nthposition online magazine

Steve Penn

Steve was a mediaevalist and a friend. He died in November 2003.

What I saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-30

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Joseph Roth's Weimar Republic - magisterial.

The Arabian nightmare

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Fantastic, in all senses of the word.

London orbital

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On the road with Iain Sinclair.

Representations of the Post/Human - Monsters, aliens and others in popular culture

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Interesting, but what's 'ontological hygiene'?

Tim Burton: a child's garden of nightmares

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The director comes to life. Eeeek.

Edging into the future

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A parson's egg of lit crit.

The Prussian bride

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Nobody told Buida that mythic story telling's dead.

The Maimed

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A fine book, but not cheerful.

The skinner

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Sci-fi meets 'Beowulf' and 'Moby Dick'.

The Dedalus book of Roman decadence: Emperors of debauchery

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O tempora! O mores! O Steve Penn!

Memoirs of a Byzantine eunuch

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Will convert Zeno phobes.

European Gothic: A spirited exchange 1760-1960

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Pretty damn good.

The hard shoulder

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Disappointing genre-bending thriller.

Sideshow USA

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Freaks like us.

Trashfilm roadshows

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Zombies, sex, dung, drugs and girls in uniform.