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Miscellaneous Archive
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Artemis Speaks!
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsJust before Xmas, I got this from those lovely guys at Recorded Books, who did the audio version of Artemis… Here’s Artemis McIvor, narrating part of the first chapter of... -
Happy New Year!!!!
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsHappy New Year one and all! Can’t believe it’s 4th Jan already. I came out of my fun and alcohol stupor to read this rather delightful blog about Hell Ship.... -
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... -
Space Truckers
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe latest in my occasional series of blogs about SF movies;, good, bad, and all points in between… Space Truckers (1996) is one of the greatest films never made…instead they... -
The Lost Flanagan Story
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsI recently did an interview for the charming blogger Alan Kelly, who runs a really cool site called Horror Reanimated. One of the things Alan asked me about were the... -
Howard Hawks
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsLast night I watched His Girl Friday again, for the nth time. It’s one of my favourite ever films. One of those sharp sassy black and white movies with machine-gun... -
Artemis Arrives
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsOh Frabjous Joy! An author’s copy of Artemis, my latest novel, just appeared at my doorstep, delivered by a wary postman who had heard of the reputation of this... -
Most Haunted City
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been giving some lectures on genre cinema up in York recently, and spent Monday night there – aka Halloween. Amazing. York is a city full of beauty; and also... -
Fantastical TV
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been racing around the country for the last few days so haven’t had time to write about the panel I did at the weekend for the London Screenwriters’ Festival.... -
Murder in Midsomer
Posted on October 23, 2011 | No CommentsThere is one county in England which is notorious for its high murder count and the weirdness of its locals – they get up to all sorts there, including ritual... -
London Screenwriter’s Festival 2011
Posted on October 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsI’ve spent the last week or so watching old movies, as preparation for a part-time teaching job I’m currently doing up in the University of York. High Noon, Rio Bravo,... -
Life, Car Crashes and Everything
Posted on October 9, 2011 | 4 CommentsLife in the Palmer Universe has been highly frenetic over the last month…I’ve been planning to do a lot more blogs but there just ain’t enough hours in the day.... -
SFF Song of the Week: Kim Lakin-Smith
Posted on October 9, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve already written about the Fantasy Con at Brighton…which also featured many book launches, including an amazing-looking book by Kim Lakin-Smith called Cyber Circus. I got to know Kim when... -
Fantasy Con Furore
Posted on October 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis blog takes no sides in the growing furore over the British Fantasy Con Awards – a controversy that threatens to tarnish my enjoyment of that delightful event. If you’ve... -
Fantasy Con 2011
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsLast weekend I attended my first ever Fantasy Con….I felt like an interloper, a science fiction writer sneaking into the land of dragons and men with beards and big swords.... -
B is for Beelzebub
Posted on September 10, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat is it with vampires? That’s the question that prompted me to start exploring the many mythological beasties other than Count Dracula and his kin who might or indeed have... -
Awesome Trailer
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsHere’s a truly awesome book trailer for Brent Weeks’ new book The Black Prism, courtesy of our very own Orbit Books: Now all us other Orbit writers are going... -
Fantasy Con 2011
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve just been looking at the schedule for the forthcoming Fantasy Con in Brighton which I’ll be attending (September 30th – October 2nd). Guest speakers include Christopher Paolini, Gwyneth... -
G is for Golem
Posted on August 22, 2011 | No CommentsI recently asked, What is it with vampires? In other words, why don’t horror and fantasy writers make more use of all the other weird mythological monsters that exist in...