In which I espouse my theory that matter transmitters are awesome – of course! Here’s a glimpse: “The first attempts on the life of the matter transmitter were made in the 1930s, thanks to the film serials Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. The trope survived, but it was only a delay […]
I attended my graduation this week, which makes my “Doctor D-mat” claim feel a little more real. It was a snazzy affair, one I’m glad I attended. Below is my scroll. Came in a snazzy fake-leather tube and all. Not sure if I’ll put it on my wall. There’s rarely anyone else in my study […]
It’s been a year since I submitted my PhD. I know this because the exegesis has just popped up electronically in my university’s library, available for anyone to read (but not the novel: the only way to get a taste of that at the moment is via “I, Q”). Here’s the link (pdf). Or here […]
In 2012 I rewrote Twinmaker: Jump from Q’s completely different perspective, giving me new insights into her character in the process. That manuscript, “Making and Remaking Iteration 113”, ran to a little under 70,000 words, one third shorter than the original novel. “I, Q”, in turn, is a radically slimmed-down version of that unpublished ms, […]