A month or so ago I produced a series of blogs looking at what might become of our cities in the future. According to those that supposedly know, by the middle of this century it […]
Tag: writing
The magic of fantasy – or sometimes not
As a science fiction writer I’m intrigued by sci-fi’s cousin, fantasy. I’ve read a lot over the years and compared to science fiction I’ve found it more unpredictable/more varied in terms of quality. I’ve read […]
Eating, drinking and bars in science fiction
In a series of three blogs starting with ‘Where is society going? What will the future look like?’ I take a look at what life might be like in the near future, in this case […]
The power of the short story – 5 reasons we should write them (and read them)
In previous blogs I have advocated blog writing as tool for improving your writing, whatever your genre or subject. Here I want to champion short story writing. Also the reading of short stories. I think […]
How far can we go in ‘greening’ our cities of the future?
My last two articles (‘Where is society going’ and ‘Do you want to live in the highrise cities of the future’ on the cities of the future) concentrated on speculating where things were going based on […]