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This is the online home of SF author Philip Palmer, whose novels include Debatable Space, Red Claw, Version 43, Hell Ship and the forthcoming Artemis.-
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- Philip Palmer on Red and Blue – the first six episodes
- Andrew Hallgarth on Red and Blue – the first six episodes
- Philip Palmer on Keeping the Wolf Out: Series 2
- Paulina Birchall on Keeping the Wolf Out: Series 2
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Version 43 Archive
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A-Z of the Palmerverses
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve just been proof-reading ARTEMIS, which is my fifth novel for Orbit Books, and is published later this year. And I had a bit of a ‘wow’ moment. Wow! Four... -
Version 43
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 16 CommentsA Cyborg Cop in the Exodus Universe -
Moodboard for Hell Ship
Posted on July 1, 2011 | 6 CommentsHELL SHIP: PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE US OF A! Regular readers of this blog will know that occasionally I produce ‘moodboards’ of my various novels. Here’s Debatable Space. Here’s Red... -
Financial Times Books of the Year
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsJust heard that Version 43 is featured in the Financial Times Books of the Year round-up, after its glowing review by James Lovegrove. There were 3 SF novels chosen: v43, The... -
Version 43 on io9
Posted on November 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsLovely review here on io9… -
The Crow on the Hill
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsI called in yesterday to my local bookshop, The Bookseller Crow on the Hill. This is just a perfect local book emporium, run by the delightful Jonathan. He told me... -
Extract from Version 43
Posted on October 11, 2010 | No CommentsJust returned from Newcon 5, a small and delightful con in the town of Northampton. It’s run by Ian Whates, writer, publisher, and general amazing bloke. I’m hoping to blog... -
Virtual Launch Party for Version 43
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 6 CommentsToday is the official UK publication date for Version 43, and I’ve gone to considerable trouble and expense to organise the first ever virtual launch party. This means, er, that... -
Version 43 Out Now-ish!
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe official UK publication date for my new novel Version 43 is Thursday 7th October – this Thursday! However I’ve heard rumours that some copies have crept their way into... -
Somers v Palmer: The Final Countown
Posted on October 2, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve been getting some very entertaining emails and phone calls from friends who followed the recent co-marketing venture between myself and that esteemed author Jeff Somers. Some of them detected... -
Duelling Synopses
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsPart 2 in the Palmer/Somers tapes…here are rival synopses of these two noir novels, Version 43 and The Terminal State. Do you know what, I think Jeff IS better looking than... -
The end of Summer…
Posted on September 6, 2010 | No CommentsThis blog has been having a bit of a summer break…but now it’s September, expect much more news and opinions on a variety of things. And I’ll also be featuring... -
The Week Reviewed
Posted on March 6, 2010 | No CommentsA package arrived in the post this week, and inside I found this: Yes, it’s the actual paper version of the cover of Version 43. I’m currently working on some... -
Beware the plastic Cyborg Cop: the cover of Version 43
Posted on February 22, 2010 | 1 CommentI’ve been longing to share this for some time – and here it see. Lauren Panepinto’s cover design for my next book Version 43 (available in all good bookshops from October;... -
Version 43: The Moodboard
Posted on January 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsI love most if not all genres of writing….and before I wrote SF I mainly earned my living from crime. With my third novel Version 43, I took a step...