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AVFC, metal & SF book nerd.
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Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...

If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
Em's bad year support fund
Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...
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August 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Here's a brand new episode of Starship Alexandria in which @aptshadow.bsky.social and I talk about Ray Bradbury's short story collection The Golden Apples of the Sun. starshipalexandria.com/episode-5-th...

It also features a lot of laughter and a section where I am a chaotic muppet.
Starship Alexandria: Episode 5 - The Golden Apples of the Sun
For our fifth episode of Starship Alexandra, Emma puts forward the short story collection The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury to read and consider.    Other talking points:&nbs...
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August 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Phew! Episode 3 of Starship Alexandria is ready for release on the 9th (I was a tad stressed about getting it done as I'm away at @cymerafestival.co.uk from tomorrow). The post end music blooper is well worth waiting for, btw ;)

In the meantime, you can catch up here: starshipalexandria.com
Starship Alexandria
The Sci-fi and Fantasy podcast from the best of futures! In this future, humanity has solved its problems and is now sending spaceships from Earth, not in a desperate attempt to escape the apocalypse...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Please could you help me to spread the word about my swashbuckling adventure story with a pirate protagonist, sapphic romance, with a dash of werewolves and vampires? My latest novel THE VENGEANCE is available in all formats geni.us/thevengeance Perfect for escaping the horrors of our time.
May 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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I was FASCINATED to learn that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk share a favorite author, and it's a socialist SF writer who wrote about how tech billionaires were satanic. www.vox.com/culture/4135...
The tech billionaires are missing the point of their favorite sci-fi series
Iain Banks’s Culture novels take place in a socialist utopia. The broligarchs love them.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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ICYMI, the 2nd episode of Starship Alexandria is out, in which @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss The Etched City by KJ Bishop. starshipalexandria.com/episode-2-th...
The novel we will be discussing in episode 3 is Ursula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven.
Starship Alexandria: Episode 2 - The Etched City
For our second episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward KJ Bishop’s weird fantasy novel The Etched City (2004) for Emma to read and consider.  Other talking points:  A short...
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May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
RIP David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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December 7, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Classic Villa.
November 23, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Friday morning tunes:
November 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
iTunes suggestions for waking me up apparently. Don't think I've ever put on XTC or Talk Talk to wake up, as much as I love those bands.
November 18, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I imported 9 friends from Twitter to Bluesky
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December 25, 2023 at 11:41 PM