Posts Tagged “Star Wars”
A Force to be reckoned with: The true story of the Reichenbach Falls
My name is Sherlock Holmes. You’ve probably heard of me. Everyone seems to have, what with all those colourful stories from Watson.
These three years I’ve been thought dead - sadly perished in the Reichenbach Falls. All is now prepared for my resurrection, and I will meet Watson tomorrow. But I still have to decide what I’ll tell him.
Splinter of the Mind's Eye: The Star Wars that might have been
Splinter of the Mind’s Eye is a Star Wars book I’ve been intending to read for several years. Written before The Empire Strikes Back, I found it a real time capsule, showing very different directions Star Wars might have gone in.
The Bard in Space
In the more than 400 years since he wrote his first play, Shakespeare has been re-worked, adapted, and performed in a wide variety of settings. His plays have become a source of inspiration and a marker of culture. They’ve even made it into the Star Wars universe.
I’ve known about William Shakespeare’s Star Wars for a while, but it wasn’t till last year that I finally picked up the first fourth one, Verily, A New Hope. I expected it just to be a joke, but quickly realised it was a serious work. Yes, it made me laugh, but it also made me think - and I find that’s usually a good combination.
This blog takes a personality test
A few years ago, I came across Typealyzer: a project to try and detect an author’s personality type from the text they wrote. It seems to be closed now, but at the time my blog was fairly new and I thought it would be fun to try.