Archive for April, 2008

As a Jedi Knight I feel obliged to pass this news on. Hey, doesn’t everyone wish they were a Jedi Knight really? Even the most non-geeky people, that really aren’t that big a fan of science fiction, can’t help but be impressed by Jedis. Star Wars is something that has transcended popular culture for...
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There’s been some debate over the years as to what actually constitutes the lowest form of wit. It seems to be generally accepted that sarcasm holds the title, but being an Englishman at heart (and by birth) I consider sarcasm to be an art form. Poor sarcasm is truly awful but good sarcasm is...
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Click on the Serial Novella link on the left to read the next Episode. Volume 3 is under way now, with Episode 11 freshly posted. Enjoy. .
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A couple of items have surfaced recently that make for interesting reading. Firstly, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the Nebula Award winners for 2007. The winners are a diverse bunch. Winning novel is The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon I read this book on holiday last year and...
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I have some bad news that’s been circulating for a while and it’s not getting any better. Firstly, an explanation. Hundreds of small press and independent authors like myself use Print On Demand (POD) technology to get quality work out to the public without the massive overheads of huge print runs. The cover price,...
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Well, busy as ever, but I don’t want to ignore you lovely people. Here’s a few bits and pieces for you to peruse. Michael Fridman over at a Nadder pointed me in the direction of these two highly entertaining pages. The first is a list of the ten greatest ever typos, according to Oddee....
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Man, these Mondays sure do come around fast. But I’m keeping my promise (just) and publishing a new episode of A ‘Verse Full of Scum every Monday. Remember when I posted the last episode and said how some people had started referring to the story as VFoS? Well, some people are referring to it...
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Or is it? I’m always pleased to see advertising that at least attempts to be honest. The truth is that advertising rarely comes absolutely clean about its subject, but that tends to be the nature of the beast. But when you see something rather more honest than usual, it’s always refreshing. I was in...
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Are you as disappointed as me? I can’t be the only one that’s really losing faith in all my favourite science fiction stories. And it’s not only flying cars. According to television we should not only have a base on the moon by now, but we should have lost it nine years ago. Yeah,...
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I saw this linked over at Neil Gaiman’s blog and thought I’d share it here as well. The Earth’s greatest SF and fantasy magazine (according to the Earth’s greatest SF and fantasy magazine) SFX is running an online poll to find the top fifty science fiction and fantasy authors of all time. They’re giving...
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