Stephen Hawking and artificial intelligence

As I writer of science fiction Stephen Hawking’s pronouncment on this subject  was bound to grab my attention.  One of the most eminent scientists of our generation talking doom and gloom and the possible end of […]

Post apocalypse science fiction

You can’t read or watch science fiction without coming across the ‘post apocalypse’ part of the genre.  I wouldn’t say that it’s a favourite of mine, but you can’t avoid it.  It pops up time […]

Where are we going people?

A number things have happened recently that make wonder/worry? about this.  And I mean where are we going as a society?  Many of my blogs have looked at what we are doing with our world, […]

Rosetta, Mars and all that

You can’t have watched the news, seen the papers or been on social media in the last few weeks without seeing Rosetta.  As a science fiction writer it’s great to see people getting excited again […]

Science fiction – dare to imagine

I see science fiction writers as those who dare to imagine, who aren’t restricted by what people think is possible or not.  Throughout history there have always been those who thought beyond the perceived wisdom […]