It's Friday and another week is down, so best wishes and hearty cheers to all of you, even those that may yet have some work to undertake this weekend - I raise a glass in salutations as you await your moment. It's been a busy few weeks here at Derry and Toms, what with The … Continue reading Entropic State Report 7th October 2022
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The Mad God’s Amulet Book Two
The Mad God's Amulet Book Two Dave (AKA SÖNUS) is back in Derry and Toms to pick up the second and concluding part of our quest for The Mad God's Amulet. Join us as we discover the greatest NWOBHM band to never exist... THE MUTANT WAR JAGUARS OF ASIACOMMUNISTA... and Lord Shark's Ostentatious Couch returns. … Continue reading The Mad God’s Amulet Book Two
Moorcock and RPGs Part V – Stormbringer Redux!
Moorcock & RPGs V - Stormbringer Redux! Ted AKA @tedankhamen joins me in Derry and Toms for the second leaf of our Summer diptych musing on Moorcock, gaming and whatever else enters our eyeline. Some choice cuts in here including miniature bashing, Tolkien (again), a shock Strongbow appreciation story, chaosium-isms... but mostly some good, chewy … Continue reading Moorcock and RPGs Part V – Stormbringer Redux!
Moorcock and RPGs Part Four – Sandboxing the Multiverse
Moorcock and RPGs Part Four - Sandboxing the Multiverse We're back in Derry and Toms to talk gaming again, this time with CLARKY THE CRUEL. Dave gets shocked by the crap number of TV channels we had in the UK as kids, Clarky tells us about his sandboxing adventures beyond the ultraworld, and I get … Continue reading Moorcock and RPGs Part Four – Sandboxing the Multiverse
Entropic State Report 12th August 2022
The world is on fire. When thermometers in Bradford, up in the hills of West Yorkshire, hit 37 degrees celsius something is definitely way off with the world. The UK is in the midst of democracy spasms as around 150,000 mostly oldsters choose their favoured mannequin to take over the reigns of government. One an … Continue reading Entropic State Report 12th August 2022
The Art of Bob Haberfield (1938 – 2021)
The Art of Bob Haberfield After 40 years of obsessing over the Mayflower covers of Bob Haberfield, Dave and I get to wig out and talk to Ben Haberfield about his Dad's life, art and the gestating project to celebrate the breadth of his work in the form of two art books. You can keep … Continue reading The Art of Bob Haberfield (1938 – 2021)
The Winds of Gath – an Old Pier Bookshop Special
The Winds of Gath - an Old Pier Bookshop Special Phil returns to Derry & Toms as we visit Morecambe's (and perhaps the world's) premier second hand book vendor to select a candidate for the first ever Old Pier Bookshop Special. We choose, or rather are chosen by, The Winds of Gath by EC Tubb … Continue reading The Winds of Gath – an Old Pier Bookshop Special
Entropic State Report 30th June 2022
We've returned from a wonderful sojourn to one of our Zen places... Morecambe. Morecambe has that perfect blend of urban decay, old Victorian seaside glamour and a perfect bay. Not to mention great boozers, cake and The Old Pier Bookshop. As usual we picked up far too many books, not only from The Old Pier … Continue reading Entropic State Report 30th June 2022
The Mad God’s Amulet – Book One
The Mad God's Amulet - Book One Dave AKA SÖNUS returns to Derry and Toms to dive into the fast-paced and very metal, yet weirdly just OK-ish first part of The Mad God's Amulet, second in the Hawkmoon sequence The History of the Runestaff. As always, digressions await the unwary traveller as well as ostentatious … Continue reading The Mad God’s Amulet – Book One
Entropic State Report 14th May 2022
After lots of flubbing about with rogue commas, proofreading and test prints, vol II of The Journal of Gerard Arthur Connelly is complete. Pdfs are with patrons and print versions for Patron Demons are in the works with Doxdirect. Massive thanks to Simon Perrins as ever for his support getting this together, Ed Scott for … Continue reading Entropic State Report 14th May 2022
Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast 