booker of all bookers’ made me roll my eyes thinking ‘this is gonna be pretentious rubbish’ boy was i wrong! i absolutely love the ‘never let the truth get in the way of a good story’ attitude that magical realism adopts.

i read The Player of Games last week and am almost done with Consider Phlebas and may have got overexcited about how much i enjoyed those two Culture books…

Even if you don't want to hear them talk about the book, the last 30mins is gold.

The most popular Doctor Who of all time? 10 comes under the microscope and we determine the best (or at least our favourite) 10th Doctor story! Allonsy! @danielrawnsley.bsky.social @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @michaelmills.bsky.social @lefthandeddalek.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Last day before I go home after finishing my degree and there’s this strange hollowness thats overcome me. “Is that it?” I keep asking myself. Its like the last four years have been an incredibly long dream and im about to step back into the real world. Well… until I come back for my MA that is.

Patreon Early Release - Strictly Come Hamster - 10th Doctor Special (featuring @danielrawnsley.bsky.social @michaelmills.bsky.social @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @lefthandeddalek.bsky.social) 10 comes under the microscope and we determine the best 10th Doctor story! www.patreon.com/posts/strict...

now that ive finally wrapped up my degree i have a week in which im free to do nothing but sit inside and read like a hermit first up on the list is to finish this fantastic novel

Seeing Reality War get a lot of flak for Belinda being “forced” to have Poppy as her daughter at the end, but I’m sorry - the woman in this scene & who later locks herself in a box for eternity with Poppy is not being forced at all.