Alastair Reynolds's Blog, page 9

I've finished a book

 Last week I delivered MACHINE VENDETTA, the third in the Prefect Dreyfus series. All being well, it should appear in 2023. I don't want to say too much more about it until at least the final round of editing (which won't be finished until well until next year) but here at least is the provisional cover copy, subject to change:

Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.

Ing...

Greg Bear (1951 - 2022)

 I'm shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Greg Bear, following complications after surgery. His works meant a tremendous amount to me. Blood Music nearly cost me a degree: I was so enraptured by it that I had to tear myself away for last-minute revision. I adored Eon and its successors, Eternity and Legacy. All three stamped indelible images into my brain. The Forge of God kept me awake and focussed during the long grind of an observing run at the Anglo-Australian Telescope; its sequel,...

Witches

 

Low performing Witches for The Guardian.

Mimi Parker

 Half an hour ago I was listening to Low's wonderful, wonderful album C'Mon, one of the great records of the last decade or so, and marvelling at what a phenomenal presence Mimi Parker is; just a fabulous drummer and singer. And now I see in the Guardian that her death has just been announced.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/06/low-drummer-and-vocalist-mimi-parker-has-died

This is dreadful news. All good thoughts to Alan Sparhawk and their children, and thank you for the music, Mimi. Yo...

Memory Walk

 

Yesterday's Memory Walk, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society, appears to have been a great success.  Hundreds of people turned out for the walk. Thankfully, the weather was kind to us. There was a chilly breeze from time to time, but the Sun was out more often than not, and the autumn colours looked splendid. The only snag was a malfunctioning camera! Other than a few shots, it decided to over-expose so most of our pics were useless.

The event was extremely friendly, well organised and marshalled....

Thanks!

 I'll say more after the event, but as we approach the weekend I'd like to thank everyone who has so generously donated to the page for the dementia awareness walk my wife and I will be doing in Cardiff in a couple of days (see a post or two below). It's much appreciated

Read for Pixels update

 A note that you can watch my reading and Q&A in support of The Pixel Project by going to Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsrS-BOuxv8

If you'd like to support the Pixel Project's campaign to end violence against women, you can visit their donation page:

https://www.thepixelproject.net/community-buzz/read-for-pixels/fundraising-with-authors/

I've got two things on offer. One is an ARC of Eversion (two of the three have gone already) kindly supplied by Orbit, for which - once the buyers are k...

Walking for Dementia

 My wife and I will be doing the Memory Walk in Cardiff in support of Alzheimer's Society on September 18th. We'll be thinking of several loved ones but in particular my much-missed grandmother who was taken from us in 2009 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. This horrible, horrible disease must be stopped.

Should anyone like to support us, here's a Just Giving page at the link below.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cardiffmw22-josettesanchez-reynolds

Please, no pressure - we know how tigh...

Read for Pixels, a Reddit AMA and an interview for ProWritingAid.

 A few things to mention for the coming week or so:

The Pixel Project is - quoting from their website - "... a complete virtual, volunteer-led global 501(c)3 nonprofit organisation whose mission is to raise awareness, funds and volunteer power for the cause to end violence against women through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes at the intersection of social media, new technologies, and popular culture/the Arts."

One of the activities of the project is the Read For Pixels campaign, a...

Things To Do In Deimos When You're Dead

 My Asimov's story of the title above, my first in that magazine for more than twenty years, should be hitting the bookstores soon. I'm delighted!

Here's a link to the magazine:

https://www.asimovs.com/

And you can check out an excerpt of the piece here. It's a pretty long excerpt, but there's still a lot more of the story to come.

https://www.asimovs.com/current-issue/story-excerpt2/

It's a totally standalone piece, by the way, not related to anything else I've done.

The same goes for a couple of oth...