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Dear Apple, I Take It All Back

Dear Apple, I Take It All Back 

I’m very excited that Apple has chosen Twinmaker: Jump as one of its twelve “Best Books of November” in the Aus/NZ iBooks store, alongside books by Christos Tsiolkas, Donna Tartt, Tom Keneally, Di Morrissey and Matt Reilly. You have to scroll to the side to see it, but nonetheless! It is there! “In this promising […]

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Blog Tour: Speculating on SpecFic

Blog Tour: Speculating on SpecFic 

Shaheen at Specsonspecfic was kind enough to give me a guest post in which to talk about how Twinmaker: Jump came into being: “one idea isn’t enough for a novel, and I absolutely did not want to write a philosophy textbook. The book I wanted to write was a fast-paced thriller with a dash of […]

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“It’s always summer somewhere.”

“It’s always summer somewhere.” 

The convergence of 3-D printing, quantum teleportation and the Cloud suggests that soon people will be able to jump anywhere, anytime. (Watch on YouTube.) Twinmaker provides a glimpse into what this future might look like. There will be wonderful opportunities. There will also be dangers. Would you let yourself be taken apart and put together […]

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Future fashion

Future fashion 

In the coming days (starting tonight at Forbidden Planet in London, 6-7pm) there will be special limited giveaways of these awesome t-shirts. Keen an eye on Facebook or twitter for details. As modelled by the rather scruffy author. Here’s the full design. May appear in different colours once I learn how to adjust the fabber. […]

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