Martin Millar





Martin Millar

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Martin Millar is a critically acclaimed Scottish writer from Glasgow, now resident in London. He also writes the Thraxas series of fantasy novels under the pseudonym Martin Scott.

The novels he writes as Martin Millar dwell on urban decay and British sub-cultures, and the impact this has on a range of characters, both realistic and supernatural. There are elements of magical realism, and the feeling that the boundary between real life and the supernatural is not very thick. Most of them are set in Brixton, Millar's one-time place of residence. Many are at least semi-autobiographical, and Love and Peace with Melody Paradise and Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me both feature Millar himself as a character.

As Martin Scott his Thraxas novels are a fusion...more


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Adventure Rocketship! is a new series, somewhere between an anthology and magazine, or possibly a magazine in book form, edited by Jonathan Wright. I mention it partly because I'm interviewed in the first issue, and partly because it's a really good enterprise and I'd like it to succeed.
The first issue is entitled Let's All Go To The Science Fiction Disco, and, to quote the back cover, it conc... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.69 · 6,657 ratings · 1,073 reviews · 15 distinct works · Similar authors
The Good Fairies of New York
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2,834 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions
Lonely Werewolf Girl (Kalix...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,869 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
Curse of the Wolf Girl (Kal...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 582 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
Lux the Poet
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions
Milk, Sulphate and Alby Sta...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions
Suzy, "Led Zeppelin" and Me
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 234 ratings4 editions
Ruby & The Stone Age Diet
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions
Love and Peace with Melody ...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 200 — 2 editions
The Collected Martin Millar
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1998
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3.8988168094655244 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 2,451 ratings
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“The pyjamas have cats on them. I am informed that these cats belong to an organisation called Hello Kitty.”
Martin Millar, Lonely Werewolf Girl

“I sit and feel lonely. Sitting and feeling lonely is something I am a spectacular success at. I can do it for hours. Everyone is good at something.”
Martin Millar, Ruby & The Stone Age Diet

“Don't worry, fairy vomit is no doubt sweet-smelling to humans.”
Martin Millar, The Good Fairies of New York

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