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Archive for November, 2009
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How to write
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsSome fabulous insights from Robert Jackson Bennett on how to write. -
Faster than the speed of light
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve just been mulling about science and myth…for more, read here. -
Jaw Dropping Photos
Posted on November 25, 2009 | No CommentsI just got tweeted this link for the most jaw-dropping photos I’ve seen in many a year. -
Callan RIP
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsYou may have seen this already…Edgar Wright’s tremendous tribute to the late, great Edward Woodward. He was wonderful in The Wicker Man, and many other things, but for me he... -
On the Art of Covers
Posted on November 22, 2009 | 8 CommentsI saw some highly entertaining cheesy SF novel covers over at i09….Of course, these things are always a matter of taste. There’s no doubt that this is utterly vile, while... -
On Twitter
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve finally succumbed and joined Twitter. (My username is Phil2Palmer.) Like all evil vices, it’s addictive. I now know what Jack Yan is doing, I’ve heard Robert Grant’s view on... -
On 2012
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsRoland Emmerich has just announced his new movie project – a disaster movie in which THE ENTIRE DAMNED SOLAR SYSTEM falls to pieces, spectacularly, and only a handful of A... -
On Space Art
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsI just had a very nice email from a ‘space artist’ called Brian Smallwood, who has just read and loved Red Claw. Check out these amazing images on his website,... -
Forbidden Planet
Posted on November 12, 2009 | No CommentsI had a delightful morning in Forbidden Planet earlier this week, signing copies of Red Claw. (They’ve sold quite a few, but there are still plenty left!) This shop really... -
On Balance
Posted on November 12, 2009 | No CommentsHere’s a lovely short film, sent to me by one of my screenwriting students, which shows the perils of, er, living on a rectangle in the middle of space. -
A Touch of Evil
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsI love evil; I embrace evil. And, on a daily basis, I earn a living out of evil. However I am not, despite what you might suppose from the sinister photograph... -
Faster than the Speed of Light
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsIn the last blog I wrote, as promised a little while ago, I offered a detailed mathematical explanation of the principles of faster than light space travel, and added an... -
The Meaning of Life
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsI recently discovered the meaning of life. And you think I’m going to tell you? Well okay I will. This is the edited version of course. I have thousands of... -
No Waste of Time
Posted on November 5, 2009 | 2 CommentsI’ve been meaning to write a blog about the A Space of Waste? debate I attended at Greenwich Observatory, as part of the Sci-Fi London event. It was a terrific...