Mark Webb's Blog, page 2
March 7, 2019
Ditmar awards
The Ditmar Awards, Australia’s premier popular vote SF awards, are open for nominations. Anyone who has bought a membership of the national convention (Continuum 15 is Melbourne this year) or is “active in fandom” is eligible to vote. There’s an …
March 6, 2019
Antipodean SF Issue 248
As you may know, I help out on the Antipodean SF website, creating the eBook version of the online magazine each month.
…and beyond… Issue 248 has a great range of stories, including:
A Taste For Salt by Noel Osualdini…
February 22, 2019
I worry about… ghosts
I worry about ghosts. I know that doesn’t make me unique. A lot of people worry about ghosts.
Maybe you fear ghosts. They have, after all, been at the centre of a lot of frightening fiction over the years, insubstantial …
February 7, 2019
Antipodean SF Issue 247
As you may know, I help out on the Antipodean SF website, creating the eBook version of the online magazine each month.
Best Thing. Really. Issue 247 has a great range of stories, including:
As Time Ticks On by Elizabeth …
November 5, 2018
Dimension6 2018 Annual Collection
You might remember that my novella, The Reclaimers,
And this years collection, the Dimension6 2018 Annual Collection, is out now for the low, low price of $0.99. You can buy it directly from the Coeur de Lion website, …
October 21, 2018
The Regersek Zone (a story)
I’ve often wondered that if aliens had the technological wherewithal to travel the stars, why they wouldn’t just terraform another planet in our solar system, rather they take the risk of tangling with a sentient species and its associated diseases. …
October 7, 2018
What’s shakin’? – July, August and September 2018
TV
I tore through season 2 of the Marvel’s Luke Cage. I’m enjoying the various Netflix Marvel series and Luke Cage is not exception. Like in season 1, there is a level …
October 5, 2018
Dimension6 Issue 15 out now
The latest issue of Dimension6 is out now, a free Australian magazine of speculative fiction. You can get your copy at the Couer de Lion website, or download a copy .
My novella, ‘The Reclaimers’, appeared in Issue …
July 9, 2018
Matters Arising for the Identification of the Body by Simon Petrie – a review
Another delayed review from a book I read a while back – I’m trying to catch up!
From Goodreads:
…Tanja Morgenstein, daughter of a wealthy industrialist and a geochemist, is dead from exposure to Titan’s lethal, chilled atmosphere, and Guerline
July 7, 2018
What’s shakin’? – June 2018
TV
Finally got around to finishing a couple of TV seasons that I’d left half done for some reason.
Lost In Space Season 1 – visually spectacular, good …
