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July 13, 2011
Paintwork on the BME podcast
Had a lot of fun this weekend when I returned as a guest on the Beta Male Experience podcast, alongside host Corey and the ever-entertaining Ed Sizemore. In the first half of the show you can hear us discussing the movies we've seen recently, before moving on to talk about my new book Paintwork. It's a fairly spoiler-free chat, where I answer the guys' questions and go into quite a bit of detail about the ideas, influences and technology behind the stories. Well worth a listen, even if I say so myself. Plus Ed and Corey are always great value – go check it out now.
BME Podcast Episode 55 – Sit On My Lap with Paintwork
Paintwork is out now – you can get Kindle versions from Amazon US and Amazon UK, and versions for all other popular e-readers (including iPad and Nook) at Smashwords. Print versions will be available soon – check back for details.
July 3, 2011
Paintwork – Out now
Paintwork is out now – you can get Kindle versions from Amazon US and Amazon UK, and versions for all other popular e-readers (including iPad and Nook) at Smashwords. Print versions will be available soon – check back for details.
"In our hothouse present, where technology is little more than vapour, Tim Maughan catches those fleeting moments of possibility in stories that ought to have no shelf-life whatsoever – and which, regardless, linger in the mind. I don't know how he does this. I don't know whether he is very naive, or very clever. One thing I do know: these stories are very, very good." – Simon Ings, author of Hot Head, The Weight of Numbers and Dead Water.
"Hip, cutting-edge cyberpunk with a techno rave attitude. Tim Maughan is definitely a writer to watch." – Gareth L. Powell, author of The Recollection.
Augmented reality street artist 3Cube wants to break into the mainstream, and as one of the best in the graffiti mecca of Bristol he stands a real chance. Except that someone, some unseen rival, seems set on using even the most old-fashioned of methods to stop him from succeeding.
John Smith was successful once, if only for a fleeting moment. Now the documentary film maker is broke and jobless, and finds himself putting his life on the line as one of the new-breed of paparazzi – snapping celebrity video gamers in virtual worlds.
And on the sun-bleached streets of Havana two young Cubans find themselves locked in a fierce struggle with one of the world's most powerful organisations, as a seemingly innocent video game tournament becomes a fight for both personal and national pride.
Paintwork is a collection of three stories from our imminent future by British science fiction author Tim Maughan, including the 2010 BSFA Short Fiction Award nominated 'Havana Augmented'.
About the Author
Tim Maughan lives in Bristol in the South West of England, and when he's not writing science fiction he writes about Japanese animation and comics for websites like Anime News Network and Tor. He also daydreams about being a techno DJ and spends far too much time on Twitter.
June 14, 2011
Tor.com
Yet another quick update – if you follow me on Twitter you may have already heard that I recently started blogging about anime and manga for the science fiction and fantasy website Tor.com. Those of you that havn't heard of Tor should go and check it out; it's the community and news portal for one of the world's biggest SF/Fantasy publishers – but far from just promoting their own products it covers a wide range of 'genre' related topics from movies and TV to novels and comics. Needless to say with some great resident bloggers and a huge reader base it's an exciting move for me, and I was extremely flattered to have been asked.
My involvement kicked off a couple of weeks ago, when the site re-posted my infamous 10 Anime Films to See Before You Die list. The response to that over there has been fantastic – many thanks if you read it or left a comment. Just yesterday saw my second post - a review of Vertical's brilliant body-horror/sci-fi manga 7 Billion Needles.
So what does this mean for this site? Well, obviously I will be posting most of my anime/manga related reviews and articles over at Tor (they are paying me for them, after all), but hopefully that should mean I'm free to cover some wider topics here. For a start I'll be using this site to promote my forthcoming book Paintwork (I have a book forthcoming. Had I not mentioned it? It's called Paintwork), plus if time permits I'll be covering some other related topics…science fiction, art, internet culture, video games etc. That's the plan, at least. So don't go too far.
June 6, 2011
Paintwork cover – sneak preview
UPDATE: Paintwork is out now – you can get Kindle versions from Amazon US and Amazon UK, and versions for all other popular e-readers at Smashwords. Enjoy!
Not final artwork, but couldn't resist sharing. Fantastic work from my much better half.
Paintwork will be out very shortly – in the meantime you can read a short extract here.
