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I Totally Stole D-mat But It Wasn’t From Star Trek, Honest

I Totally Stole D-mat But It Wasn’t From Star Trek, Honest 

First up, let me make a full and proper disclosure, plus an apology to the Star Trek fans. I didn’t watch your show when I was growing up. That’s not to say it isn’t cool. It’s just that I lived in country towns until I was a teenager, and TV stations were limited to just […]

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Blog Tour: The Rest Is Still Unwritten & Bookish

Blog Tour: The Rest Is Still Unwritten & Bookish 

Apologies for the combined post! Just got back in from the US so have missed a couple of days’ worth of action on the Twinmaker front. YALLFest was awesome and I’ve been really excited by the feedback from people who bought the book there. In the meantime I’ve been editing Crashland at every available opportunity. […]

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“To paraphrase is human…”

“To paraphrase is human…” 

“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures–in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing [people] together.” Quotes and misquotes play an important role in Twinmaker, riffing on the idea of words as well as people not surviving transmission intact. (I talked […]

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Reviews: “Doctor Who meets James Bond”

Reviews: “Doctor Who meets James Bond” 

I love this review from Maddie, one of Electric Monkey’s shortlisted reviewers. She really enjoyed the book and had a lot of thoughtful things to say about. It wasn’t the kind of book she would normally read, so it means a lot that she liked it so much. I’m particular grateful for the tagline she’s […]

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