Author Archives: Robert Hood

Daikaiju Limerick Comp Shortlist

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 by Robert Hood

It’s hard not to put the lot! But I’ve narrowed it down to the following, based on quirky rationales of my own. Cat Sparks will pick the final winners. THE SHORTLIST When interviewing Biolante: He started to get a bit … Continue reading →

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Competition Announcement

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 by Robert Hood

Due to certain impatient and rowdy elements among the Daikaiju Limerick Competition entrants, I will make up my mind on the winners over the weekend. An announcement will appear here on the Undead Backbrain at exactly 7 pm, Wollongong time, … Continue reading →

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Making zombie roaches

Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 by Robert Hood

Oh, man… now this is definitely the stuff of horror stories — a tale of the wasp bokor and its zombie slaves.

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Do the Daikaiju Stomp!

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 by Robert Hood

Check this out: I recently came across this rare daikaiju soundtrack album in a box of dusty cassettes hidden under a table in a shed out the back of Taped To Death — a seedy secondhand music store in the … Continue reading →

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Zombisaurus?

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 by Robert Hood

What sort of apocalypse really killed off the dinosaurs? The answer has been revealed in the comicstrip “Beaver and Steve” by James Turner. The first part is here and the second part is here. Check it out! My thanks to … Continue reading →

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Review: Shades of Darkness

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

TV Series, UK, 1983/1986 Shades of Darkness is the title of an anthology series comprised of nine famous ghost stories filmed for television by Granada TV in the 1980s. Seven were aired in 1983, and two more appeared in 1986. … Continue reading →

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Future Past?

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

The first review of the Doctor Who Short Trips anthology Destination Prague has appeared on Sci-Fi Online. The reviewer only mentions my story as an example of his observation that “the majority of the stories” take place in the future, … Continue reading →

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Australian Spec Fic Spotlight 2007

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

I was recently interviewed by Tansy Rayner Roberts for the ambitious 2007 Australian Speculative Fiction Spotlight project. The result can be read here. The Spotlight was begun by Ben Peek in 2005 and this year is being coordinated via the … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up this Town

Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 by Robert Hood

A friend came across this Ultraman-inspired Japanese ad from 1971, in which a heroic mum (or sister?) takes on a dirt-producing giant monster. There seems to be several versions in one, getting progressively longer: Japanese Vacuum Cleaner Commercial

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There once was a monster named….

Posted on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 by Robert Hood

There once was a monster named Rumsmag Who was known as an evil yet glum dag. He would wear waist-high pants And keep people like ants On the muck in the back of his bumbag. To celebrate the imminent appearance … Continue reading →

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