{"id":668,"date":"2020-01-05T18:56:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T18:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2020-01-05T18:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T18:50:44","slug":"a-philanderers-tie-a-murderers-shoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/05\/a-philanderers-tie-a-murderers-shoe\/","title":{"rendered":"A philanderer’s tie, a murderer’s shoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve successfully avoided seeing Rise of Skywalker<\/em> at the cinema. After the mediocre Force Awakens<\/em> and the positively insulting Last Jedi<\/em>, I know it’s not for me and I count Episodes VII-IX is an Elseworlds<\/em> in my personal Star Wars universe. It sounds ridiculous (and trivial). And, of course, it is. What I have read, though, is the new Star Wars<\/em> #1 from Marvel written by Charles Soule and drawn by Jesus Saiz. It’s set at the end of Empire<\/em> – wow, Empire<\/em> was 40 years ago! – and shows what happened immediately afterwards. It seemed to capture the tone of the original trilogy which suits my nostalgic self perfectly. Enjoyed it very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moment of nostalgia<\/em>: I can vividly remember sitting in front of the tv in my pyjamas watching a BBC (?) documentary about the making of Empire<\/em> before its release (I guess in 1980). I’d talked my mum into letting me stay up late as I’m sure it was shown on a Sunday night about 9 or 10p.m. and I had school the next day and I was incredibly excited to see clips from the upcoming sequel. In those days I relied on Star Wars Weekly<\/em> comics and Starburst<\/em> magazines for news. While I was watching I drew a snow speeder on a page in a reporter’s notebook from what I briefly saw on the screen. It was the first time I saw a snowspeeder and gave it a background full of stars as if it was flying through space. I can still see that blue biro drawing in my memory. I remember being amazed at the scenes of Dagobah and the steps where Vader and Luke cross lightsabers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finished Leviathan Wakes<\/em> by James S. A. Corey. It’s a well-plotted space opera combined with a detective story and a little horror thrown in. Undoubtedly, I would have enjoyed it far more if I hadn’t seen the tv series, which is pretty faithful in its adaptation. I’m going to try to read all The Expanse<\/em> short stories and novels over the next month or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s back to work tomorrow. For one day! I’m having abdominal surgery on Tuesday which will put me out of action for at least a week or two. I haven’t thought about going into hospital at all and it still seems something that isn’t really going to happen or is going to happen to someone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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