Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

Over at http://www.unlikelyworlds.blogspot.co.uk/ Paul McAuley has been posting some classic 70s paperback SF images, many of...

There's almost certainly a post to be done on the influence of Joe Haldeman's work on my writing (I've been a huge admirer...

Belatedly, my review of Pippa Goldschmidt's excellent novel The Falling Sky appeared on Arcfinity a few weeks ago: "Pippa Gol...

I've fallen quite badly behind on sending out bookplates over the last few months, but with my wife's help I've had a bit of a c...

The great Iain Banks has died. We had known this day was coming, of course, after Iain announced his terminal illness a couple of months ago...

Here's an updated schedule for the Doctor Who events: Thurday 6th June 6 - 7pm - Forbidden Planet Bristol (Clifton Heights, Tria...

The official publication day for my Doctor Who novel is the 6th of June, but (as tends to happen) I'm hearing reports that copies of the...