Mark Burrow

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Stories. Flash. Works in progress.

My novella, Coo, is published by Alien Buddha Press and can be found here http://tinyurl.com/CooMarkBurrow
 

211 of my comments have received 222 Great Feedback votes

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Check out A Scanner Darkly.

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Check out A Scanner Darkly. That's probably his best, or The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. To be fair, Androids isn't up there with those two. 

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Enjoyed it, P. 

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Enjoyed it, P. 

One of my favourite films. I love 2049 too. Strangely, I was disparaging of 2049 the first time I watched but now I'm bowled over by it.

However, nothing quite beats that opening sequence of the original. 

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This tribute to Rutger Hauer

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

This tribute to Rutger Hauer’s performance in Blade Runner as the android, Roy Batty, is our Pick of the Day.

Here’s the link to the Tears in the Rain monologue: https://www.youtube.com...

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Yep, good in the air. Bit

Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021

Yep, good in the air. Bit moody and inconsistent. However, we have Ivan-the-wonderkid breaking into the first team.  

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This made me roll up!

Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021

This made me roll up! Tarkovsky would be a tricky little midfielder, getting between the lines. 

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Nice imagery and a skilfully

Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021

Nice imagery and a skilfully controlled cadence..

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This is so deftly done.

Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021

This is so deftly done. Watched all of his films during the latest lockdown. Utterly mesmerising.  

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My favourite time of the day.

Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021

My favourite time of the day. As ever, a lovely read. 

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The years go by too quickly.

Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021

The years go by too quickly. Lovely poem. 

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This is stunning --

Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021

This is stunning -- incredibly moving and tender and yet with a strong, consistent voice driving the words. Brilliantly done and takes guts to write. 

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