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Short: Through Struggle to the Stars

DBahula — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:02:57 +0000

Simon licked his dry lips, becoming aware of his scorching thirst. “Jenny’s dead, I killed my wife long before she really died. And Ellen, she understands I never really had much choice.” His voice stuttered unexpectedly and his eyes moistened with tears. He looked up and it looked like his gaze wandered aimlessly through the [...]

E-read or not to e-read?

DBahula — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:39:19 +0000

Unless you’ve been living in Aruba for the last couple of years, you have most probably noticed an influx of e-books and various e-readers (well, mostly in the US but Europe’s catching up). Since the release of Apple’s iPad, the race for the e-reader market has become even hotter. Amazon’s Kindle reader still rules, but [...]

Short: Changing Skies

DBahula — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:23:15 +0000

It was a deep and moonless night and the town was asleep. Like an invisible serpent, the stench of fish and rotten seaweed slithered through the narrow cobbled streets and dark alleys. Was it not for a few rats skulking in the shadows, one could think the town has been long deserted. In one of the [...]

Short: One day in my life

DBahula — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:49:13 +0000

It was the beginning of my summer break, and as always at this time of the year, I went to stay with my grandparents for a few weeks. Gone was the boring school, the mundane chores of everyday life, gone were the never-ending lectures of my parents. I was fifteen and a little too jaunty [...]

Terminal World

DBahula — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:03:07 +0000

A great day for sci-fi fans, at least in the UK and Ireland. A new novel by Alastair Reynolds called Terminal World gets released today. Here is a short description of the story. Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each [...]

Creative Commons

DBahula — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:56:16 +0000

I am not a particular fan of bureaucracy and like most, I always find myself clicking the ‘Skip’ button when I get on the copyright or terms & conditions page of a document, software or any other IP. On the other hand, as a content publisher, I have become conscious of protecting the intellectual property of [...]

Short: The Wake

DBahula — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:07:48 +0000

It is a sleepy Sunday afternoon and the street is still and quiet, save the occasional tinkle of cutlery and sound of TV coming from the houses. Buried in my own thoughts, I walk slowly down the road and as usual subconsciously try to avoid cracks in the pavement. I look up and suddenly spot [...]

On Writing…

DBahula — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:13:13 +0000

Lately, I embarked on a journey for the search of my creative self. This may sound a little confusing but it was exactly how I felt when I signed up for the Creative Writing course at a university in Glasgow. Sorry, I should rephrase that – my journey really started a couple of years ago when [...]

On reading…

DBahula — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:02:52 +0000

I remember my first book very well. It was a collection of Russian fairy tales with beautiful hand-painted illustrations that literally brought the little hairy creatures to life; a small reminiscence on my childhood in Moscow. But I guess the very first book that I actually remember reading instead of drooling over was Mark Twain’s [...]