Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Submitted to The Guardian 18.09.2017 – The Tau Device

Posted on October 2, 2022 by TP Archie

Please find enclosed a review copy of my latest novel The Tau Device. The Tau Device is Science Fiction set in the near future, several decades after the discovery of man by aliens. Most of the action takes place on … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Writing | Tagged Andre Norton, George Orwell, Michael Moorcock, Philip K Dick, Robert Heinlein, Science Fiction, The Guardian, The Tau Device, Xeno-Archaeology | 1 Comment

A Guide to First Contact (reveal )

Posted on June 13, 2020 by TP Archie

This post is a part reveal of the plan in my novel: A Guide to First Contact Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged A Guide to First Contact, Dystopian romance, First Contact, Links to Fiction, Science Fiction | Leave a comment

Angel in my Heart – update

Posted on April 8, 2019 by TP Archie

This is an update on my current writing projects. I am ready to pull the trigger on final edits to Angel in my Heart. This is the third of three upcoming titles which I will publish from June 2019 onwards. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Am Writing, Angel in my Heart, Artefact, Blue Belle, Dragon Shard, Fantasy, Men for the Stars, Science Fiction, The Spirit of Jem, The Turning Stone | Leave a comment

The Rick Sanchez (& Morty) Review

Posted on December 2, 2018 by TP Archie

If you haven’t watched Rick and Morty, what is it? A comic, adult themed, sometimes gross Science Fiction romp through space, time alternate realities and dimensions, peppered with the suburban frailties of Morty’s family. Morty is Rick’s grandson and the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Adult Swim, Beth, Close Encounters of the Rick Kind, Jerry, Morty, Morty's Mindblowers, Mr Poopybutthole, Rick and Morty, Rick Sanchez, Science Fiction, Summer, The Rickchurian Mortydate, The Ricklantis Mixup, Total Rickall | 1 Comment

Raymond Chandler and Science Fiction

Posted on October 25, 2017 by TP Archie

I’ve always felt the influence Raymond Chandler. Unrelated to this, I’ve been aware for quite some time that SF has its detractors. Eighteen months back, I came across an article linking the two: WHEN RAYMOND CHANDLER MOCKED SCIENCE FICTION SJ … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Opinion | Tagged Detectives, Isaac Asimov, John W Campbell, Milford Method, Raymond Chandler, Science Fiction, SJ Perelman | 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

The New SF – New Wave Science Fiction

Posted on August 2, 2017 by TP Archie

The New SF – Langdon Jones (ed) Arrow Books 1971 paperback, 224pp, ISBN 0 09 003890 8 This collection is a fingers up to both the literary establishment and the normal reading public. There’s so little SF, that the back … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Opinion, Review | Tagged Jerry Cornelius, John Sladek, Langdon Jones, Michael Moorcock, New Wave SF, Science Fiction, The New SF | Leave a comment

Billion Year Spree – further thoughts

Posted on July 18, 2017 by TP Archie

Just finished The Neried. About myths, legends and homelessness; set in Blackpool. My next piece is proper SF Core. Set in the core of the Milky Way, in the Galactic Bar. Explores the issues of lots of aliens living together … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Opinion, Philosophy, Review, Writing | Tagged Andre Norton, Billion Year Spree, Brian Aldiss, History of SF, J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock, New Worlds, Philip K Dick, Robert Heinlein, Roger Zelazny, Science Fiction, Timarchy | Leave a comment

Women Writers of SF and Fantasy

Posted on March 27, 2017 by TP Archie

At the very outset, Naomi Alderman in the Guardian makes the case for Mary Shelley and Margaret Atwood to be considered Science Fiction writers in Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future. Would Mary Shelley have recognised Science Fiction? … Continue reading →