Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

 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...

 It's  Star Trek Day  apparently, so by way of minor celebration, here's a nearly completed model of Galileo, from The Original Seri...

 I was delighted to be told that my short story Zima Blue won Japan's Seiun award for best translated story. Although the news link belo...

Sublime. 

Courtesy of Media Death Cult again, I list ten SF books that I found particularly influential in shaping me as a writer. These were all book...