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NBC Crusoe Promotion

If you’ve been watching NBC’s Olympics coverage, you’ll probably have seen this already; it’s the Crusoe promo they’ve been playing throughout. Or you can go to NBC’s own site for a bigger image, but there you have to sit through an ad first. But hey, this is showbusiness. Simon just added this to the Comments…

August 22, 2008
Free Story Download – IN GETHSEMANE

As promised, I’m offering my story In Gethsemane as a free PDF download to tie in with the paperback launch of The Kingdom of Bones in September. Set in the aftermath of the Great War, it follows the pairing of stage magician Will Goulston and spiritualist Frederick Kelly as they tour the lecture halls of…

August 16, 2008
Curse You, Candy-Coloured Clown

I had the weirdest dream last night. Dreamt I couldn’t sleep. Woke up knackered.

August 14, 2008
More Plots, More Misadventures

I’ve now been told that this second volume of my stories has made the ‘best collection’ shortlist for both the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award. That’s in addition to being one of the finalists in the International Horror Guild‘s awards. I reckon that when I put the three nominations together, that’s just…

August 9, 2008
Crusoe – the trailer

This trailer’s just been posted as part of the new Crusoe page at NBC.com:

August 5, 2008
The Kingdom of Bones

Here’s an advance look at the paperback cover. Launch date is September 9th, 2008, and it’s available for preorder now, should you be so inclined. More info about it on the Random House website here. To tie in with publication I’ll be putting online a free novella, In Gethsemane, for a limited period. In Gethsemane…

July 31, 2008
Life in Transit

The first people to find Transit found it by mistake. They got lost in the fog and, literally, stumbled inside. For centuries the only way in and out – the only known way – was on foot. As time went by the feet doing the finding included mule train hoofs, camel hoofs and, allegedly, elephants.…

July 26, 2008
Crusoe Cast

I said I wouldn’t be leaking any Crusoe insider info on this blog and I’ve pretty much limited myself to passing on what’s already out there; this stuff also appears on NBC’s own website so I reckon I’m safe. Photo shows Anna Walton and Philip Winchester. Friday is played by the brilliant Tongayi Chirisa, whose…

July 23, 2008
Eleventh Hour USA

I was encouraged to hear that Eleventh Hour Executive Producer Cyrus Voris told the Television Critics Association last week that “We’re trying very hard to ground our show in the real world. There was a CBS press release that described the show as ‘five minutes in the future.’ I don’t even know if it’s even…

July 22, 2008
That’s One Bad Horse

If you haven’t caught up with it yet, today’s the day to catch all three parts of Joss Whedon’s online musical Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. It gets off to a slow start but it’s witty, glorious, and sweet. After tomorrow it’ll be taken down and you’ll…

July 19, 2008