What a swell party (followed by a Dwell party)

And so to Waterstone's Picadilly, for the SFX Summer of SF Reading launch party.

Thanks, SFX for a very stimulating evening. Good talk, a great venue, and some illustrious company. Nik got her hands on Sir Terry Pratchett and didn't know when to let go; she's still heaving with embarrassment for being such an asshat fangirl, but it was fun to watch. Just to balance things out, I managed to make a screaming cock-up of introducing myself, Graham and Nik to Adam Roberts. In some American states,...