On a world colonised by humans, Todd has been raised in a town inhabited solely by men. In Prentisstown, everyone is cursed with a kind of a telepathy called Noise. This renders their thoughts and
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Adventures in Dystopia: the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment on Orford Ness
So, this weekend I did something a little different. I’ve been thinking ahead to my future projects. I wondered which crime project will follow Bethan Avery, the first draft of which is nearly complete. With this
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Sex and the Single Hive Mind – the Podcast!
Yay! Rejoice! So, wonder of wonders, Sex and the Single Hive Mind, my black comedy from the Mind Seed anthology, is featured as the podcast over at Crime City Central! (NSFW, I’m afraid, due to
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LonCon 3 – Reaping the Whirlwind
Back from LonCon 3, which I only attended on Sunday. That said, I have still managed to pick up some kind of bug! Absolutely packed day, but looking back I didn’t do that much, compared
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Embracing your inner narcissist with Google Glass
So, recently it was finally my turn to play with the Google Glass kit at work. I did find that quite cool. The bare bones kit comes not so much as glasses as a pair
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Meerkats at Banham Zoo
Visited Banham Zoo recently and took this footage of meerkats mucking around at Banham Zoo (click on the picture to view): They are, admittedly, not wearing smoking jackets or talking adorable broken Russian, but
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Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Oh wow. Loved Guardians of the Galaxy. Just loved it. It was just gorgeous to look at, full of bright pinks, vivid yellows and electric blues. It wore its kitschy, space opera dressing like a star. The
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Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Photorealistic Apes
Recently it’s almost been like the universe is very sorry about what happened a week ago with the whole Transformers affair. It is going out of its way to apologise. After last night’s night raging funfest
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