I am Providence is a terrific novel. It’s a murder mystery set at a Lovecraft convention. This might sound cringeworthy at first, the sort of book open to all sorts of shitty stereotypes, but works beautifully because...
Read MoreLife is so hectic at the moment that I’m barely able to get a blog post out a month. I’d like to blame the kids, but really I’ve spent most of my time playing and discussing and giggling over the worst cricket...
Read MoreDue to the effort of Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee I’m aware of these proposed changes to the Hugo Award rules — Agenda Section 4 – New Business WSFS members may submit new business for consideration by the...
Read MoreSo it’s been nearly two months since I last blogged. Well, maybe more like six weeks. In that time Sophie Zara Mond has reached the eight week mark and I’ve been going to bed increasingly earlier. (There are times...
Read MoreI’m not good with the whole link salad thing. But as I said in this post, I’m going to spend this year and next linking to the best articles and rants and reviews I come across. I’m calling it fan-writing,...
Read MoreAs I understand it the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) will be debating this year whether Best Graphic Story should survive as a category or be taken out and shot. There’s actually a number of good reasons why...
Read MoreUnless you’ve been away from the Internet for the last week, you’ll know that Christopher Priest went ballistic on this years Clarke Awards short list. What you might have missed is that a week or so before the...
Read MoreOn Saturday the Final Ballot for the 2011 Stoker Awards was announced. Apart from Nick Mamatas, there’s been fuck all commentary of the nominees in blog-land*. (The Nebula list has been out for less than 24 hours and...
Read MoreNick Mamatas’ is spot on when he categorises the whole “Why Won’t Literary Fiction love us” debate as an infantile disorder. He specifically refers to this “letter” from Daniel Abraham, which...
Read MoreThere aren’t that many blogs or LJs out there that I crave to read or get excited about when there’s another update. But one I do genuinely enjoy – and not just because of the brilliant title – is...
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