Review of Greg Egan’s Teranesia
Hi all, I finished Australian author Greg Egan’s science fiction novel Teranesia a couple of weeks ago and have finally gotten around to this review. Egan is probably Australia’s most critically-acclaimed, living, science fiction author – more so overseas than it would seem in Australia. According to the list on the front of the book, […]
Graham’s best of 2008
Hi all, Well it was a lousy year for film, especially in Australia. I didn’t read many novels and commercial television in Australia kept on refusing to run or cut short some of the better science-fiction series going around. At least I have the sci-fi channel on cable – the limited Australian version anyway. Having […]
Review – Analog Dec 1996
Hi all, I very much enjoyed the originality of the stories in the Dec 1996 issue of Analog. In fact, I think it is the most original set of six stories that I have read in a speculative fiction magazine. A Replant Day Carol, by John Vester started off the collection. It was a strange […]
The Road, a review.
Hi all, I was attracted to The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy, for a few reasons. Those who have followed this blog will realise that I an a fan of apocalyptic fiction and films, so that was the main attraction. Secondly, the Road won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, and I have been concentrating on reading […]
comments
Hi all, I discovered last week that readers of this blog would not take anonymous comments, and a person would have to go to all the trouble of getting a google password if they wanted to say something. The day after I rectified this someone made an anonymous comment. I wonder how many comments I […]
Review – How to Build a Time Machine
Hi all, I finished the non-fiction book How to Build a Time Machine by Paul Davies a few weeks ago, but I have not had time, until now, to write a quick review of it. It is a short book at some 135 pages (excluding the bibliography) and would be even shorter if some of […]
New Scientist – Favourite Science-fiction book/movie
Hi all, New scientist wants people to vote for their favourite science-fiction book and film. I voted for George Turner’s The Sea and Summer for the book – still tossing up what film to vote for.
Print-on-demand arrives in Melbourne.
Hi all, Print-on-demand has finally arrived in Australia. An article in the Age gives details. I would stilll, like most writers, prefer being selected by a reputable publisher than take the self-published print-on-demand route, but for writers who are good at marketing themselves and have a big web or blog following, print-on-demand might be preferable […]
Harlan Ellison wants to be paid
Hi all, Harlan Ellison Rants about being paid.
The Australian book market
Hi all, I’ve just read an article in The AGE (3rd of August) that had some encouraging things to say about the Australian book market. Firstly, sales increased by 7.5% in the past financial year to 1.25 billion. If the lastest installment of Harry Potter is removed then sales rose by 5.2%. Overall 63 million […]