Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

 Copies of "Belladonna Nights And Other Stories" have reached me, and it's a beautiful-looking item. Aside from the cover, whi...

 (Photo via the Guardian, credited to Xavi Bonilla/LiveMedia/Shutterstock)

  Pictures taken at Thiepval, 2006.

 Last week I completed the first set of revisions on Eversion, and the novel (now around 85,000 words) has now gone back to my editor. If al...

 I was on Radio 4's Today program earlier this morning talking about Dune, both the book and its various adaptations. You can catch me j...

 If you're still after a signed first edition of Inhibitor Phase, keep an eye on Goldsboro Books. Here I am signing copies which will sh...

 It must be about forty years since I last read Dune. At the time it was by far the longest book I'd ever read. I'm about 50 pages i...