Dan Abnett's Blog, page 19
January 18, 2010
Babel Clash
So, as part of a serious New Years Resolution-y effort to get my blog-a-rhythms pulsing along at a more regular lick, you are hereby given notice that as of the 19th of January, which is this coming Tuesday, I will be the latest guest blogger on Babel Clash, the BORDERS sci-fi blog. This can be found at http://bordersblog.com/scifi/
I'll be in the driving seat there for the next two weeks, posting at least something every day, so pop along and take a peek. And comment. You know how to comment,...
I'll be in the driving seat there for the next two weeks, posting at least something every day, so pop along and take a peek. And comment. You know how to comment,...
December 24, 2009
To hear air-brakes in the snow
It's Christmas Eve already, and Nik's birthday (Happy Birthday, Nik!) and the snow is beginning to retreat, though that didn't stop a large truck breaking down on the main road outside in the middle of last night and keeping me awake by farting its air brakes every couple of minutes. Also on a downside today is the news that Dan O'Bannon is no longer with us. Amongst his contributions to the genre, not the least being his creative influence on Alien, one of the absolute highlights for me rema...
November 23, 2009
The doctor will see you now.
"Oh, really?" said the specialist. "An author, eh?" and so began an enthusiastic ten minute chat about the merits of Dan Brown, which was all very nice and cordial, except I was sitting there, waiting anxiously to get the results of my MRI and find out if I had terminal Brain Death Lurgy or Sudden Cerebral Splat Out The Ears Syndrome, or whatever.
So I was a little tense and braced, and a ten minute chat about the relative merits of D. Brown Esq was not high on my list marked 'to do'. Maybe, I...
So I was a little tense and braced, and a ten minute chat about the relative merits of D. Brown Esq was not high on my list marked 'to do'. Maybe, I...
November 15, 2009
"Caution: Unexpected honking"
So I'm sitting here, writing this, watching the finals of the Over 35 Bronze Man-Lady. I assume that's hyphenated. It could be, at a pinch, a slash. And before you go all taste and decency on me, it's a ballroom dancing competition, and Man-Lady is a category that simply denotes a man dancing with a lady. Unnecessary clarity, I feel, unless there are categories I don't know about like Man-Rotary Washing Line or Gnu-Lady.
Daughter B is taking part - she just won her third trophy. I'm sitting on...
Daughter B is taking part - she just won her third trophy. I'm sitting on...
October 22, 2009
I Hate Dan Abnett
Wonders will never cease. The marvelous Mark Charan Newton, author of "Villjamur", read "Triumff", and liked it so much that he has written a few words to inspire others to read it too. What a very fine chap he is. Take it away Mr Newton.
Enough has been said about the plot already, so what I most of all want to add is this:
I hate Dan Abnett.
Why? Because having proved himself the king of noir-infused miltary SF, it takes quite a talent to move easily to something completely different - and th...
Enough has been said about the plot already, so what I most of all want to add is this:
I hate Dan Abnett.
Why? Because having proved himself the king of noir-infused miltary SF, it takes quite a talent to move easily to something completely different - and th...
October 14, 2009
October 9, 2009
Something for the weekend.
Forbidden Planet beckons, and Nik tells me that I've worked too much again, this week, what with more books in the mind-mill for AR and BL!
So, this is just to say that we both admire Matthew Farrer beyond anything that we can adequately express in a couple of sentences. We are beyond delighted that he has read and reviewed "Triumff", and here are his thoughts.
TRIUMFF - Her Majesty's Hero, by Dan Abnett
It's raining. It's pouring. London is very much the worse for water, and as the little to...
So, this is just to say that we both admire Matthew Farrer beyond anything that we can adequately express in a couple of sentences. We are beyond delighted that he has read and reviewed "Triumff", and here are his thoughts.
TRIUMFF - Her Majesty's Hero, by Dan Abnett
It's raining. It's pouring. London is very much the worse for water, and as the little to...
October 6, 2009
October 1, 2009
Day of Days!
It has arrived! My day of days, and my comp copies of "Triumff"! I'm going to take this opportunity, if I may, to introduce a new guest blogger. I know, I know, you've read a review of "Triumff" already, you might even have read two, but, frankly, I can't get enough of people saying nice things about this book. It's my baby, and it has been for a very long time, and I can't think of anything nicer to do, today, than revel in praise for it!
I was seriously considering have a competition for bes...
I was seriously considering have a competition for bes...
September 30, 2009
Eve of "Triumff"!
Tomorrow, "Triumff" will officially be on the bookshelves. Waterstones will have it, WHS will have it, heck, everyone will have it, and if they don't, jolly well ask for it!
To mark the occasion, it is my very great pleasure to introduce my latest guest blogger. (See, still not actually doing a whole lot of work over here, except for the several thousand words of "Prospero Burns" that I uploaded into my computer, today. So, thank you to everyone who is guesting and keeping you lot busy, here,...
To mark the occasion, it is my very great pleasure to introduce my latest guest blogger. (See, still not actually doing a whole lot of work over here, except for the several thousand words of "Prospero Burns" that I uploaded into my computer, today. So, thank you to everyone who is guesting and keeping you lot busy, here,...
