Celebrating The Return Of Unusual Genitals – Welcoming Brain In A Jar

January 28, 2012

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Really pleased to hear about the launch of Brain In A Jar ebooks, a new venture by SF novelist Gary Gibson. The ethos behind the company is much the same as that for Infinity Plus books, to bring out of print writing back into public view. Gary’s dusted off his skills as a graphic designer… [Read more…]

Posted in: e-books

The Situation

January 27, 2012

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Several years ago, at a convention, I went down for an early breakfast with one of the books I’d bought during the weekend. The breakfast was huge, which was just as well because the book completely captivated me. Read it in until the toast was soggy and the tea cold. The book was PS Publishing’s… [Read more…]

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Well Loved

January 27, 2012

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I know I’ve mentioned this before but there was a definitive moment in my life when I made the decision to try writing fiction. A moment, a place, a time. A story. I remember it with absolute clarity. It was 1990-91 and I was living in Shepperton. Sharing a house next to the film studios… [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction, Short stories

Oh, The Horror!

January 24, 2012

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Don’t know if I mentioned this or not, but I’ve got a bee in my bonnet about contemporary horror. The following is an attempt to work out why, and – being a rummage around inside my brain – may well be doomed to being malformed and half-baked. So, apologies in advance. I think it started… [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction

BSFA Awards shortlist

January 23, 2012

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So, the extended voting period has passed and I hope a few more votes snuck in. The result is really interesting shortlists in all the categories.  In the two fiction categories, I’ve read two of the novels and two of the short stories, so I have a bit of reading to do to be in a… [Read more…]

Posted in: Awards

52 songs, 52 stories

January 22, 2012

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Ace short story writer, Iain Rowan, has begun a new blog. Every week in 2012 he’s posting a song and a new story inspired by it. 52 songs, 52 stories. Simple but brilliant. Generally, if you like short stories, you should be checking out Iain’s work anyway. Yes, you should.

Posted in: Music, Short stories

Tom and Holly, Story and Song

January 20, 2012

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Over on her site, Holly Phillips is discussing influences on her writing. She has a few things to say on the subject, but the main focus of her thinking on this occasion is Tom Waits’s amazing ability to draw the strange out of the everyday and overlooked. In other words, he does what the magic realists… [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Music

Straw Poll on the subject of: Browsers

January 18, 2012

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Hi folks – just a quick one on the subject of browsers. I’d really appreciate it if folks could comment in this thread with a note to say which internet browser they’re using. For a while for me it’s been a toss up between Chrome and Firefox, but are people migrating back towards internet explorer.… [Read more…]

Posted in: FrickinTechnology

BSFA Awards

January 18, 2012

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I always enjoy the BSFA awards. They usually can be relied on to reward very good work, and the decisions they come to usually have the feeling of being the nod of approval of a collective, cohesive community. You can often read a book and know that it’s a BSFA award contender. And that’s how… [Read more…]

Posted in: Awards

2012 Goals part 2 – The Creative Side

January 11, 2012

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Okay, do you remember last year when I talked about my balls? Yes? No?  Well, I’m using the new year to kind of stock take and push on from that position. I actually managed to tick a few things off the original list, but here’s what remains. The novel. For various reasons (mainly to do… [Read more…]

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