I’m going to be honest.  I love my sci-fi.  Ever since I was but a whelp, I’ve read the genre widely in search of the escapism which only good science fiction can bring.  I was lent Snow Crash by a colleague after a short discussion about our mutual love for such books.  Was I impressed?  [...]

Every Friday, Swimming in the Nile brings you five links which will serve to titillate, educate or inspire. This week’s theme is death! Sounds macabre, I know. But I assure you, my links will address the issue both figuratively and literally. It is, after all, a fact of life. But I digress. Bring on…the latest [...]

The past decade has seen some tremendous shake ups in the media industry. Regardless of how a medium is produced, distributed or consumed, every major media form has been forced, in some way, to adapt to the technological climate of the 21st century. Modern media makers are subject to a kind of technological Darwinism: either [...]

Several weeks ago, my local university held a poetry slam.  For those of you wondering what a poetry-slam actually is, let me assure you now that it is substantially less exciting than the name implies.  To phrase it more succinctly, there is usually much more poetry involved than slamming.  The event took the form of [...]

The shortlist for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been released. This year’s nominees are: Breath – Tim Winton Ice – Louis Nowra The Pages – Murray Bail The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas Wanting – Richard Flanagan There is, as always, some excellent literature on the short-list. But who will take out the $42,000 [...]

Every Friday, Swimming in the Nile brings you five links which will serve to titillate, educate or inspire. And a tribute to the greatest line in the film Men in Black II.  I’ve got to say that right there was probably the first and only time that ‘great’ and that film have ever been mentioned [...]

Some $42 billion worth of cash bonuses are currently on their way to the majority of Australian tax-payers as part of the Government’s economic stimulus package. With payments being issued into bank accounts from the beginning of next week, (colloquially referred to as ‘being stimulated by Mr. Rudd’) many are looking forward to blowing their [...]

Every Friday Someday, Swimming in the Nile brings you five links which will serve to titillate, educate or inspire. I don’t mean to break with tradition but due to the Easter Long Weekend, this weeks Roundup is coming out a little early. So without further ado, I bring you the latest Link Roundup! AND A PICTURE [...]