Runface! And yes, the same part of this town that has a scale model of Stonehenge and a scale(ish) model of the Pyramids has a scale model of the Golden Spiral. With golf balls on the top. And a few missing. Anyway! What was I up to this week? Aside from a pretty kick ass People’s Eyebrow …
Top marks to Film 4 for some witty, fun scheduling for this leap day. Tonight, from 6.50pm, is Timeslip Night, where they’ll show four movies about time travel. Unfortunately I don’t know if they’re showing the TV versions or the original cuts. What I do know is there’s som really fun stuff on tonight. Here …
Jen Williams’ first two books, The Copper Promise and The Iron Ghost are two of my favorite novels. Fast, massively creative, very funny and wonderfully nasty they follow an unlikely trio of occasional thieves and part time heroes as they inadvertently change their world, screw up a lot, save people and get drunk.They’re amazing and …
Interview: Jen Williams, the only person the Copper Cat listens to
Runface! And yes, the same part of this town that has a scale model of Stonehenge also has a scale (ish) model of the Pyramids. Milton Keynes! If tapas was architectural choices. Anyway! What was I up to this week? –Superhero Workout just twice this week because I wasn’t feeling masochistic. I did do them both on …
In An Unknown Country, the latest in Fox Spirit‘s Fox Pocket series of anthologies, was released earlier this week. It’s a great book in a great series and if you want examples of how healthy, and viable, flash and short fiction are as markets then buy any volume of this series. My story in this …
Story Notes: Overwatch for Fox Pockets-In An Unknown Country
Ed Cox’s Relic Guild series has a scope matched only by the vast enthusiasm of it’s author. Ed’s invention and energy are impossible to ignore and, earlier this year, I chatted to him about the series so far. There’ll be a follow up once book 3 is out but, for now, here’s me talking to …
Den Patrick’s The Boy with the Porcelain Blade is one of those beautiful fantasy conceits that grab you inside the first few pages. The story of an Orfano, a mutated child courted and reviled in equal proportion by the noble houses of his home, it’s a swashbuckler with a black heart and tricks up both …
Artemis Rising 2 is go! The first stories are up and I’ll run a roundup of them here next week. Know what else is up? This amazing work by Galen Dara was commissioned specially for AR2. We love it and we’re delighted to be able to offer it for sale until March 31st through Society …
Binti was one of the best entries in Tor’s first wave of novellas last year. It’s a remarkable book that takes a lot of the usual conceits around first contact stories and stands them on their head. I talked to Nnedi Okorafor about Binti, her process, the themes of the novella and how her academic …