Comments on: 2008 – Looking Back

By: Damon Lord

Damon Lord — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:27:21 +0000

Happy New Year! May it only get better!

By: Tim Lebbon

Tim Lebbon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:02:46 +0000

Mark – hope you & Nel had a great time! We took Ellie and a few mates to bowling and then Pizza Hut, which was a lot of (busy) fun.

Ally – Ellie’s growing up very quickly, and she’s got a great sense of humour. Bless her.

Angus! Great to hear from you mate. Yeah, let’s hope we meet up somewhere before Fantasycon, I might even try to make an open night or two this year. And I’ll be throwing a birthday bash in July sometime.

Jason – The Road left me stunned. Then I went on to read Johnny Got His Gun. That was quite a week.

Rich – hope you enjoy my Hellboy story, had a lot of fun writing that.

Happy New Year!

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:55:02 +0000

Yep. The Road was awesome! Just a shade better than No Country for Old Men (which is way better than the film).

Just picked up Odder Jobs (Hellboy Anthology) and was surprised to find a Tim Lebbon story in there!

Have a good one.

Rich

By: jason

jason — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:22:49 +0000

You’re dead on about “The Road.” I’d never even heard of McCarthy, but I picked this book up off the shelf and bought it cuz I’m a sucker for apocalyptic stories. It floored me, it was so good. Talk about hardcore, he isn’t afraid to show the dark side of man is he?

In Bruges was hilarious. The exchange between Colin Farrell and the fat Americans almost made me cry.

Happy New Years.

By: Angus Mackenzie

Angus Mackenzie — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:13:44 +0000

Alright mate – how you doing.

So we both hit 40 next year – jeez. It’s funny, with the monster pile of unread books I’ve just jumped back into American Tabloid by James Ellroy – one of my favorite novels ever.

Could not get into The Road at all – I think after three attempts which got me barely into the book I’m going to have to admit defeat.

Couldn’t agree more with you about In Bruges – it had me laughing out loud. The ‘this is for John Lennon’ line in the restaurant scene was classic.

Have a good 2009 mate and see you in Notts for Fantasycon if not before.

Angus

By: Allyson Bird

Allyson Bird — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:17:22 +0000

Have a great New Year Tim! It was my daughter Heather’s tenth birthday recently too. Someone just turned her wit button on and I’m reeling from it!

By: Mark Morris

Mark Morris — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:46:58 +0000

Hey Tim

Say Happy Birthday to Ellie for me. Hope she has a good one.

It’s Nel’s tomorrow. We’ve booked a night in a posh hotel up in Northumberland.

Saw In Bruges a couple of weeks ago. Fantastic film. Loved it.

Happy New Year. See you soon.
Mark x