Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

I intend to blog about my excellent time in Detroit at Immortal Confusion, but in the meantime just a quick note that I'll be doing a fe...

So it's that time of year again - the SF award season is upon us, and writers are scrambling to get their eligible works before th...

  Magic Bone Woman A short story by Alastair Reynolds They put her down in the only open ground in the area. She had...

I started submitting fiction to SF mags - primarily Interzone - in 1986. I often hear of people submitting hundreds of stories to various ma...

Best wishes for the holiday season and coming year - may it bring good health, general pleasantness and lots of excellent reading. Do yo...

At least in the British Isles, it's hard to overstate the influence of Patrick Moore in shaping the popular perception of astronomy. Ove...