tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36711700961827389692011-11-27T23:17:30.147ZThe meandering words, of me. The Floating Vagabond. Adventuring across my Reality maybe calling in on yours.Adam Buxtonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671170096182738969.post-1827492719511506922011-02-11T23:01:00.001Z2011-02-11T23:02:53.257Z

I have been away a while, this blog as been neglected as so many of my interests in the world. But the stories don't go neglected or do they? This post is not what you think or maybe it is, its not another summation of the structure of a story.  It is a question about the life or more the living presence of a story. There are so many Stories in so many formats based around the idea of stories

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Inspiration is drawn from many sources. It is also fickle for some inspiration is only found in a few sources, times, locations and conditions. While for others it is found any where, almost at random. a Light, a site or place, a place a sound can all inspire at one time or another mixed together or as individual events. Some times inspiration is literally around a corner an other times it is

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I mention Angry Robot Books some time ago as producing a range of short novels that fill the gap when you are awaiting the next installment of your favorite current epic. Be is RR Martin, Fiest, Jorden or Rowlings latest offering your awaiting you will find something to entertain you in Angry Robot Books offerings. Zoo City is released in September in the UK, as i mention in my prior post Angry

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Books are  a art, bound, created and crafted. Not just the story within but the physical form it's self. A book can be a hard backed, stitched leaf work of precision bound in leather like a piece of art with as much put into it as the story it holds. It as easily can be a soft backed mass produced, perfectly bound novel made of recycled plastic and wood chip. More and more a book is not whats

Adam Buxtonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671170096182738969.post-89669932304396345032010-06-16T12:40:00.000Z2010-06-16T12:40:55.129Z

www.bookcrossing.com has gone through an update. The new service looks much prettier, but apart form that it seems to not really offer any of the things i would have liked to see. Things i'd have liked Facebook/social media intergration the idea of releasing a book and tweeting it at that time through the site seems obvious! the new site does auto lookup your book on amazon and I assume

Adam Buxtonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671170096182738969.post-19498930134076033392010-06-04T15:49:00.000Z2010-06-04T15:49:37.491Z

Something that I thought to share with all the readers out there, young or old is Srcibd. Scribd is a repository, any one can and do upload anything, the website asks you only to upload items you control or own copyright for. But as with most services on the web this is readily abused. This is a benefit to us all as story consumers or just as researchers and readers. The additional services and

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This was going to be a article on book shelves, the intricacies of them, from design to content. The way a book shelf can be a simple piece of furniture in your room, any room or it can be the focus of the room, whether it is one shelf or several set of shelves it can still be the focus of the room, or stairs. But I'm going to save that article for later, I always attach a image and link to

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Neil Gaiman is a modern storyteller and along with Terry Pratchett probably my favorite story teller alive. He turns his hand to a range of tales and mediums to tell his story. His stories range from light hearted comedy to dark horror, they pay homage to Lovecraft among others and bring his unique gifts to everything he writes. I thought I'd share the above video, I have watched it several

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The new Robin Hood is on the horizon, Russel Crowe and Ridley Scott have given one of my favourite stories the movie treatment. It appears it will be far more gritty than the Kevin Costner version more like the under publicised Kevin Kline version of the same year. And thank which ever greater good you choose to believe in no wear near like the BBC atrocity of the last few years. I'm

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The first book I picked up from the Angry Robot Series was to fulfill my current craving for steam punk based literature. Bookman is an alternate history book about Victorian England, or what should have been vistorian England and is instead a England ruled by Alien Lizard men and terrorised destructive shadowy anarchists who utilise clone like automations to deliver their destructive message.

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I mentioned before my want to review books as part of this ongoing theme of stories and bookcrossing. Speaking to a fellow reader in one of the high street book stores we were discussing how it seems a range of novolas or shorter books more like fast paced easy to read scifi and fantasy are being used to fill the gap between the growing ranks of epic multi novel sets about. I then found the

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I mentioned book crossing in my last post, so enjoying the idea I followed up on it. A few articles ago i reviewed Space Captain Smith, and this in mind I set it free http://www.bookcrossing.com/518-7804825 . As I write this The book as a new owner, I placed it on th shelf an sat with a coffee, a few moments later it was picked up and gone. It has to be said looking at the other books it was

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Book Crossing is not new, but I still thought it worth a mention. Wikipedia Provides a fairly comprehensive article here. The sites blurb gets the point across Where books have adventures of their own. BookCrossing is earth-friendly, and gives you a way to share your books, clear your shelves, and conserve precious resources at the same time. Through our own unique method of recycling reads,

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I thought it an idea to review books I am reading as I work through them. Storytelling is not just about telling of stories but also learning, listening and gathering them. I read a lot, not as much as I once did finding work balance to leave me with not as much time as I would like. My current book of choice and enjoyment is Space Captain Smith by Toby Frost. A Christmas gift was made to me

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  Defining "genre" is a feat in its own right, try it for your self. Everyone seems to have an understanding and this understanding varies with everything, some by agreement share the definition and others do not.  A general definition is:  a kind of literary or artistic work writing style: a style of expressing yourself in writing having a characteristic form or technique  What I'm apllying to

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"Once Upon a Time" once was and now once again is famously how a oral tale begins, I hope now again more famous than "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." It is not how all storys begin, but when announce a story is expected. A tarde of with this is a card game I have enjoyed playing for some years. Based on the premise of a story it puts all the participants into the role of story

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Mirrors feature in some of the most famous stories in time and of our time. Snow whites wicked step mother had a magic one, Dorian Grey could never look into one, and Harry Potter saw his deepest desires in the one he encountered. Mirrors in stories are features, tools and treasures. Used to signal others, hide secrets and reveal secrets. Things of beauty and horror. What people see in mirrors

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Floating Vagabond is just a name, chosen because it has meaning  and a past with me. Stories told because they have a past and most carry meaning. Seems the two will fit together nicely. I am to entertain and educate. Passing on stories and hopefully teaching those who I encounter to pass them further. This is just a beginning to a new story, and I see no end...

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