Version 43

16 Comments

1. Steve

   Posted March 27, 2012 at 9:43 PM

   I have just finished reading Version 43. I haven’t enjoyed an SF story so much in years. Loved the different stories all coming together. The sand rats were great! I will definitely read more of your books.

2. Philip Palmer

   Posted March 27, 2012 at 10:23 PM

   Great to hear that Steve…that one was a joy to write. Hope you enjoy some of the other books in the Palmer-verse…

3. Matt

   Posted April 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM

   I am ashamed to admit, that I have never heard of Philip Palmer. Bought Version 43 on a whim at a local store that was going out of business, now I am thoroughly hooked!

4. Philip Palmer

   Posted April 4, 2012 at 6:11 PM

   Glad you’re hooked – though it’s a damn shame about your local store. Hope you enjoy some of the other books in the Debatable Space universe…

5. Justin

   Posted June 13, 2012 at 1:58 PM

   Loved v43! Was totally blown away by the space dragons, awesome stuff. Left me feeling like I did after Neuromancer, Permutation City and Stamping Butterflies ~ completely exhilarated.

   Have since read Red Claw & am about a third into Artemis. Will be reading all of your stuff.

6. Philip Palmer

   Posted June 13, 2012 at 6:15 PM

   Hi Justin – great to hear of your blownawayness. Yeah, Neuromancer, that was a blast – fresh now, amazing way back then. Enjoy the rest of the Palmerverse…

7. Justin

   Posted June 19, 2012 at 3:55 PM

   Just gotta say – ‘from the jaws of defeat I always managed to seize more defeat’* – is one the best lines I have ever heard.

   Will be added to the quote banner on youareshite.com on our next update and will be verbatim. Haha

   Also really dug ‘hypnotised by his own hallucination’ – so sweet and so on the money!

   All the best

   * know that may not be verbatim

8. Joel McConnell

   Posted January 1, 2013 at 4:41 AM

   Loved the book. Been dying to get it for a while now after reading Debatable space. If I remember correctly, this was the original “second book” that was pushed back because of its complexity. Red Claw was the orginal “third book” that you finished while still workign on it. So because of that I read it before Red Claw, which I am reading now. Was definatly a great read, and I am enjoying RC right now. I have Artemis sitting on the shelf waiting for me after this, and will get around to Hell Ship eventually.

9. Philip Palmer

   Posted January 1, 2013 at 5:03 PM

   Hi Joel! Thanks so much for your kind comments. Hope you enjoy Artemis and Hell Ship! I’m currently working on a new series of books – even more complex! – in a different universe entirely from the Debatable Space books. Hope to have news of those soon…

   It’s interesting what you say about the covers. I adore the Red Claw and Version 43 covers but I do like the old-style approach of the Debatable Space cover. An ongoing conversation that…My favourite cover of all my books is Artemis, which feels to me to be ”modern’ but also classic, if that makes any sense.

   Oh and Happy New Year!

10. Heather Marsham

    Posted April 4, 2014 at 5:52 PM

    Hi
    I’ve just finished Version 43 and wow, it was truly amazing and brilliant and totally crazy but only in a really good way! It was the first time I’ve read any of your novels but it won’t be the last.

11. Philip Palmer

    Posted April 6, 2014 at 2:34 PM

    Thanks so much Heather! So glad you enjoyed it and, yes, crazy it is….

12. Oliver Furlong

    Posted February 4, 2020 at 11:36 AM

    I read Version 43 many years ago not long after it came out, since then I have read nearly every book by Philip Palmer. A mindblowing, really exceptional writer that keeps reminding me that maybe I should get into writing sci-fi literature. I hope to bump into you one day Philip. I’d love to know who your influences are. I can’t help wondering if Alfred Bester’s “The Stars my Destination” was a big influence? But who and what else…?

13. Philip Palmer

    Posted February 5, 2020 at 8:14 PM

    Thanks for those kind words Oliver.
    The writers who influenced me most were Theodore Sturgeon and Joseph (Catch 22) Heller. I do love Bester’s work though! Pohl and Kornbluth too – the fast paced satire of Gladiator at Law and The Space Merchants. Burrough’s John Carter of Mars books for their pace and energy and amazing
    invention. And Jim Butcher!

14. Catherine

    Posted May 8, 2021 at 8:30 AM

    Hi Philip

    I’m reading Version 43 again (I’m aiming to read it 43 times over my lifetime if I can manage it) and wondered if you had any plans to make it into an audio book. It means I’ll be able to do other things whilst I listen. Love a bit of multitasking.
    I also adore your scifi books. I’ve carted the copies my son gave me all over the place with the intention of repeat reading whenever the mood takes. Thanks for being the most thrilling and imaginative writer. And now I know you like Catch 22 too, I like you even more. I have read that 22 times….

15. Philip Palmer

    Posted May 14, 2021 at 2:16 PM

    So glad you love Version 43 so much…that idea has always haunted me and it’s a book I’m very proud of.
    Do keep reading and thanks so much for reaching out to me!
    Best wishes
    Philip

16. Philip Palmer

    Posted May 14, 2021 at 5:22 PM

    Thrilled you enjoyed Version 43 so much – it’s a story that haunts me and is one of my favourite books.

    I also love you’ve read Catch 22…