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Books of the year 2012 mentions

Just thought I’d do a little roundup of the ‘Best Books of 2012’ lists Turbulence has been on: Wired (Geekdad Goldenbot Award: do I get to call myself award winning now?) Forbidden Planet Reader Dad

December 2003-2012

Books I’ve been in

Next Big Thing: Resistance

Danie Ware very kindly tagged me for the Nov 14 round of the Next Big Thing meme, so here goes. 1) What is the working title of your next book? Resistance. Though I find naming a file Resistance somehow makes it more difficult to type in it, so after consulting experts I’m naming the work-in-progress … Continue reading →

Turbulence reviewed in The Sun

Pandal food

(The Pujas are here, and this is a very short story I wrote a few years ago for a Puja special issue of I forget which newspaper. I think you might have to be from Calcutta to get this, but give it a shot anyway) Three in the morning. We’re sitting around, four of us, … Continue reading →

Local Monsters progress report

It’s still a good way away, but the mighty Shyam has been tracked by our spy network, and chained to a pillar until he delivers the rest of Local Monsters. He’s almost halfway through the art now. Here’s a page he sent in a few days ago:

Turbulence review on Wired!

There’s something slightly unreal about seeing reviews of your book up on sites you’ve been reading and admiring for years. The IGN review day was a particularly surreal one… and today, there’s a Turbulence review out on Wired. “Turbulence has it all… Solid writing, great character development, humor, personal loss, and excellent points to ponder … Continue reading →

Gameworld ebooks now out worldwide

It’s been more then ten years since I finished writing The Simoqin Prophecies, and decided that I wanted to do this writing thing for a living. A decade later, I’m still writing, and I’m most pleased that my first books available worldwide (some of the comics are, but this is the first of my novels) … Continue reading →

The Soviet Hobbit

The Soviet “Hobbit”, 1976 | Retronaut. found this via Lavie Tidhar today – do have a look. Lovely illustrations from the Soviet edition of The Hobbit.

Events: UK book tour

So, from late September to mid October I’ll be in the UK, attending festivals, doing events and otherwise having a good time. Here’s the schedule as of now, there will be updates. Forbidden Planet Pre-Fantasy Con Event  – 6pm 27th September Fantasy con 11am 28th – 1pm 30th September (reading at 10am on Sat and Titan … Continue reading →