THE PSYCHOMETRIC MAN Robert Blair ate lunch and watched the interview on a large screen. The interview, which was taking place in the next room, had reached one of its preordained crisis points. “But will I get the pay rise?” The young woman, whose name for today was Sally, leaned forward. Her expression of barely […]
Shortly after my last gig as Robert Blair, WH Smiths ran a science-fiction short story competition to win a bit of computer kit. I can’t remember what the kit was and I certainly didn’t want it but I did want to win the competition. I have been writing since the age of 14. I date […]
It was the mid 1990s. We were, you may be surprised to learn or depressed to recall, emerging from the last recession, it too caused by hard-to-credit greed and stupidity. I was working as an actor. Yes, working although this particular job felt morally equivocal. It involved playing the part of a disgruntled, rather pretentious […]
William Gibson is a very long man. Until you actually see him in person, you don’t realise how long he is; his legs alone seemed to dwarf the interviewer. It’s one of the unexpected characteristics of an author I have admired since 1991, when I first read that great opening line ‘The sky above the […]
Who exactly are the Sons of the Crystal Mind and if that is what the book is called why aren’t they on the cover? Well, the Sons are an insane cult who worship the Basis, which is the part of Diamond City that enables you to grow whatever you want (clothes, food, flying bikes, even […]
Here is the beautiful cover. It features the heroine’s beloved sister, the People’s Princess Ursula Freestone, whose eyes have been altered to include the logo of the most powerful company in Diamond City…
Lifelong science fiction fan Andrew Wallace has combined storytelling skills honed over years of scriptwriting for the BBC and feature films with a hunger for all things thrilling to create a unique and compelling future world in his novel ‘Diamond Roads’. It’s the story of resourceful young Charity Freestone, her family, friends and enemies as […]
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