The Axeman Cometh
Did I do that joke last year? There are a limited number of axe-related puns in the world, honestly. Anyway, it's that time of year (a bit later than the same time last year, if that makes any sense at...
View ArticleArthur's 'Alf Dozen 2015 edition
Or maybe 2014, as that's the year under the microscope. The shortlist has been out a while, the ceremony is Wednesday 6th May, so there's just time for me to vent my minuscule opinions on the subject...
View ArticleA Great Big Pile of Books
The title generator has finally given up the ghost! Metaphor, snark and dubious pun stocks are at an all time low! Dig for victory! Sooo much to cram into this podcast, so very brief nod to Octocon in...
View ArticleStockies 2015
I have taken my saw and hacked off the end of the previous post, and performed other grievous surgery, because I wanted to talk about the British Fantasy Holdstock Award 2015 in more detail. As noted,...
View ArticleThe Time of the Children is Nigh!
I regret to announce that I won’t be doing my annual readthrough of the Clarkes shortlist this year because of a thorny little conflict of interest. It appears that someone did, after all, think of the...
View ArticleHold onto your Holdstocks!
I have actually been sitting on a post for a while – basically my usual Clarkes shortlist writeup, except it now feels super weird to post it, even though it amounts to little more than a “these books...
View ArticleArthur C Clarke Award
So, it appears to be inarguable now that this happened: My very own beautiful Children of Time has won the Clarkes this year. Please do tune in to those stalwarts Barry and Dave at Geek Syndicate,...
View ArticleThe New of the New: upcoming cons and projects
Long pause since I last blogged, which was on the Clarkes shortlist, the suspense of which will be resolved at Foyles in London this 27th July, where I will have the honour of handing out this year’s...
View ArticleHold(stock) the Press!
So: not the planned reading recs post, which has been shoved into the future like a dyspeptic time traveller. Instead, lord alive, The Tiger and the Wolf won the Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy...
View ArticleAnother shot in the pods (plus book news)
Been a while, usual reasons. In this case the endgame of Children of Time 2 (Arachnid Boogaloo) is very mind-consuming, as indeed are some of the things contained therein. So: I’m moved to do a brief...
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