Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, has one of the most interesting and original premises I have read. Aliens land at several locations on Earth. They have no interest whatsoever in humanity and use alien barriers to ensure they
If much of the time you are too tired to read or write science fiction, like me, the next best thing is watching it, or some good speculative fiction. Fortunately I have Foxtel and an ipad, because if I had
I was listening to Radio National yesterday, and they mentioned the memoir A Fortunate Life by AB Facey. Those who watch First Tuesday Book Club would have seen A Fortunate Life come in at number three on their Ten Aussie
As per usual, life has interfered in a major way with my writing so far this year. I went on holidays for ten days, I have had problems with my broadband, I have had problems with Divine, and a medicine
The genesis of this post comes from a typo and suspected typo. I will start with the suspected typo. Last week I read a press release announcing the BBC was remaking Blake’s Seven. The press release says: “Joe Pokaski and
The New Yorker Rejects a Story it had Already Published. I recently read a very funny article where writer David Cameron “grabbed a New Yorker story off the web, copied it into a Word document, changed only the title, created
I just read an article where an American politician, Ray Canterbury, wants to make reading science fiction mandatory in schools. My first response was how the hell did he ever get elected as a republican: aren’t they all creationialists
Why do runners always look like they are suffering so much pain? According to Chris Pavey’s book, Running Against Time, it is probably because they are injured, full of self-doubt, or in desperate need of a toilet break. Why do
Marathon Stories. Three Encounters with the Physical by Graeme Simsion came second in the recent Age Short Story Awards. The story is about a disastrous attempt at a first marathon and had a bit more resonance with me because
Hi all, After a number of posts not about me, I thought it was time to shout out to the world about what I have been up to with my writing. New Article on Divine I have a new
Creative Writing: Learning from the Masters (Part Two) If you missed my last post, I have been reading an ibook called Creative Writing: Learning from the Masters. The masters are John Irving, Carol Joyce Oates, Ernest J Gaines, Amy Tan,
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