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Osama – the book (movie) trailer!
My Hungarian publishers told me a while back that they were going to do a book trailer for Osama. Now, I’m not usually a big fan of book trailers – the only time they really seem to work is when...
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The Yellow Nazis
Remember Death Island? Well, Jared was kind enough to send me this cover.
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The Bookman Histories: Cover Reveal!
Well the guys at Angry Robot kept this quiet! Art by John Coulthart.
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New short story, “Earthrise” in Redstone SF’s final issue
My latest short story, Earthrise, is now live in Redstone SF. I was sad to see this appears to be the final issue. Earthrise: Imagine the grey chalk surface of the moon spreading before you. You may be...
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Introducing Slacker Fantasy: David Tallerman’s Giant Thief And the Reluctance...
David Tallerman. Giant Thief. Angry Robot Books 2012. Giant Thief. The ambiguity begins with the title and spreads slowly through the text. Is it in fact a thief who is a giant, or a thief who...
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Central Station update
I’ve been working on Central Station for a while now. This is my first attempt at a mosaic novel. Yesterday I sold “Crabapple” to Daily Science Fiction, making it the seventh Central Station story sold...
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Geezer Noir
I’m surprised to see no one coined Geezer Noir, or at least, not in the sense I mean it – it seems to be used for crime fiction involving old people. I am, of course, thinking of an umbrella term for...
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How To Promote Your Book on the Internet
… armed only with a bikini, a hula hoop and a review from the Financial Times! So help me, dear readers – who would you like to see sing the novel’s praises next? The nun, or the guy who juggles...
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Guest of Honour, Fantastika 2013, Sweden
I’m delighted – and not a little humbled! – to say I’ve been invited to the Swedish National Science Fiction Convention in Stockholm next year as Guest of Honour. It will take place in Stockholm, 18-20...
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Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana
I received my contributor copies of Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana, edited by Anil Menon and Vandana Singh, published by Zubaan Books in India. This feels like a very...
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Your literature, not mine
I read this article in the Guardian a day or two ago, a review of the biography of American writer David Foster Wallace. Just as the Guardian’s focus on the Edinburgh “international” Book Festival...
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Event at Foyles – Osama – October 4th
4th October 2012 6:30pm – 7:30pm Charing Cross Road Literary Event, Free Event Click here for the event page The events of 9/11 seemed to alter the world so radically that portraying them in fiction...
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Osama: The Alternative Cover?
Nir Yaniv was bored, so he made me an alternative cover for Osama. He must have been so proud!
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Book Porn!
From left to right: Dial H for Hero #0, China Mieville; Extermination #1, Simon Spurrier, Zeuglodon, James P. Blaylock, Ecko Rising, Danie Ware (proof plus sampler, signed), Oszama (Hungarian edition...
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German Deal for Osama
I don’t think I blogged about this, for some reason, but the contract is signed and everything, so… Osama will be published in Germany in (I believe) hardcover by Rogner & Bernhard, publishers of...
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Unidentified Funny Objects cover and table of contents
Editor Alex Shvartsman has posted the table of contents for new anthology Unidentified Funny Objects, a collection of humorous (hopefully!) science fiction and fantasy. It includes my story “Moon...
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On Narration, Pastiche and the Infantilisation of science fiction: A review...
Note: this is the latest entry in a loose series of critical looks at some SF novels, preceded by Evil and Mortality in Philip Palmer’s Version 43 and Artemis, Shall I tell you the Problem with Adam...
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How To Promote Your Book on the Internet 2: Puppet Talk Steampunk!
NEVER TRUST A PUPPET! The Bookman Histories omnibus, out December!
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