Mike Carey crosses midnight

Joe Gordon’s blog at Forbidden Planet had a link to an interview with Mike Carey on Newsarama. I loved Lucifer and his run on Hellblazer and pretty much lose the plot when each new issue of Crossing Midnight comes out. Its an intriguing story, set in Japan, which covers much of the same ground as Lucifer […]

Universal truths and Vampire Slaying

I’ve just seen this hilarious (and if you reach the end potentially mind-boggling) crossover idea pitch on the Making Light blog. Go on, folks. Its certainly made my afternoon.
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Karen Miller interviewed

Orbit have posted an interview with Karen Miller on YouTube. I’ve got her debut novel, Innocent Mage, and if Orbit’s past record is anything to go by, it’ll be a rip roaring read.
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Indian SF

It has intrigued me for a while that we don’t hear much about non-Anglophone sf. I’ve seen various articles in journals like Foundation but now it appears that a new site, Indian Science Fiction and Fantasy,  has its heart set on correcting this.
It would be good to see authors other than Ashok Banker get published in […]

China Mieville speaks

Just saw this link on the Bat Segundo show for an interview with China Mieville. I’ve got Un Lun Dun on the to be read pile but China always has interesting things to say.
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Jane Johnson on the web

Ariel, creator of Genrefiles and UK SF Book News, has created a mini-site for Jane Johnson (www.janejohnsonbooks.com), publisher and great author. If you haven’t tried her stuff, I highly recommend her books, and I’m looking forward to the new one, Crossed Bones, due in February of next year.
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Space travel and Yuri Gagarin

Today, April 12th, is the anniversary of Vostok 1 launching Yuri Gagarin into orbit.
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