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Novels
and novelists
- Franz Kafka: "The Burrow" is the title of a short story by Kafka. If you want to know more, take a look at the Kafka homepage, this selection of Kafka links, or these pictures.
- Connie Willis: My favourite living author: Doomsday Book and Passage are amazing, relentless, structurally perfect novels. This is her official home page.
- Kurt Vonnegut: My favourite dead
author. One of the best pages is here,
or you can select one of these Vonnegut links
instead.
- Edward Gorey:
A surreal cartoonist, now dead. Visit the West
Wing, or take a look at this comprehensive bibliography.
- Neil Gaiman:
Writer of the Sandman graphic novels—the most gripping series since
Watchmen. For more information, visit the
dreaming or the heart
of the dreaming.
- Zzap! 64:
This is the magazine (now deceased) that Kati and I used to edit. Amongst
other things it featured reviews of Commodore 64 and (briefly) Amiga games.
There are plenty of good nostalgia sites around: try the links on my Zzap!
page. For more about the current C64 scene, check out the excellent
Lemon, or take a look
at my own C64 links.
- Emulation: If you didn't know already, there are plenty of programs which emulate (on your PC or Mac) classic home computers, consoles and arcade systems, along with their associated games and other software. A good general place to start is Madjock's site, but you should also check out Retrogames, and The Vintage Gaming Network. If you're only interested in arcade games / coin-ops, check out the excellent MAME, Raine, or Caesar.
- Computer games:
My all-time favourite arcade game is Robotron,
but I,
Robot comes a close second; the Universal Video Game List (UVL)
aims to chronicle every game ever released; and if you need help with your
beat 'em ups and shoot 'em ups, GameFAQs
is packed with hints, tips, cheats and walkthroughs.
- This is my favourite painting.
- The Tate Gallery: Modern art in a nice site.
- Guggenheim: Forget that nauseating spiral, visit the online version instead.
- Uffizi: No need to go to Florence. See Venus here.
- The National Gallery: Britain's crusty old friend is here.
- Radiohead: Radiohead. Click here.
- Nirvana: The Kurt Cobain version. Try Smiley's Nirvana Home Page, the Cobain Memorial, or the Nirvana Reference Area.
- Foo Fighters: See Dave Grohl (officially) here, or check out the Foo Fighters Webring.
- Encyclopaedia Mythica: Everything you ever wanted to know about myth, legend, and effective search engine design can be found here.
- Encyclopaedia Gothica: From absinthe to X-Mal, this site has it all. And more. Lots more. Including make-up tips. No, really.
- The Quotations Page: Need to know who said what, to whom, and when? Frankly, I rarely bother, but when the itch needs scratching, I visit TQP.
- How Things Work: Discovering why I don't work would be more helpful to me, but the secret of many a whatsit, gizmo and gewgaw is found here.
