Monthly Archives: July 2005

Home sick, and killing time. I’m half way through reading Scott’s Blue Noon, and enjoying it immensely. Nothing, however, could prevent me setting it aside momentarily to jump into Terry Pratchett’s Thud!, which showed up mid-morning. Spent some time watching Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, which was excellent, and discovered that ripping music from cd … Continue reading »

If you have a spare $US225 sitting in your bank account and don’t have any particular use for it, you could write a check, pop it in an envelope and send it off to Centipede Press to get a copy of their latest title, Two-Handed Engine. For those of you who haven’t stumbled across it, … Continue reading »

I have the flu. The big old ‘my head hurts, my feet stink, and I don’t love Jesus’ kinda flu. Stayed up late watching the cricket and Dr Who, reading Al Reynold’s neat story from Postscripts 4 (“Zima Blue”) and Scott’s Blue Noon, and keeping an ear out for the kids. Marianne was out for … Continue reading »

My earlier post on projects caused a little confusion, so I thought I’d try to clarify the situation. Apart from my ongoing work for Locus and reading for various year’s bests, my two biggest projects at the moment are Eidolon and The Starry Rift. Eidolon is due to be published in November, and The Starry … Continue reading »

See, that last post was just silly. Sanity prevailed after I’d headed off to bed, England collapsed in a heap, and McGrath was king. It goes to show, again, the thing I love about this team. I really don’t know that they know how to lose. They just don’t believe it’s ever going to happen, … Continue reading »