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Orbital Operations, 1 October 2023

Orbital Operations, 1 October 2023

Right Back After These Messages

Warren Ellis
October 01, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

Hello from out here on the Thames Delta, where I am in the garden dealing with things like the above.

Just a quick note of a few things you might like, this week: the last several days have been spent closing a big television deal that will be announced in a couple of months, and it seems like I have a reprint deal in the offing, and I have not had the required spare hour to write here. Normal service will be resumed next week.

MARSHLORE 2

I only found out about this short-run magazine the other day, when issue 2 was announced. So I ordered one immediately. Looks like they still have copies left via marshlore.com. Issue 2 of MARSHLOR…

warrenellis.ltd/magazines/marshlore-2

Here’s my current list of subscribed podcasts. You might find something you like in there.

Podcast List, September 2023

[RSS] In Our Time [RSS] Hypnagogue Podcast (ambient music) [RSS] Kahvi Collective Podcast (XML) (ambient music) [RSS] Too Tired to Say Anything (ambient music) [RSS] A Stra…

warrenellis.ltd/podcasts/podcast-list-september-2023

Not On The Bridge Of The Enterprise

I was watching some old episodes of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION the other day. The whole series popped up on Netflix, and I haven’t looked at an episode since the 90s, so I was curious. Patrick…

warrenellis.ltd/jot/not-on-the-bridge-of-the-enterprise

*A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)

This Victorian dictionary collects the cant of thieves, the slang of costermongers, and many other argots.

publicdomainreview.org/collection/dictionary-of-modern-slang

McCallum reads Lovecraft

Art by Leo and Diane Dillon. RIP David McCallum, who I prefer to remember for his role as one half of the weirdest-TV-duo-ever, Sapphire and Steel. McCallum was a minor sex symbol in the 1960s, tha…

www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2023/09/27/mccallum-reads-lovecraft

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Gotta go pick rosehips off the insane carnivorous wild rose trying to eat half the garden. Which is going to be a very meditative and peaceful hour. I hope you find some peace this week. Give it a go. You’re allowed to be happy. See you next week.