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ARMORED (and) ready to roll

Armored-MM

Okay, it’s here at last. Armored, John Joseph Adams’s latest collection, is on the shelves, and I’ve got a story in it. In fact, I have the last story in it, which makes me very happy. Coming last in an anthology isn’t like coming last in a race–in fact, traditionally, it’s more the opposite–and as [...]

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Appearances

Hard fantasy?

posted on 4 May 2006 at 12:42 pm
There seems to be no clear-cut definition of the term “Hard Fantasy”. It could be the sort of fantasy that lies at the core of the genre (Tolkienesque, heroic, whatever) or it could be magical fantasy set in the present day. I’ve se
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Geodesica & the web

posted on 3 May 2006 at 10:36 am
Geodesica: Ascent features a colony based on principles of free information. New Scientist recently ran an interview with Tim Berners-Lee, “the man behind the web” in which he expressed an opinion similar to mine: “[T]he conclusion
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Brisbane PS

posted on 26 Apr 2006 at 11:07 am
I forgot to mention in my last entry the opening of “Imagine… A Display On Speculative Fiction” at The University of Queensland and the launch of the Fryer Library‘s collection project, “Unreal Collections”. Kim Wi
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Hi ho, hi ho…

posted on 12 Apr 2006 at 5:07 pm
…it’s off to Conjure and Supanova I go. I’ll just post one piece of news and one review before shutting up shop for a couple of weeks (probably). The review first, from The Age last weekend: “If you’re going to write dec
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Another interview on Sci Fi Wire

posted on 8 Apr 2006 at 9:33 am
The Crooked Letter continues to garner attention, and The Blood Debt benefits along the way: “To my eyes…this book has everything: adventure, romance, magic, an interesting setting and, most importantly, zeppelins.” That’s me
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more Crooked Letter reviews

posted on 6 Apr 2006 at 8:42 am
The Library Journal had nothing but good things to say: “Australian sf and speculative fiction writer Williams (The Stone Mage & the Sea; The Storm Weaver & the Sand; The Sky Warden & the Sun) creates unique worlds and captivatin
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Vibewire

posted on 2 Apr 2006 at 4:55 pm
In a couple of days, the vibewire.net e-Festival of ideas kicks off with a virtual bang. Guests include Peter Garrett, Megan Spencer, Courtney Gibson…and me. There are nine panels covering different aspects of politics, lifestyle and expression
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Emerald Cities & Talking Squids (alive, alive-oh)

posted on 28 Mar 2006 at 11:28 am
Cheryl Morgan favourably reviews The Crooked Letter here. “…there’s a lot of fun to be had. I was particularly struck by the vivid imagery of Williams’ worlds. I wanted to see the book done as a comic — preferably by someone who has
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Exciting news!

posted on 24 Mar 2006 at 9:29 am
Sci-fi Wire ran an interview with me concerning The Crooked Letter, which has just been released by Pyr in the US. See here for the full text of the interview, and here to order the book from Amazon. Here’s part of the blurb from Publishers Wee
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Norman Spinrad “On Books”

posted on 7 Mar 2006 at 10:17 am
The April/May 2006 issue of Asimov’s ran a lengthy column focussing on Pyr and several of its authors. The Resurrected Man was one of the titles discussed in detail, and in glowing terms: “one of those comparatively rare novels that both
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