Philip Clive Minty
@philipcliveminty.com
* I write books and cleave to the minority opinion that they’re great.
* I read and review 19th & 20th century fiction.
* Sometimes I spout gibberish.
Say hello at https://philipcliveminty.com/
* I read and review 19th & 20th century fiction.
* Sometimes I spout gibberish.
Say hello at https://philipcliveminty.com/
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Big news. Book deal! My debut novel, INFINITE NIGHT EYES, will be published by Black Spring Press (UK) and available via Simon & Schuster (USA, Canada). Coming to a bookstore near you in autumn 2026 💥
#infinitenighteyes #bookdeal #publishersmarketplace #literaryscifi
#infinitenighteyes #bookdeal #publishersmarketplace #literaryscifi
August 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Big news. Book deal! My debut novel, INFINITE NIGHT EYES, will be published by Black Spring Press (UK) and available via Simon & Schuster (USA, Canada). Coming to a bookstore near you in autumn 2026 💥
#infinitenighteyes #bookdeal #publishersmarketplace #literaryscifi
#infinitenighteyes #bookdeal #publishersmarketplace #literaryscifi
1 of 2. Can someone explain this to me?
Friendly DM received from an author who wanted to chat. Asks about my work, suggests we swap book links to Amazon. He has a gazillion reviews on Amazon, I have one (!)...
#writingcommunity #writesky
Friendly DM received from an author who wanted to chat. Asks about my work, suggests we swap book links to Amazon. He has a gazillion reviews on Amazon, I have one (!)...
#writingcommunity #writesky
August 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
1 of 2. Can someone explain this to me?
Friendly DM received from an author who wanted to chat. Asks about my work, suggests we swap book links to Amazon. He has a gazillion reviews on Amazon, I have one (!)...
#writingcommunity #writesky
Friendly DM received from an author who wanted to chat. Asks about my work, suggests we swap book links to Amazon. He has a gazillion reviews on Amazon, I have one (!)...
#writingcommunity #writesky
This is such an important piece. What's happening to film criticism - and so quickly - is deeply saddening.
August 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is such an important piece. What's happening to film criticism - and so quickly - is deeply saddening.
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Walking through Dublin City Centre at night is strangely uncomfortable for me considering I'm in the city centre every day for work. When you don't drink, alcohol culture comes across a ugly and intimidating. Tried helping a drunk guy who fell three times (at 7pm) but he just told me to F Off.
August 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Walking through Dublin City Centre at night is strangely uncomfortable for me considering I'm in the city centre every day for work. When you don't drink, alcohol culture comes across a ugly and intimidating. Tried helping a drunk guy who fell three times (at 7pm) but he just told me to F Off.
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post one if the most haunting shots in movie history from a film before 2000
August 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
post one if the most haunting shots in movie history from a film before 2000
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😡 Yet again, undervaluing critics and criticism. So stupid imho. Criticism is fun to read for anyone! Biz stories about Hollywood not so much!
Area Critic (Me) Needs New Job.
Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!
Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!
Vanity Fair Will Refocus on Hollywood and Cut Back Some Coverage Areas, Says New Editorial Director
Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.
variety.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
😡 Yet again, undervaluing critics and criticism. So stupid imho. Criticism is fun to read for anyone! Biz stories about Hollywood not so much!
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When national newspapers exist solely to recycle the wildest claims of tech industry PR, what does the free press still represent?
When a single person anywhere in the world can generate a film from a prompt, what does Hollywood still represent?
www.latimes.com/entertainme...
www.latimes.com/entertainme...
If anyone can make a movie now, what does Hollywood still stand for?
From AI-native studios to interactive platforms, a new generation of storytellers is challenging Hollywood’s role as the center of the entertainment universe.
www.latimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When national newspapers exist solely to recycle the wildest claims of tech industry PR, what does the free press still represent?
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I love Animal Farm, but it makes me cry as I relate to Boxer. I agree with this article's sentiment that it "is an eternal warning against political leaders who hijack potentially noble movements for their own selfish purposes." #booksky
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get published
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I love Animal Farm, but it makes me cry as I relate to Boxer. I agree with this article's sentiment that it "is an eternal warning against political leaders who hijack potentially noble movements for their own selfish purposes." #booksky
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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This morning, I'm writing Lecture 10 for my series on the Inklings from The Great Courses. The topic? Charles Williams. Come on, Higgins: You should be able to write this one in your sleep, with one hand tied behind your back, backwards, & in high heels. #Inklings #CharlesWilliams #TheOddestInkling
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This morning, I'm writing Lecture 10 for my series on the Inklings from The Great Courses. The topic? Charles Williams. Come on, Higgins: You should be able to write this one in your sleep, with one hand tied behind your back, backwards, & in high heels. #Inklings #CharlesWilliams #TheOddestInkling
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Brings back fond memories of days of reading in the garden so many years ago 7/10 #RichmalCrompton #JustWilliam
June 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Brings back fond memories of days of reading in the garden so many years ago 7/10 #RichmalCrompton #JustWilliam
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COME, SEE THIS TALE OF WOE AND ETERNAL TORMENT THAT HAPPENS TO FEATURE SOME DAFT SIGNS
August 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
COME, SEE THIS TALE OF WOE AND ETERNAL TORMENT THAT HAPPENS TO FEATURE SOME DAFT SIGNS
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Thanks to everyone waiting for my new novel, for being interested and patient. I hope the wait is worth it. THE DEAD HOUR, the sequel to THE DEAD TALK, will be published in August 2025 by @jms-books.com. Stay tuned! #WritingCommunity #writerslift #lgbt #bookboost #bluesky #Booksky
The Dead Talk
The Dead Talk - Kindle edition by Bruso, Thomas Grant. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks to everyone waiting for my new novel, for being interested and patient. I hope the wait is worth it. THE DEAD HOUR, the sequel to THE DEAD TALK, will be published in August 2025 by @jms-books.com. Stay tuned! #WritingCommunity #writerslift #lgbt #bookboost #bluesky #Booksky
Soar 3/3
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This bit begins:
or better still
colour me adorable,
nerdy cool,
(beyond the pale,
reproductively speaking),
and so on and so forth,
whatever proves you right,
#poetry #writing #poem #writingcommunity
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This bit begins:
or better still
colour me adorable,
nerdy cool,
(beyond the pale,
reproductively speaking),
and so on and so forth,
whatever proves you right,
#poetry #writing #poem #writingcommunity
August 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Soar 3/3
See images or philipcliveminty.com/i-wroted-a-p...
This bit begins:
or better still
colour me adorable,
nerdy cool,
(beyond the pale,
reproductively speaking),
and so on and so forth,
whatever proves you right,
#poetry #writing #poem #writingcommunity
See images or philipcliveminty.com/i-wroted-a-p...
This bit begins:
or better still
colour me adorable,
nerdy cool,
(beyond the pale,
reproductively speaking),
and so on and so forth,
whatever proves you right,
#poetry #writing #poem #writingcommunity
Soar 2/3
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#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
Soar 2/3
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#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
August 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Soar 2/3
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#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
Soar 2/3
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#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
Soar 1/3
I had a bash at a poem.
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It begins:
i am interested in plane wings
which makes me boring,
because interesting things are
where you went on holiday
with other people who went on holiday
#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
I had a bash at a poem.
(see images or visit philipcliveminty.com/i-wroted-a-p...)
It begins:
i am interested in plane wings
which makes me boring,
because interesting things are
where you went on holiday
with other people who went on holiday
#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
August 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Soar 1/3
I had a bash at a poem.
(see images or visit philipcliveminty.com/i-wroted-a-p...)
It begins:
i am interested in plane wings
which makes me boring,
because interesting things are
where you went on holiday
with other people who went on holiday
#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
I had a bash at a poem.
(see images or visit philipcliveminty.com/i-wroted-a-p...)
It begins:
i am interested in plane wings
which makes me boring,
because interesting things are
where you went on holiday
with other people who went on holiday
#poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity
Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Madly romantic, magnificently overdone, and more themes than a lisping dressmaker (I'm copyrighting that gag).
Check it out:
philipcliveminty.com/book-review-...
#Literaturesky (is it literature??)
#Booksky
Check it out:
philipcliveminty.com/book-review-...
#Literaturesky (is it literature??)
#Booksky
August 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Madly romantic, magnificently overdone, and more themes than a lisping dressmaker (I'm copyrighting that gag).
Check it out:
philipcliveminty.com/book-review-...
#Literaturesky (is it literature??)
#Booksky
Check it out:
philipcliveminty.com/book-review-...
#Literaturesky (is it literature??)
#Booksky
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My little book is out in the wild. May appeal to those who like a little #archaeology, #history & #folklore in their fantasy 🍄✨
UK: amzn.eu/d/acwFL0c
USA: a.co/d/csn96Jk
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #fantasybooks #childrensbooks
UK: amzn.eu/d/acwFL0c
USA: a.co/d/csn96Jk
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #fantasybooks #childrensbooks
August 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My little book is out in the wild. May appeal to those who like a little #archaeology, #history & #folklore in their fantasy 🍄✨
UK: amzn.eu/d/acwFL0c
USA: a.co/d/csn96Jk
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #fantasybooks #childrensbooks
UK: amzn.eu/d/acwFL0c
USA: a.co/d/csn96Jk
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #fantasybooks #childrensbooks
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Hotel Melikov, the sequel to Citizen Orlov, will be out 11/18. Join me on pub day at @mysteriousbookshop.com in NYC with Greg Wands or on 11/20 at Elaine's in Old Town Alexandria with Jeffrey James Higgins.
August 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hotel Melikov, the sequel to Citizen Orlov, will be out 11/18. Join me on pub day at @mysteriousbookshop.com in NYC with Greg Wands or on 11/20 at Elaine's in Old Town Alexandria with Jeffrey James Higgins.
2 of 2. Dickens continues: "Behind dingy blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulking more or less under false names, false hair, false titles, false jewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands lie in their first sleep."
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
August 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
2 of 2. Dickens continues: "Behind dingy blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulking more or less under false names, false hair, false titles, false jewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands lie in their first sleep."
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
1 of 2: Chapter 26 from Bleak House. What a great way to start the chapter and set the scene. 'Sallow face' conjures the sulphurous atmosphere of industrial London.
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
August 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
1 of 2: Chapter 26 from Bleak House. What a great way to start the chapter and set the scene. 'Sallow face' conjures the sulphurous atmosphere of industrial London.
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
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August 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dickens makes me laugh. In Bleak House, milquetoast Mr. Snagsby is under the formidable thumb of Mrs Snagsby. In the two words, 'unchallengeable reality', the author tells us so much about the poor man's life.
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
July 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dickens makes me laugh. In Bleak House, milquetoast Mr. Snagsby is under the formidable thumb of Mrs Snagsby. In the two words, 'unchallengeable reality', the author tells us so much about the poor man's life.
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens
#BleakHouse
#CharlesDickens