Monthly Archives: December 2007

Here is what I wrote about SF. If it has a familiar ring, my publishers liked it well enough to make it into a postcard for publicity purposes. ‘I love SF for its surrealist verve, its loony non-reality, its piercing … Continue reading →

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. You can go not only into the future, but into that wonderful place called “other”, which is simply another universe, another planet, another … Continue reading →

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. You can go not only into the future, but into that wonderful place called “other”, which is simply another universe, another planet, another … Continue reading →

It is about a month until my book, The Bible’s Most Fascinating People , is due to arrive on store shelves. One of the things that publshers expect of authors is that they do a bit of self-promotion and marketing. … Continue reading →

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. Isaac Asimov, Foundation Send to Kindle

The cover illustration for my book, The Bible’s Most Fascinating People has now appeared on the Barnes & Noble website, catching up with Amazon.com which put it up last week. Amazon.com still has the best price, however. Moreover, Barnes & … Continue reading →

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. Robert A. Heinlein, The Rolling … Continue reading →

The science fiction approach doesn’t mean it’s always about the future; it’s an awareness that this is different. Neal Stephenson Send to Kindle

I watched the last episode of the first season of Torchwood tonight. Now I have to wait until January 26 for the second season to begin. I intend to get the DVD set for the first season; maybe I can … Continue reading →

Our fellow passenger was Major Grogan, who thirty years before had been the first white man to go from the Cape to Cairo. It took him three years, one whole year in the marshes of the Sudd; his two companions … Continue reading →