So, does he look like your idea of Gilfeather? Or is he supposed to be someone else, e.g. Tor? Or Duthrick? Or someone else entirely? It won’t be out until August 2011, or so Amazon.de tells me. Der Hieler … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
I have a spam filter on the comments, and it catches most of the rubbish. What puzzles me is what some of the spam actually is. There is stuff in Chinese, Japanese and Russian. How many people reading my blog … Continue reading
…for Stormlord’s Exile, Book 3. And guess what: see more Lolcats and funny pictures I’m exhausted. Right now, I am convinced the book is rubbish, I’ve never written anything so awful, and you’ll all hate it. That’s par for the … Continue reading
I thought the Malaysian censors had grown up a bit, and got over this kind of puerile childish emphasis on the HORROR of actually – omigod – seeing human genitals. Well, not real ones. Stone ones. Oops, no, not stone … Continue reading
Yay! The wonderful people organising Swancon/Natcon* in Perth Western Australia 2011, have included me in their list of invited guests. Many, many thanks to Alisa and the team. You can read all about the event here. And just look at … Continue reading
Then try this. Not sure you’ll like it? Read the Amazon reviews! Solid 5 stars all the way, and this guy gets starred reviews from Publishers’ Weekly, too. It would make a great Christmas present. He’s also a terrific fellow. … Continue reading
Malaysia is many things. A multi-racial country of modern highways and skyscrapers and modern education, where there are more women in university than men, where our top banker is a woman, where women are vice-chancellors (presidents) of universities. I go … Continue reading
…across the world’s third largest island. Taking off from Lahad Datu, east coast of Sabah, Borneo Mangroves, coastal protection and the nursery for so much sea life The death of irreplaceable rainforest, the birth of monoculture oil palm and wealth … Continue reading
The mighty emergent that towers higher than the rest, the tualang, the mengaris, Kompassia exelsa, that harbours the hanging nests of the wild bees, that supports itself with buttresses taller than a man standing on the shoulders of another man. … Continue reading
Returning from birdwatching to the main lodge at dusk The road in – 2.5 hours in a 4WD over logging roads Refining the presentation of the report Awed Morning mist along the river The breakfast platform More of the team … Continue reading