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Monthly Archives: January 2007
The New World Order according to Ben Jeapes
Growing up, when did you first get interested in SF/Fantasy?I used to think it was an over-abundance of Trek, Dr Who and Thunderbirds, and that’s what I told everyone. Then eBay came along and I bought some old Countdowns out … Continue reading
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Borrowing Time
Garry Kilworth really ought to be better known rather than being the open secret in fandom. Why? I suggest you read Attica. It is very good and wonderfully old fashioned. Jordy, Alex and Chloe are ever so slightly bored in … Continue reading
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Talking Heads – David Marusek interviewed
Growing up, when did you first get interested in SF/Fantasy? Â I wasn’t really aware of the genre until already an adult (which is probably the reverse order for most people). As a child I avidly read stories about knights, … Continue reading
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Scrooga Booga -Elizabeth Hand’s Chip Crockett’s Christmas carol
Christmas is one of those times of the year – you either love it or hate it. There is no middle ground. The season of good will provides a wonderful lens through which to look at the human isde of … Continue reading
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Swinging the Light Fantastic – M. John Harrison interviewed
M John Harrison is one of those writers whose novels excite as well as confuse the living daylights from me. (I am after all a bear with a small brain.) However, I’ve been eagerly awaiting Nova Swing since its announcement … Continue reading
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Fact and Fiction – Stephen Lawhead interviewed
When did you first get interested in young adult SF/Fantasy? Was it a conscious decision to write Hood for a younger audience than your previous books? Publishing Hood as a YA novel was a decision that was made by my … Continue reading
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Tackling Old Myths – Robin Hood by Stephen Lawhead reviewed
Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen? Well no. This Robin Hood is taken back to Norman times with the invasion of England and Wales. Stephen Lawhead has an interesting take on the myth and really lifts it above … Continue reading
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Dealing with the Devil – Lilith Saintcrow interviewed
Orbit has just started publishing the Dante Valentine series of novels. If you’re looking for a series of fast-paced books centred the eponymous central character with som efun trips on various horror tropes, then check these books out. I got … Continue reading
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London and Hell – Similar places? – Mike Carey interviewed
Mike Carey’s Felix Castor novels are wonderful and go far beyond my initial expectations of the character since he seemed to me to be like John Constantine (he was still writing Hellblazer at the time). He’s carved out a great … Continue reading
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Ramsey Campbell interviewed
What is it that you thinks makes a good horror story? You’ve worked within many facets of the genre over the years. A sense of dread, a sense of structure, an imaginative engagement with the material. Essentially a body of … Continue reading
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