This interview happened on a very cold and gloomy day, over a cup of tea at the University Medical College. It was a maze of a place, and very cool. Unfortunately, the interview was a bit short for various reasons, but Dr Smit brought in some really cool insights into the question of interdisciplinarity. Here …
Interview #4 Dr. Ella Hendricks
I have always love art and museums, and I could easily spend hours in an art museum and still not get bored of it. One of the reasons I moved to Amsterdam was the Rijks museum and the Van Gogh, so when I saw that Dr. Hendricks worked at one of them for a while, …
Interview #3: Dr. Amade M’Charek
I remember, early in 2007, I discovered a TV Show called Bones and fell in love with the lead character who was a Forensic Anthropologist. Since then, I've always wanted to interact with one, and this project was an opportunity for me to talk to one. But, sadly enough, though a lot of profiles say …
Interview #2: Dr Kenneth Rijsdijk
This was the second interview as part of my project for my Master's degree. Dr Rijsdijk was a phenomenal person to talk to - he was kind and open, he was funny and smart, and more importantly, he likes speculative fiction. There is a part of the interview (not included here) where we talk about …
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
I recently re-read the first book in the series, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, just ahead of the release of the sequel European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman. The first one dealt with Mary Jekyll helping Holmes and Watson solve the Whitechapel Murders, and in doing so uncover the truth behind her father and his assistant …
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And… nothing
And.. nothing. It’s the waiting that kills you Every morning you’ll wake up and check your inbox for the message But find it full of everything but that You keep waiting Day 1 - nothing Day 2 - nothing Day 3 - nothing Now it’s been a week and a half and still nothing And …
The Strange Case Of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
I follow a lot of book podcasts and book-tubers and book blogs, because, well, I really like books, and last year, this book was featured on nearly all of them, and they had only good things to say about this book. Then, Sword and Laser was reading this book for their book club, and I …
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The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
I am very picky about my mysteries; I have grown up reading Agatha Christie's Poirot stories, which for me are the epitome of mysteries, and TV Shows like Monk - as far as I am concerned, one of the best TV detectives - so, in comparison, I find a lot of new mysteries and thrillers …
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I picked this book up thinking that I would be in for something light - a beach read. But, damn, was I wrong. Going by the name and the blurb, I really thought I’d be reading some cliched Hollywood starlet and her failed marriages tale; I couldn’t have been more wrong. Okay, let’s get into …
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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Let me be clear, the only reason I picked this book up is that the TV adaptation of this stars Alex Kingston, and I LOVE Alex Kingston. Diana Bishop is a witch who has rejected her witchy powers after the death of her parents under mysterious circumstances. She is a scholar and a science historian …
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