Shadows of the Apt

Just a brief catch up here of Shadows of the Apt-related news. Firstly, the reason this isn't a proper post is that my postage is playing away, with a guest article over at Speculative Horizons about films, books, the and the film of the book, with special reference to Hawke the Slayer. Next you should most definitely head over […]

There's a Bloom County (1) cartoon sequence where Opus the penguin has written his autobiography, "A Penguin's Tale"(2). Having finished it he sets up for a local signing, making his elaborate preparations amidst stacks of copies of his book. His sole attendee is a cockroach (appropriately enough for my purposes) who charges in demanding "Does he sign body parts?" It's […]

Last of the nine kinden who play a significant part in Empireare the Scorpions. Significant? Well perhaps their significance is their non-appearance. There are plenty of them, and they keep turning up and showing their nasty, toothy faces, and yet what impact do they make? The Scorpions care nothing for empires, for borders, morality, politics or […]

First of all I abjure, conjure and invoke you to go out and buy the Feb/March issue (issue 17) of the magazine Death Ray, for therein I have an article. Look at me the serious journalist. So: the Adrian Tchaikovsky world tour 2009 part 1(1) commences shortly. Please come along if you're in the area. I'll be […]

It's the turn of the Moth-kinden this week, turning up at the eleventh hour as they always do. David Mumford has produced another of his masterworks here, whilst there's a new short story, Queen of the Night, here. To very loosely accompany the story, there is a new kinden article, concerning the intellectual life of the Lowlands, […]

Well! Less than a month til the release of Dragonfly Falling (1). Another story soon, this time to do with the Moth-kinden, or sort of. Hopefully also a little reference piece on art and literature in the Lowlands. We'll see (3). However, I acquired some new reading material this Christmas, and I wanted to share a couple of quotes with you, […]

Some snips from the back-catalogue. All the best for Christmas, New Year and whatever else you have to everyone. 

Fascist Britain!   Bit of politics there, as Ben Elton used to say. No, we're not fascist Britain (1), not by a long way, but we've been close before, and we can go there again, and it's worth opening up a few classics of fantasy literature just to remind ourselves.   Recent politics brings this to mind: […]

Firstly, the music in my previous post about multimedia is now properly linked, so please go have a listen here. Secondly, and remarkably, Empire in Black and Gold made it into the Amazon "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2008" here. I have no idea how this is compiled or what it's based on, but I feel […]

Firstly, a little further autotrumpetry (1). Scott Carter of The First Book has put up an interview here. This is a particularly nice site, as it focuses on the first works of new authors, as the site title suggests. Having spent so very long in becoming one, I'm all for encouraging the new. I should note that — […]