1991-93 / Ecomics / 346 pages / USA
****
Wholesome sci-fi that doesn't shy away from heavy themes like bigotry and child abuse, this also might be the most authentic TV to comic adaptation I've seen. Most of these would have made decent episodes, even if they're really rushed at 24 pages or less. Apart from that crazy last one, anyway. Oh, boy!
Anthony Pople, Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
1998 / Ebook / 128 pages / UK****
Streamlining the compulsory context to spend more time on the movement-by-movement breakdown is how these companions should all go about it, though some works just don't have as much going on to get eleven pages out of a 2:44 intro. Building on the composer's own brief descriptions, each chapter mixes things up a little to cover the symbolic, literal, Biblical, mathematical, autobiographical and synaesthetic significance. Much of it's over my head, but I admired the view.
2003 / Ebook / 81 pages / USA
**
The outdoor shots of doomed architecture are peaceful in their gloomy industrial oppression, but the vacant interiors have a misanthropic sense of rapture about them.
2007 / Audiobook / 250 pages / USA
**
How does this star-trekking bildungsroman set itself apart in the flooded genre? By immersing readers in the daily grind and petty trading that makes your reading breaks more of a chore than your actual work. One for the folks who spend their leisure time grinding imaginary wealth on the fringes of online games rather than actually playing them.
Scott Carney, The Quick and Dirty Guide to Freelance Writing
2014 / Ebook / 91 pages / USA
**
It wasn't clear that this would focus on proper (i.e. feature) writing, nor that it would be more ideological than practical, but it was certainly quick, to read and to write, being a series of livestreamesque anecdotes illustrated by open-ended story examples with links to his more substantial books where you can buy the conclusions.
These short books may be mainly useful as self-evident self-marketing tools, but they're usually reliable for getting specific with the financial side too.
These short books may be mainly useful as self-evident self-marketing tools, but they're usually reliable for getting specific with the financial side too.
