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Version 43: The Moodboard
I love most if not all genres of writing….and before I wrote SF I mainly earned my living from crime. With my third novel Version 43, I took a step forward in time from the events of Debatable Space...
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Beware the plastic Cyborg Cop: the cover of Version 43
I’ve been longing to share this for some time – and here it see. Lauren Panepinto’s cover design for my next book Version 43 (available in all good bookshops from October; or if you telephone me, I’ll...
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The Week Reviewed
A package arrived in the post this week, and inside I found this: Yes, it’s the actual paper version of the cover of Version 43. I’m currently working on some tweaks and cuts on the maunscript, and...
View ArticleThe end of Summer…
This blog has been having a bit of a summer break…but now it’s September, expect much more news and opinions on a variety of things. And I’ll also be featuring many more SFF Songs of the Week. It’s...
View ArticleDuelling Synopses
Part 2 in the Palmer/Somers tapes…here are rival synopses of these two noir novels, Version 43 and The Terminal State. Do you know what, I think Jeff IS better looking than me. Damn!
View ArticleSomers v Palmer: The Final Countown
I’ve been getting some very entertaining emails and phone calls from friends who followed the recent co-marketing venture between myself and that esteemed author Jeff Somers. Some of them detected a...
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Version 43 Out Now-ish!
The official UK publication date for my new novel Version 43 is Thursday 7th October – this Thursday! However I’ve heard rumours that some copies have crept their way into the shops already. It’s a...
View ArticleVirtual Launch Party for Version 43
Today is the official UK publication date for Version 43, and I’ve gone to considerable trouble and expense to organise the first ever virtual launch party. This means, er, that there isn’t really a...
View ArticleExtract from Version 43
Just returned from Newcon 5, a small and delightful con in the town of Northampton. It’s run by Ian Whates, writer, publisher, and general amazing bloke. I’m hoping to blog properly about it soon. At...
View ArticleThe Crow on the Hill
I called in yesterday to my local bookshop, The Bookseller Crow on the Hill. This is just a perfect local book emporium, run by the delightful Jonathan. He told me that Version 43 has been selling...
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Financial Times Books of the Year
Just heard that Version 43 is featured in the Financial Times Books of the Year round-up, after its glowing review by James Lovegrove. There were 3 SF novels chosen: v43, The Quantum Thief by Hannu...
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Moodboard for Hell Ship
HELL SHIP: PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE US OF A! Regular readers of this blog will know that occasionally I produce ‘moodboards’ of my various novels. Here’s Debatable Space. Here’s Red Claw. And here’s...
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A-Z of the Palmerverses
I’ve just been proof-reading ARTEMIS, which is my fifth novel for Orbit Books, and is published later this year. And I had a bit of a ‘wow’ moment. Wow! Four of these novels are set in the same...
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