Some science fiction / fantasy links

[wellinghall]

Driver blames UFO for failure to pay parking fine
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8614134.stm

Doctor Who regeneration was "modelled on LSD trips"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8616413.stm

Doctor Who "was behind UK space agency logo"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7518521/Doctor-Who-was-behind-UK-space-agency-logo.html

Year of the Plank: remembering Douglas Adams
http://yearoftheplank.com/

Tolkien linguistics draws praise from best seller Martin
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/04/13/36166-tolkien-linguistics-draws-praise-from-best-seller-martin/
http://grrm.livejournal.com/148593.html

Blog them out of the Stone Age: WWII counter-factuals
http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=2336

HarperCollins have re-launched their Tolkien website
http://www.tolkien.co.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I had actually heard that one before ... somewhere ... can't remember where, though.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I've got them all, my precious! (Well, nearly. I have just ordered the hardback HoMe index, although I have already got it in paperback. And I haven't made my mind up about the Oliphaunt poster.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Um ... um ...