Alastair Reynolds's Blog, page 12

Time for a re-read.

 It must be about forty years since I last read Dune. At the time it was by far the longest book I'd ever read. I'm about 50 pages in and enjoying the return.

Shuttlecraft Galileo

 It's Star Trek Day apparently, so by way of minor celebration, here's a nearly completed model of Galileo, from The Original Series.

The shuttlecraft was one of my favorite SF designs, standing out even though it featured in relatively few episodes. I like the utilitarian, non-aggressive look and the way it echoes some of the design features of the larger Enterprise, suggesting a common technology.

The first model kit of any type that I owned was the AMT Enterprise, largely built by my dad and la...

Zima Blue wins Seiun award

 I was delighted to be told that my short story Zima Blue won Japan's Seiun award for best translated story. Although the news link below is from July, I was asked not to mention anything until after the middle of August, and then I forgot to note it here.

The story itself originally appeared in Postscripts magazine in 2005. I'd written it in 2004, fresh off the back of tutoring an Arvon writing retreat with Christopher Priest. Spending a week with the masterful Priest, not to mention the other w...

The Secret He Had Missed

Sublime. 

Ten books that inspired me.

Courtesy of Media Death Cult again, I list ten SF books that I found particularly influential in shaping me as a writer. These were all books I encountered in my teens, or thereabouts.

I've put it in as a link this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-UUoDs6h1s&t=296s

Blogger allows me to search Youtube to provide an embedded link, but for some weird reason this one won't come up in the search. I've had this happen before where I want to link to a specific music video which I know to be on Youtu...

Now it's time to erase that mistake.

 Hello all.

I'm informed that the problems with the audiobook have been fixed (it was a file transfer problem which only affected certain retailers) and that those who have downloaded the affected copy can delete it and then download again to get the corrected version.

I appreciate the audio team fixing the issue as quickly as they did.

best,

Al

Inhibitor Phase chapter six/seven

Hello. Until the audiobook problem is resolved, I'm putting the entire chapter six here for anyone missing the complete article. As I understand it from Stephanie's comments in the previous post, this is chapter seven in the audiobook. I've no idea why the numbering has changed.

Do let me know if anything else is missing, and I'll endeavour to put it up here.

In another part of the ship a table had been laid for dinner. Plump-backed chairs faced each other, with plates, cutlery, glasses, bottles a...

Audible edition of Inhibitor Phase

 I've heard from various sources (with thanks) that there have been some production errors with the Audible version of the new book, with at least part of chapter sixteen missing. I've raised the matter through the relevant channels and the problems are being looked into. I'm assured that once the corrections have been made, listeners will be able to delete their current download and re-download the corrected version without any trouble.

I'm very sorry for this. If any of you are aware of the spe...

Elephant hawk-moth caterpillar and Red Admiral

 For your wildlife needs.

Interview with Media Death Cult

 Moid and Chris spent quite a few hours chatting to me last weekend. Here's the result. It's one of the best long-form interviews I've done, so I hope you enjoy it - and thanks to Media Death Cult for the initiative.