Sharing a laugh with Peter while on stage. Photo by Thorsten Wulff.I had a busy, productive July. I got the month off to a promising start by joining Peter F Hamilton in Berlin, where we attended Metropol Con 26, the European SF convention.…
Thank you to all who braved the heat to meet me at Cowbridge Library, it was lovely to see you all and I could have chatted for hours. Thanks also to Phil and Charlotte at the library for a most enjoyable event. And, just because I heard it…
I'm a little late posting this, but if you're in the Cowbridge area this Friday afternoon, I'll be doing a talk and Q&A at the library:There'll be another South Wales library event a bit later in the year, but in the meantime, I look forwar…
What I posted in June 2016, on the eve of the Brexit referendum:Why I'm for the UK remaining in the EUIn a very short while the UK will be holding a referendum on the country's continued membership of the EU. At the moment, judged on the po…
Hi Al-- longtime fan, and glad you're as productive as ever.I very much enjoyed Eversion and how prescient you seemed to have been in the story, given developments in technology shortly after its publication. In particular: the protagonist'…
Thanks for your patience with the lack of news over the last few months. All's been well, I've been busy with work and travel, but I'll offer a few highlights as a prelude to more regular updates as we go into the summer.Once the Zurich stu…
Many thanks, all, for your patience with lack of updates and unanswered comments over the past few months. Everything has been fine here, but what with travel and an unexpected commission, time just seemed to slip away after October. After
I grabbed a few shots of the illuminated Enterprise model on my phone: Loved seeing all the intricate details. Thanks for sharing this. I wondered a bit about the lights when you talked about the model, but now I see why you bothered! Congr…
I grabbed a few shots of the illuminated Enterprise model on my phone: After the storms of the last couple of days, Sunday 5th October was about as nice a day for running as one could hope for. It started off a bit chilly and breezy, especi…
I grabbed a few shots of the illuminated Enterprise model on my phone: After the storms of the last couple of days, Sunday 5th October was about as nice a day for running as one could hope for. It started off a bit chilly and breezy, especi…
After the storms of the last couple of days, Sunday 5th October was about as nice a day for running as one could hope for. It started off a bit chilly and breezy, especially as I made the long walk from Cardiff Bay to the event village near…
Another slickly-produced video for your perusal, this one looking at the Eagle and the fantastic MPC kit. I was just about to go out and do a 14K training run. Chris Foss's 1973 illustration for The Early Asimov, which appears to have influ…