I’m thinking I should start a reference page for all the Korean-SF goodness I’ve been coming across, and just link my post series from there. For those living in Seoul and interested in seeing SF films with other SF enthusiasts, editor/critic/translator Park Sang-Jun has teamed up with the proprietor of a newly-relocated cinema in...
Read more →Aigo! It was a week ago tomorrow that I presented my paper at the 4th International Congress of Korean Studies. The experience was my first — I’d never presented anything at any sort of conference before — but I was told that nobody could have guessed it. I suppose being a windbag has its...
Read more →UPDATE: I have a couple of copies coming in the post from the KH — thanks Matt — but if you have a clipping and you were saving it for me, don’t chuck it. I’ll take it from you next time we meet. Thanks! By the way, though I mentioned my essay in the...
Read more →So today, my essay on “Fending off Discontentment” is in the Korea Herald. It’s part three of a discussion that started on Tuesday here, and continued on Wednesday here. You can also read the essay online here. Roboseyo has posted a bunch of links to the original posts in the discussion, including the series...
Read more →Shimmerzine did a pirate issue last year. Today’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. (Well, in US time it still is.) You can download a PDF of that issue of the magazine free here. Er, mates. It’s booty, it’s free. Go get it! And while you’re at it, pick up a copy of the current...
Read more →Yes, it seems people out there truly want to be mocked in a public forum! On my entry here, a review of Jonathan Spence’s The Question of Hu, an entertaining little text which is also a great introduction to Spence’s approach to Chinese history, one Anthony Dawkin (let’s assume he can spell his own...
Read more →UPDATE (18 Sept 2008): As Charles notes in the comments, the website now loads in Firefox, and even in Linux! I suspect this is a result of my having emailed a brief comment about it to the convention director, who emailed me just now to check if it was working for me after the...
Read more →UPDATE (17 Sept 2008): Aha, I’ve just gotten an update and the series of which my article is a part will run from the 23rd-25th of September, that is, next weekend. Keep your eyes peeled, I guess! An edited version of these posts (mostly the first one) was supposed to appear in the Korea...
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