EP 011 Warren Ellis on Writing and Weirdness

Published: Oct. 1, 2015, 1:45 a.m.

b'Warren Ellis is a master storyteller with over twenty years experience producing amazing stories as serials, singles, graphic novels, books and films. He is also a very funny man, in all the best senses of the word.
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\\nWarren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the NYT-bestselling GUN MACHINE and the \\u201cunderground classic\\u201d novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN. The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name.
\\nToday, we talk politics, managing the creative pipeline, quiet technology, glamorless utilities and cunning folk.
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\\nWarren Ellis on the web:
\\nwarrenellis.com, his website,
\\nmorning.computer, his daily writings,
\\nsign up for his mailing list at orbitaloperations.com
\\nfind him on Twitter @warrenellis
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\\nPiggate, Prime Minister Cameron & that Black Mirror episode (NSFW, any of the things on this line)
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\\nJeremy Corbyn, the seven craziest news stories about him,
\\nBison Sexhorn’s (@brainmage) tweet. I misquoted it slightly. The real tweet was:
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\\n“Jeremy Corbyn caught doing DIY, driving nails into the wall like a man hammering Christ himself to the cross.”
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\\n\\u2014 Prof. Bison Sexhorn (@Brainmage) September 15, 2015
\\n“The Littoral Space”, an essay on Bigend-Packerism and being a perpetual freelancer.
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\\nAmber Case, who conceptualized Calm Technology.
\\nEllis’s talk at Future Everything on Calm Technology:
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\\nEssay on cunning folk, particularly Cunning Murrell.
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