Inaugurated in 1987 when it was won by Margaret Atwood with The Handmaid’s Tale and honouring the best science fiction novel published in the United Kingdom within the
Even when it is expected, a death is a shock, and despite the characteristic levity and openness with which Iain Banks prepared the world for his departure with
It’s been twenty five years since the publication of Consider Phlebas, the novel that introduced readers to the Culture, a highly advanced interplanetary civilisation, its Contact branch and
Sublime: noble and majestic; impressive and awe-inspiring. Sublimation: the transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapour state such that it does not pass
A true polymath, Neal Stephenson is a prolific writer who spans genres, spinning together computer science, mathematics, language and history in his epic tales. Coming to prominence with
There’s no business like show business, allegedly, but increasingly it would seem that the business that show prefers to be like is itself. While sequels, remakes and spinoffs
To meet one noted science fiction author and share their wisdom and insight is always a privilege. To have three gathered together is a rare honour. Please join
GeekChocolate was recently in the presence of three noted science fiction authors Ken Macleod, Iain M Banks and Charlie Stross, at a talk at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, moderated
A writer of science fiction since the early sixties, it was for his 1970 novel that Larry Niven won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as he expanded the universe
We live in an age of miracles, but not of the religious variety. The wonders of the modern age are technological, an ever refined harnessing of material and
