Just saw Red State, and for me the ways in which it’s the antithesis of Prometheus are legion. Just for starters: I knew nothing about it, I had no expectations or anticipation going in, and I’m not a fan of its director. Prometheus is stuffed full of top drawer acting talent and big names. Red [...]
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• Early Sighting
A little something from the Gollancz art department…..
A little something from the Gollancz art department…..
• Visitation Rites
He felt the change as soon as he stepped over the threshold of the croft. It came on like icy water, sprinkling across the nape of his neck and his shoulders. He tilted his head a little to send the feeling away, traced a warding glyph in the air, like taking down a volume from [...]
He felt the change as soon as he stepped over the threshold of the croft. It came on like icy water, sprinkling across the nape of his neck and his shoulders. He tilted his head a little to send the feeling away, traced a warding glyph in the air, like taking down a volume from [...]
• Oh dear oh dear oh fucking dear
A couple of months ago, in comments, I mentioned that while I was really looking forward to the upcoming Prometheus, I had some reservations: “Yeah, I’m stoked too – killer cast, killer director and production crew. Could be something really special indeed. But…… I confess to a couple of niggling worries: First, is it just [...]
A couple of months ago, in comments, I mentioned that while I was really looking forward to the upcoming Prometheus, I had some reservations: “Yeah, I’m stoked too – killer cast, killer director and production crew. Could be something really special indeed. But…… I confess to a couple of niggling worries: First, is it just [...]
• Quest Fellow Blues
He’d paid the whores for the whole afternoon, but in the end couldn’t summon much enthusiasm for a third go round. Usually, two women at once solved that kind of problem for him, but not today. Maybe it was the smell of damp wool that still clung to their bodies even after they’d peeled naked [...]
He’d paid the whores for the whole afternoon, but in the end couldn’t summon much enthusiasm for a third go round. Usually, two women at once solved that kind of problem for him, but not today. Maybe it was the smell of damp wool that still clung to their bodies even after they’d peeled naked [...]
• Just Fine and Dandy
Just spent a couple of days climbing here – my first outing on real rock for about four months, my first bout of serious climbing indoors or out for at least three. At my age you pay a price for that – I am sunburnt, tender at the fingertips and toes, a mass of tightly [...]
Just spent a couple of days climbing here – my first outing on real rock for about four months, my first bout of serious climbing indoors or out for at least three. At my age you pay a price for that – I am sunburnt, tender at the fingertips and toes, a mass of tightly [...]
• Cover Blown!
I know, I know. It’s been a bit quiet around here lately. The quiet rasp of e-crickets, the odd tumbleweed blowing across this section of the information superhighway. No word for over two months. Almost as if I’ve gone, as if I’m…….not there. And to some extent that’s true. I’m not there, I’m here: Which, [...]
I know, I know. It’s been a bit quiet around here lately. The quiet rasp of e-crickets, the odd tumbleweed blowing across this section of the information superhighway. No word for over two months. Almost as if I’ve gone, as if I’m…….not there. And to some extent that’s true. I’m not there, I’m here: Which, [...]
• Blush Response
Okay – the dust has settled a little now, I guess, and as it does, I’m delighted to announce that The Cold Commands made both Kirkus Reviews’ top SFF novels of 2011 and Amazon’s Best Gay and Lesbian Books of the year. Needless to say, I’m deeply honoured by this latter accolade, and over the moon about Kirkus, [...]
Okay – the dust has settled a little now, I guess, and as it does, I’m delighted to announce that The Cold Commands made both Kirkus Reviews’ top SFF novels of 2011 and Amazon’s Best Gay and Lesbian Books of the year. Needless to say, I’m deeply honoured by this latter accolade, and over the moon about Kirkus, [...]
• Ringil at the Movies
So I thought this was pretty cool. Courtesy of the good people at Gollancz, text by yours truly. Enjoy.
So I thought this was pretty cool. Courtesy of the good people at Gollancz, text by yours truly. Enjoy.
• No Sleep ’til Forbidden Planet
So it’s official – the 2011 Cold Commands UK tour kicks off the day after publication, with the first gig in my adoptive hometown, here: 14th October 5.30pm – Talk and signing Waterstones 152 – 157 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow swinging over to Edinburgh on Saturday: 15th October 12.30pm – Signing Waterstones (West End) 128 Princes [...]
So it’s official – the 2011 Cold Commands UK tour kicks off the day after publication, with the first gig in my adoptive hometown, here: 14th October 5.30pm – Talk and signing Waterstones 152 – 157 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow swinging over to Edinburgh on Saturday: 15th October 12.30pm – Signing Waterstones (West End) 128 Princes [...]