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Magic
A lot of people, especially those who have read my books, will be aware of Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is...
clive489
Feb 132 min read
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Hating the Horrible
I was reading a book the other day, one by a well known and respected author, when I stopped. Events had happened which went so far...
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Jan 42 min read
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We came, we saw, we sold a book!
Actually quite a few books. Possibly if we had take more stock we would have sold more. But the main thing was we met people, not to...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Exposure
I think the most appropriate expression is 'Eeeek!' I will be taking a table at the MCM Birmingham Comic Con which is on at the NEC from...
clive489
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Polish
By which, to be clear, I mean the stuff you use on furniture, and not the inhabitants of Poland. I write rather quickly. The new Children...
clive489
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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Country Bus Service
With the publication of the first two books of the Far Coast I feel the need to explain why they have all come at once. And if that...
clive489
Aug 2, 20241 min read
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Anachronisms
This issue has only come to light on the Far Coast. The world of the Tuatha De Danaan was inherently a high-tech one. Even those stories...
clive489
Jul 2, 20243 min read
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The Voices
It seems to be a received wisdom that writing is an architectural endeavour where the superstructure can only be emplaced once the...
clive489
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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What would Dangerous Jack do?
In The Far Coast we met the Adventures of Dangerous Jack, a page-ripping bodice-turner of very little literary standing. It is a fiction...
clive489
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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