Arrival of Missives Aliya Whitely Unsung Stories As usual with Unsung this is a gorgeously produced novella and one that has been written with care. I read Whitely’s The Beauty as an ARC a couple of years ago and fell in love with it. Therefore I’ve both looked forward to this second book and put offContinue reading “Arrival of Missives – A Review”
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The Memoirist – A review
The Memoirist Neil Williamson Newcon Press Why are so many powerful people determined to wipe a poignant gig by a faded rock star from the annals of history? What are they so afraid of? Near future SF set when surveillance culture has become ubiquitous via small flying drones that look like bees (hence the cover).Continue reading “The Memoirist – A review”
Guest Post – MD Presley
Photo credits: thinkgeek.com MD Presley is a screenwriter, blogger and occasional fantasy novelist… which basically means he’s a layabout. But feel free to check out all his incoherent ramblings at mdpresley.com, or on the facebook at http://www.facebook.com/solsharvest And grab his first novel The Woven Ring for free Feb 20-24th while you can! Mr Presley andContinue reading “Guest Post – MD Presley”
The view from the cheap seats*
I’m impressed with Neil Gaiman’s powers of recall. The introductions in this book have him remember where he was, what age and who he was with when he first encountered writers or first read their work. I don’t remember how I came across Neil Gaiman’s work but I’m going to say that it was Good Omens,Continue reading “The view from the cheap seats*”
Did JG Ballard predict Donald Trump?
I’ve read a triptych of books in the past week that all throw light on our particular situation. The first was Suffragette: My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst The second was It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis And the third is Kingdom Come by J G Ballard Suffragette was an eye-opener. Of course weContinue reading “Did JG Ballard predict Donald Trump?”
Into the Mist Review
Into the Mist by Lee Murray I picked this up as it was on the Stoker preliminary ballot and I’m not disappointed. Reading like a mix of Congo, Predator and Valley of the Gawnji set in New Zealand, Murray provides a white-knuckle ride from page one. Throw in a hefty mix of Maori mysticism andContinue reading “Into the Mist Review”
Bram Stoker Award Preliminary ballot
Surprised and happy that A Tiding of Magpies is on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker award To celebrate my publisher has put it on Price drop for a few days and you can get it for 99p for a limited period at Amazon
Discoverability Challenge
Last year I attempted the Discoverability Challenge as prompted by fellow Bristol writer Jo Hall I failed. Miserably. I read 15 books by women last year, but most of them weren’t new to me. And as a percent of total books read it was a miserable 16% So this year I’ve decided to repeat the challenge,Continue reading “Discoverability Challenge”
The Demon-Haunted World
I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no-one representing the public interestContinue reading “The Demon-Haunted World”
The year in writing
This year so far I have three short story deadlines and two novel deadlines – Seven Deadly Swords is in revision so the early months of this year will mainly be spent on that. Novel # 3 – tentatively entitled “The Certainty of Dust” (more details in a few months time when I’ve finished theContinue reading “The year in writing”
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