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'Life In Transit' Begins
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'This Happens' and 'Frankie On Zanzibar' nominated for BSFA 2006 award
This Happens and Frankie On Zanzibar have been nominated for the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) 2006 award.
'Frankie On Zanzibar' sold to Interzone
Short story FRANKIE ON ZANZIBAR will be published in Interzone issue 207, November/December 2006. Story length 10,000 words.
This is a look into the maximum world. Giant corporations are turning themselves into sovereign entities. Billions of people are descending ever deeper into poverty and chaos. The planet has reached a teetering cusp as it waits for the Malthusian tipping point to arrive. For those few who can, the game is on to find ways of surviving the crunch when it comes.
Zanzibar is a corporate enclave, a privileged oasis in the midst of rolling disaster. But Zanzibar's days are numbered, too. The sea is rising. In a decade the companies and the money will have gone. For the moment it's a good place to live, but not for much longer. What do you do if your job is to bring up a clever little girl?
And what might the girl do?
'This Happens' sold to Interzone
A new story This Happens has been sold to Interzone #205, August 2006.
What the Interzone editors say:
"Stunning, the rage comes off this like a heat haze."
"Near perfect … brilliant, beautifully written and as tight as a gnat's muffin."
"One of the most angry and effective political and humane statements … highly effective … a superb, heartfelt and bone-chilling anti-war story."
"Superb writing that transcends genre."
"Thanks for taking my breath away."
Nicholas Royle in Time Out: "This Happens is a devastating indictment of Bush and Blair on Iraq."
Neil Williamson also gave This Happens a glowing review in his blog 'AyeAhmUr' on 8th August.