Not that I consider myself an expert. A neophyte, still. But I’ve gleaned some ideas from other more experienced writers and put together an article on writing science fiction for Publishing Talk, here. Here is an extract about robots: Robots replace workers, and they always have, ever since a sorcerer first summoned a golem…
Giddy with excitement, I can announce that publisher Angry Robot have acquired my next two SF novels: IF THEN, for publication in the UK and US in September 2015, and The Destructives in 2016. The full announcement is on the Angry Robot site. IF THEN is finished and I’m keen to discover what readers make…
A short story at 3:AM magazineMy short story ‘The Dinner Party Wars’ can be read for free and in full at alternative literary site 3:AM. It’s about the highly formalised duelling that goes on between the dinner party set in London. Only vintage weapons are allowed. I wrote ‘The Dinner Party Wars’ over ten years…
Interview with Ed Atkins for FriezeIn conversation with Ed Atkins for Frieze Magazine, September 2014 I meet with Ed Atkins in a side room of Cabinet, a London gallery close to the cluster of tech start-ups around the Old Street roundabout. As a science fiction writer, I’m interested in how technology is changing us, and…
A memoir of literary ambition
Read ‘The Destructives’ in Arc
A beautiful thing from myself and Herb Lester
Why are writers so useless?
Playlist for ‘The Destructives’
Shynola’s short film starring Tom Hollander
