I’m often asked this. Twinmaker, Troubletwisters and the Books of the Cataclysm all feature twins (identical, fraternal and mirror, respectively). Then there are the books that feature duplication of people, one way or another in Geodesica, Orphans, The Resurrected Man, The Fixers, Astropolis . . . it never ends. So why? This is a question […]
I’ve had a small break after “I, Q” but it’s time to start posting again. Here are six more d-mat-related tales that I enjoyed reading while doing the research for my PhD. I can’t reiterate enough how much these stories inspired me to think about matter transmitters in new and interesting ways–new to me, anyway. […]
“I, Q” is complete and to celebrate the end of that long haul here’s a picture of 1 Penn Plaza (future home of VIA) as taken from W 33rd Street in 2011. I took this while in New York after that year’s Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest celebration. My original plan was to […]
The latest issue of Review of Australian Fiction contains a brand-new Twinmaker story, one that depicts the events of the novel from the behind the scenes. “Incomplete No.7” runs parallel to Clair’s story and Q’s story (coming to an end right now in “I, Q”), this time from the point of view of one of […]