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Meet the new hate, same as the old hate, and you will get fooled again
Well, someone called 'requires hate' has been quoting me out of context, saying terrible things about me, calling for me to be beheaded (the later on twitter, some time ago), etc, etc. Indeed, most of...
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Perspective
I get freaked-out too easily, but thanks to all those who supported me during the freak-out. Apologies to those who've had to put up with emails full of deranged paranoia (hey, I was channelling...
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Some News
Fellow James White Award shortlister, Sarah Stanton is up at Clarkesworld Magazine. Yes, Clarkesworld. Me, I'm still operating with a blown mind, but this week an anthology came out that I've got a...
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Went to Edge-Lit
So, I went to Edge-Lit in Derby, as it was just up the road from me. Pretty glad I did, because it was just the tonic I needed. Edge-Lit is a small, one-day literary con held in the 'Quad' cinema near...
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Two New Things with Me in
Two things landed on my doormat this week. Interzone 241, and the Dead Robot's Society's"Explorers: Beyond the Horizon" anthology. I'm in both of them. I've not had time to read either of them yet, but...
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Fame and Fortune bought to you by the Letter I
So, I really should give something back to the writerly community. I've great respect for those people who post their rejection history so other writers can learn from their experiences. I should...
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A Kickstarter for your Consideration
Okay, you're probably pretty Kickstartered and Peerbackered out. There's something about backing people's projects that's got the same covetous hit of shopping, but combined with the feeling that...
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On Checking Oneself for Hate
These days I've been thinking a lot about hate. In truth, I've come to realise that I've lived my life in retreat from hate:the comment on my profile that "I don't go out much, it's scary out there"...
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At Edinburgh Festival Again
So, I am in Edinburgh again. Most of the first two days have been lost to sequential issues like the plane I was supposed to fly up on being three hours late, and one of my only two shirts being...
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Edfest 2012, more
Some more things that I've seen so far at the Edinburgh fringe: Spaghetti Junction: This one was a bit silly in places, but still it was an enjoyable performance. It followed the life of a young woman...
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Edfest 2012, even more
So, more things I have seen. Overall the standard of these shows was really very good, I've certainly been enjoying them. Indeed, most everything below is recommended. Sam Simmons - About the Weather:...
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Last bits of my Edinburgh Fringe 2012
So, back from the Fringe. Here's the last few things I saw. Andrew ONeil is Easily Distracted: Last chance for the fringe to really make me laugh. Didn't work. ONeil has some good material, he's got...
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On Relevance
So, the 'new regime' is proving a little difficult. The 'new regime' is... well, it's a bit embarrassing to put into words, suffice to say that when I saw the acapella group "Lady Sings it Better"...
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Stephen King's On Writing
I downloaded a copy of Stephen King's "On Writing" before going off to Edinburgh. I can't remember now what triggered this decision, as I've only ever read one book by King before (The Dead Zone, which...
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Daily Science Fiction: Year One
This weekend the 70th Worldcon will be taking place in Chicago, USA (it's also known as 'Chicon 7'). I might go, but there's a planet wedged between me and it, so I can't (and getting into the USA...
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Book Launch in Birmingham - Clovenhoof
At Alt.Fiction many people unwisely strayed into the orbit of the "Rocket Science" massive (all four of us) at which point Ian immediately sold them a copy (Ian could sell CO2 to Venusians). One of...
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JWA Shortlister Tori Truslow out in New Anthologies
Fellow James White Award shortlister Tori Truslow has stories out in two new anthologies. "Breaking the Bow" Stories Inspired by the Ramyana which also features a story by Swapna Kishore, who I used...
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The Essentialist Theory of Evil
So, I've previously mentioned "The Essentialist Theory of Evil" and maybe I've not been too clear about what this is and what it's consequences are. A recent google search discovered that once again...
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Congratulations
I still don't do this often enough. First, congratulations to Ken Liu on winning another award (a Hugo) for The Paper Menagerie. I do think it's time you let someone else have a go now though, Ken....
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Why dontya do something? A proposal
So, this post is a response to posts by Paul Kinkaid, Ian Sales, and Elizabeth Bear about the state of Science Fiction right now. As this is being written by the New Colum, who buys the tone argument...
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