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SFF Song of the Week: Peter F. Hamilton
Posted on July 31, 2011 | No CommentsThis week’s blogjay is Peter F. Hamilton, who in my view is one of the greatest writers of space opera around – master of widescreen storytelling but able to create... -
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 –... -
3 Books
Posted on April 29, 2009 | 1 CommentI’ve just written a short piece on 3 of my favourite books on my Recently Read shelf, for the Cologne-based blog Mimesis Virtualis (cool name!) run by the indefatigable Frank... -
On Writing Science Fiction
Posted on May 20, 2007 | No CommentsCrime has been good to me over the years. One of my first and best jobs in television was as a script editor on the cult BBC series The Paradise...