Tag Archive | "Laika"

Cute Badger meets sad, lonely space-dog……

Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Seeing as I loved Nick Abadzis’ Laika (review) and adored Howard Hardiman’s Badger (review and new review of Badger: Then & Now coming soon), this just had to be mentioned: (“Badger & Friend” by Nick Abadzis. © Nick Abadzis and Howard Hardiman) Seems Nick Abadzis is a big fan of Howard’s work, so he sent [...]

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Nick Abadzis’ Laika, now with added soundtrack

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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Nick Abadzis’ Laika is a stunning, beautiful book, described by me last year as: “It was a one way journey, necessitated through Khrushchev’s desire to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution with another propaganda victory to match that of Sputnik I. Yet Sputnik II’s little dog gave her life for little scientific advancement [...]

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