I suppose I could rephrase this with ‘robots (machines) are making us lazy.’ Machines have and are increasingly ensuring that, in the west at least, fewer and fewer of us have jobs/lives that entail hard, […]
Tag: science fiction
Why we need space exploration
I know I’ve touched on this subject before and as a science fiction writer you might say I have a vested interest in extoling the view that, yes, the human race needs space exploration. Now […]
Go on – read some fantasy
Last week I implored people to put aside prejudices of ‘genre fiction’ and read some science fiction. This week I’m going to do the same for the cause of fantasy. I suppose as a scientist […]
Go on – read some science fiction
OK, I know, I would say this, I’m a science fiction writer, and yes I hope at some point you might read mine. However, there is a whole world (actually many worlds) of excellent science […]
New book launch – learning from past mistakes
Last week I wrote of my rather haphazard view of book launching for my first two novels: ‘The tale of a new writer – Planning (or not) for a book launch’. I have to admit […]