Jun 01 2013
So we’ve been customers of a certain satellite TV company for almost 13 years, and just lately we’ve got rather fed up with them. The broadband, whilst cheap, is not great. Our favourite sports have all moved to a rival broadcaster, who is offering a competitive alternative service* and a far better broadband (up to …
Feb 18 2013
This month sees the arrival of two bumper bundles of joy: Trinity Rising in the States tomorrow from Tor, and last week Die Wilde Jagd in Germany (Heyne). Same again? Er, no For those of you who don’t know, Book 2 of The Wild Hunt is darker and more disturbing than Songs of the Earth. …
Mar 24 2011
If you haven’t already heard about the Genre for Japan auction, where have you been the last few days? Fantastic lots, many of them pure unobtainium, including critiques, artwork, stuff signed by really cool people like Neil Gaiman and Joe Abercrombie, your name in a book, Stephen Deas to do with as you will (more …
Dec 12 2008
September 2004 and my first relapse of any significance. I already had some loss of sensation in my fingertips, but it was rather surprising to be soaping myself in the shower and discovering I couldn’t feel the sponge pretty much anywhere from my boobs down. Hmm. Well, it wasn’t anything I hadn’t expected, so I …
Nov 02 2008
2004. It started with a bout of double vision, headaches and falling over that could not be attributed to alcohol, or needing new specs. My GP sent me to an ophthalmologist at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, who ran a battery of tests involving flashing lights and buttons to click. He then pronounced my eyes perfectly …
Oct 21 2008
MS. Scary, huh? Actually, no. It frustrates me, limits me, makes me insanely angry, weepy, tired and clumsy in varying degrees, but it doesn’t scare me. Maybe it should, since it could potentially get quite grim, but I invite you, gentle reader, to note the “could” and the “potentially” in this sentence. I don’t know …