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The Bloody Red Baron
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsNB: QUITE SOME TIME AGO I WROTE THIS BLOG ABOUT THE WONDERFUL NOVEL BY KIM NEWMAN, THE BLOODY RED BARON, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS OUT OF PRINT. IT’S NOW... -
Resurrection Engines
Posted on May 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsI absolutely love this cover! It’s an anthology of steampunk stories edited by Scott Harrison, and I’m delighted to be part of it. For an account of the book and... -
Steampunk Anthology
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsTo my delight, I’ve been asked to contribute to an anthology of steampunk stories ‘inspired by’ classics of literature. My choice is Wilkie Collins – who is up there with... -
Why Write?
Posted on November 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsI’ve just been reading this engaging blog by John Scalzi on why he writes, and how much he loves writing. THIS GUY LOVES WRITING!!???!!!!! Unbelievable. Most writers hate writing. That’s... -
The Near Future
Posted on July 5, 2011 | 1 CommentCharlie Stross has a new book out and he’s written a fascinating piece about its themes over at the Orbit site, including the technology of near-future policing, which you... -
Opening Lines
Posted on June 27, 2011 | 4 CommentsI’ve been mulling about opening lines . Don’t know why. Another reason to avoid writing all the stuff that comes AFTER the opening line. Isn’t this just the greatest opening... -
Anno Dracula
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsThere I was, perambulating along a Tube platform, when I saw a most amazing poster for the novel Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. Only a very few SFF writers gets... -
What’s it all about, guys?
Posted on February 2, 2011 | 3 CommentsI spent some time last night looking at Mark Charan Newton’s excellent blog, and was intrigued at what he had to say about the recent Guardian Book Blog debate about... -
The Inanity of the Erudite
Posted on December 20, 2010 | 20 CommentsTHE INANTITY OF THE ERUDITE: That’s just my long-winded way of saying clever people can sometimes be very VERY dumb. This thought is prompted by a piece I just read in Guardian... -
Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic
Posted on December 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsI’m a great lover of comic books and graphic novels – my particular favourites are Spider-Man and the X-Men – though these days I never seem to find time to... -
A Book-Lover’s Easy Virtue
Posted on November 24, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve been mulling about genre, here. -
Let’s Glorify Violence
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsI recently went to see Michael Winterbottom’s new movie The Killer Inside Me, which has been the subject of much controversy because of its graphic scenes of violence towards women. ... -
I’m Still Here!
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsApologies for the lack of blogging recently – too many deadlines! I’ll start posting regularly again soon, and I’ve got an amazing batch of SFF Songs of the Week to... -
Five Best Space Operas
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsSF Signal have just done a Mind Meld on the fascinating subject of Space Opera…with contributions from Paul McCauley, Mike Cobley, Allen Steele, Peter F. Hamilton, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, authors... -
Who’d Want to be More than Human?
Posted on March 29, 2010 | 9 CommentsIf you could have a superpower, which superpower would it be? Oh please! Don’t pretend you’ve never thought about this. It’s the first daydream of every card-carrying SFF fan. The... -
How to Write Action SF
Posted on March 22, 2010 | 6 CommentsWhat’s the best way to kill an alien? Do you zap it with energy beams, blast it with bullets, burn it with a flame-thrower, drop an anti-matter bomb on it,... -
Is Urban Fantasy Really ALL About Sex?
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 23 CommentsI remember the moment when the truth dawned on me…I was just a nipper and I was watching a Hammer House of Horror movie featuring Christopher Lee as Dracula –... -
Sensual SF
Posted on January 5, 2010 | No CommentsI think SF should be sensual…if you want to know why, have a peek here. -
The Man Who Wrote the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Posted on October 19, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve just finished Stieg Larsson’s marvellous crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It’s the third book in a trilogy, but with typical incompetence, I bought the second book... -
1984: SF Masterpiece?
Posted on August 31, 2009 | 7 CommentsIt was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. This is the opening line of a book I consider to be one of the greatest...