Author: Alex Irvine
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"Days of Glory"?
So L and I went to see this French movie the other night at the Alliance Francaise somewhere in the wilds of the not-quite-upper West Side (or whatever you call 59th and Madison). Indigenes, by Rachid Bouchareb, tells the story of Algerian and other African soldiers fighting in the French Army in World War II.…
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Art and Aphorism
Maurizio Manzieri notes in his blog that his cover illustration for my 2003 F&SF story “Pictures from an Expedition” (also, as you’ve probably figured out, the title story in my recent collection) has enjoyed a productive life after its birth as an F&SF cover. Maurizio also lets the cat out of the bag regarding a…
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The Other Beautiful Game
Pitchers and catchers report February 15th. I get palpitations just thinking about it. Who’s going to get me tickets when the Tigers come to Fenway on May 14-17?
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The Beautiful Game
With everyone so aflutter about the Beckham signing, I want to be on record as saying that I think Red Bull NY’s signings of Claudio Reyna and Ronald Waterreus will be more influential on the field. Beckham does a couple of things astonishingly well: he delivers crosses and he takes free kicks. So he’ll be…
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Ultimates etc.
I’ve just finished tinkering with the revisions on a novel about the Marvel group The Ultimates. It’s called AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, and it should appear at the end of August. Chitauri! government conspiracies! Cap and Janet! Plus Thor and Loki… One thing I wanted to do was write a book about the dragon Nidhogg showing…
Crooked House Fictions 