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SF & F Archive
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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... -
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... -
Lifeforce
Posted on November 12, 2011 | 1 CommentAt the recent British Fantasy Convention in Brighton, I was privileged to share a panel on movies with the inimitable Kim Newman, a man who has seen more movies than... -
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.... -
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... -
The Age of America
Posted on August 22, 2011 | No CommentsLast week I suggested we were living in the Age of X – at a time when the X-Men are the dominant heroes of our culture, and X-Men movies are... -
Hell Ship Speaks
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsA huge envelope arrived through my door this week, and inside were Sharrock, Jak and Sai-ias – the three protagonists of my novel Hell Ship. This was the audio... -
Fantastic Fiction: SF Rebranded
Posted on August 8, 2011 | 8 CommentsA little while back I read a fascinating series of articles on SF Signal (Part One here, Part Two here) about the Death of Science Fiction – which, like the... -
SFF Song of the Week: My Top 10
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No CommentsFor some time now I’ve been running a feature on my website called SFF Song of the Week. Like a bar which sells books and also serves chocolate, this has... -
Sai-ias Speaks
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No CommentsThis is the longest of the excerpts provided by Recorded Books from their audio book version of Hell Ship. It’s narrated by Sai-ias, who is the heroine of the story ... -
Jak Speaks
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsYesterday I played a brief excerpt from the audio book of Hell Ship, featuring Sharrock, one of the book’s three narrators. Today, meet Jak. Jak is an alien from a... -
Sharrock Speaks
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsToday is the UK publication date of HELL SHIP. And I thought I’d celebrate by introducing you to Sharrock, one of the three main characters in the story. Sharrock has... -
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...