Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

Christopher Priest has already given a far more eloquent appraisal of this novel than I am capable of - read his review here - but I ...

I published my first story in Interzone in 1990. Now it's 2015. I'm still here, and so is Interzone. Coming up in IZ 257 wi...

Following my review of the January issue of Asimov's SF: http://approachingpavonis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/asimovs-science-fiction-janu...

Feeling the need for some space-based entertainment I caved in and bought the DVD of Ender's Game. I had not seen the film when it was r...

Later this year, a strikingly ambitious hard SF trilogy will reach its conclusion with the publication of the final volume. If I told y...

A couple of weeks ago I spent a day at my old school - Pencoed Comprehensive, near Bridgend - talking to students about creative writing. Pa...

A recent spell of clear skies had me returning to my lapsed interest in astrophotography. I've had the same telescope since about 1997 -...