Monthly Archives: June 2005

Charles Stross has made his new novel Accelerando available to download for free at www.accelerdando.org. Go download it, check it out, and see what all of the fuss is about. This is the latest, hottest, smartest thing in SF. You’ll still need a print copy, trust me, but this’ll give you a taste.

As we move towards the end of the financial year short term chaos looms, but order is on the horizon. Gordon is kindly, happily building new IT systems for Chez Coode Street. Anne is on her way to visit. Ipods beckon, as do Melbourne and Continuum. A visit to the accountant today, some painful check … Continue reading »

The 2005 Australian National Science Fiction Achievement ‘Ditmar’ Awards were presented at Thylacon, the 44th Australian National Science Fiction Convention, on Saturday 11 June 2005, in a ceremony at the Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania. Tbe winners were: Best Novel The Crooked Letter, Sean Williams (HarperCollins Australia) Best Collected Work Black Juice, Margo Lanagan (Allen … Continue reading »

The very, very nice folks at Fantastic Queensland who are running next year’s Natcon, Conjure, have decided to take a probably uninsurable risk with membership sales by inviting me to be their editor guest of honor. I am, of course thrilled and delighted with this, but can’t help but hope that you all won’t hold … Continue reading »

I am enormously pleased and more than a little humbled to announce that I have been awarded the Peter McNamara Award. I say awarded, because this doesn’t feel like the kind of thing you win, which tends to sound very competitive. Rather, some fine people like Van Ikin and the folks who run the award … Continue reading »