Tag Archives: Lucky

My Top Ten SF Spaceships

Posted on March 2, 2018 by TP Archie

My Top Ten SF Spaceships Let’s make this clear, no mention of SF is complete without Frank Herbert’s majestic Dune. Right that’s sorted. Let’s begin. 1) EE ‘Doc’ Smith: Skylark –

Posted in General | Tagged Andre Norton, Arthur C Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Brian Stableford, Christopher, David Brin, Douglas Adams, EE 'Doc' Smith, Larry Niven, Lucky, Robert Heinlein, The Tau Device, Top 10 SF Spaceships | Leave a comment

Check out free reads on Deviant Art

Posted on November 7, 2017 by TP Archie

Put some free reads on Deviant Art. Here’s an up to date list. Lucky (SF / Space Opera – see below for details) The Human Hunters (SF / Military) Writing Day (Dystopia) Ice Made (Magic Realism) Fickleday- Visitors (Alternate Earth) … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Deviant Art, Fickleday, Free Reads, Ice Made, Lucky, Nurse of the Night, Sky High, Taxed, The Faerie Tree, The Human Hunters, Writing Day | Leave a comment

List of Works

Posted on October 18, 2017 by TP Archie

Here’s a list of works as of 18/10/17. These are mostly on Lulu Continue reading →

Posted in Links to Fiction | Tagged 36 Short Stories, A Guide to First Contact, Burnley Grammar School, Has You Like It, Ice Made, Interstellar Gourmet, Juvaini, Lucky, My Telegraph, Science Fiction, Self Published, silt from distant lands, Terence Park, The Brun, The History of the World Conqueror, The Slow Holocaust, The Tau Device | Leave a comment

Kulturá at Kavá 2

Posted on August 3, 2016 by TP Archie

[* edited 06/08/2016] To blog or not to blog. I shuck off thoughts of Grant Morrison’s Invisibles (Vertigo Comics) and retellings of The Fisher King. Once more I am at Kulturá at the Kavá in Todmorden. In another life, things … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Review | Tagged A Slow Blues, Aristotle, Cheetham Street Writers, Ed Reiss, Hasiwriters, Idries Shah, Kavá, Kulturá, Lucky, Mandy Pannett, Plato, Poetry, Sentinel Books, silt from distant lands, Sufi | Leave a comment

Latest novel in progress

Posted on July 19, 2016 by TP Archie

Goodreads Normally I would post this on my Goodreads account but the site has changed recently and I can no longer log into my account there. Clearing caches hasn’t been successful so this is probably down to functionality changes for Windows 10 (my machine is limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged Alien as Refugee, dark matter, Goodreads, Lucky, on Wix, Relate Lancashire, Zwicky | Leave a comment

Picking out an SF Influence – Backwoods SF

Posted on May 3, 2015 by TP Archie

Influences. We’ve all got them. Who looks at theirs? It’s not something I’ve spent a lot of time on but I suppose mine began with Space Westerns. Of course I didn’t call them that; not then. An aspect of Space … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Writing | Tagged A Guide to First Contact, Alien as Refugee, All the Traps of Earth, Aristotle's Poetics, Backwoods SF, Clifford D Simak, Genre Fiction, Lucky, Pilgrimage, Robert Heinlein, Science Fiction, Tunnel in the Sky, UK Outback Up North, Zenna Henderson | 1 Comment

Feedback for my SF & Fantasy Sketches

Posted on March 6, 2015 by TP Archie

(updated 07/03/15) For a number of years, I have been concerned at the predictability of writing in SF and Fantasy. Typically, after the first few pages you feel you already know how the story will develop and end. This issue … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Opinion, Review | Tagged Brant, Character sketches, David Morison, Fantasy, Formulaic fiction, Guide, Literary Theory, Lory Gato Interstellar Gourmet, Lucky, New Wave SF, Reviews, TL Gabelman | Leave a comment

Note on Lucky

Posted on October 14, 2014 by TP Archie

This note is for those who were hoping to catch the Countdown Deal on Lucky. Although I’d done what was needed the Countdown Deal was kiboshed. I’ve exchanged views with Admin at Amazon Kindle and, without going into detail, they agree … Continue reading →

Posted in Links to Fiction, Trivia | Tagged Amazon Kindle Admin, Countdown Deal, Lucky | Leave a comment

Feedback

Posted on April 19, 2014 by TP Archie

When I pumped out my first printing of Lucky, I held my breath. Lucky is of course a novella plus several short stories; a mix of different styles and content; Space Opera, Realism, Alienation and Horror, all to the tune … Continue reading →

Posted in Links to Fiction, Writing | Tagged Alibi, Explicit, Feedback, Harjazes, Lucky, Opinion, Sex in SF, Violence in SF, Without Question | Leave a comment

A Little Boost

Posted on April 9, 2014 by TP Archie

Time to get back on with my writing mission. Some company accounts have cropped up for me to look at and Easter means teenage nightmare home but that’s almost done. I’m well aware that I’ve done little since my previous update on … Continue reading →