In this week of the UK general election, several science fiction writers have declared their voting intentions for their prefered political party. English SF writer Neal Asher recently said “I judge books, not a writer’s politics. There’s a lot of books out there by some real hard [...more]
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Is That The Twelve Inch Mix?
Is That The Twelve Inch Mix? is a forthcoming book about the history of remix culture from author Rob Grillo (Anoraknophobia). With an exclusive introduction by Martyn Ware (Heaven 17), the book narrates the history of the twelve inch mix and of the remix evolution in the early and mid-80s. The book [...more]
December 16th, 2009 - 8:21 pm § in books
My Top 10 Favourite Books of the Year
I’ve read around 30 novels this year, mostly science fiction and fantasy but also some crime novels and a few popular science books too. Here are my 10 favourite books that I’ve read this year. The majority were released this year, although a few are older and one isn’t actually ou [...more]
September 1st, 2009 - 3:54 pm § in books
Edinburgh SF Book Group
If you’re in Edinburgh and into science-fiction, fantasy, graphic novels or speculative fiction you might be interested in the Edinburgh SF Book Group. We take it in turns to pick a book for the group to read each month then meet up in Henderson’s to chat about it. [...more]
February 8th, 2009 - 10:00 pm § in books
Book Club Book : Survivors
This month’s Edinburgh SF Book Club book is “Survivors” by Terry Nation. I’m not sure whether he wrote this before the 1970′s TV series or whether it’s just a novelisation; either way, I’m looking forward to reading this as his Blake’s 7 is quite proba [...more]
January 30th, 2009 - 12:01 am § in books
The Final Bookcase
Sci-fi writer Neal Asher has featured my bookcases on his blog – fantastic! [...more]
January 26th, 2009 - 11:51 pm § in books
My Bookcases
Neal Asher has a bookcase thread so I thought I’d add mine to the kipple:Hallway Bookcase #1 Top shelves for crime and horror, then general literature (OK, that’s the high-brow stuff), then some sci-fi: Hallway Bookcase #2 Top shelves for humour (and some horror overspill), then more sci [...more]
January 1st, 2009 - 11:00 am § in books
Books I read in 2008
These are the books I read in 2008 – my favourites were: “The Terror” by Dan Simmons “Last Argument of Kings” by Joe Abercrombie “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” by Michael Chabon “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets” by David Simon R [...more]
August 17th, 2008 - 10:49 pm § in books
Reading: Halting State by Charles Stross
I’ve been a bit slow getting through this latest Stross paperback, although I’m mostly enjoying it. It’s almost like a new Laundry novel, but without the mathemagics. [...more]
January 1st, 2007 - 11:15 pm § in books
Books I read in 2006
Reposting my 2006 reading list (moved from my MySpace page). My favourites are in bold: “Feet of Clay” by Terry Pratchett “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 1” by Alan Moore “The Apple” by Michel Faber “Galactic North” by Alastair Reynolds “P [...more]
