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Interview – Eric Brown
Eric Brown is one of the UK’s leading science fiction writers. Since making his first sale to Interzone in 1986 he has published more than 50 books. His novel Helix Wars (2012) was shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award and two of his short stories have been honoured with the British Science Fiction Association Award. Murder By The Book (2013) marked a departure, being the first Langham and Dupre Mystery, a crime novel set in the 1950s. His latest titles are Jani and the Great Pursuit, the second volume of a Steampunk series set at the height of the British Empire, and Murder Take Three, the fourth Langham and…
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Mythological landscapes – an interview with Alex CF
Alex CF is a noted fantasy artist. He has recently written his first novel, Seek The Throat From Which We Sing, a dark fantasy epic in a very British tradition which includes such animal fantasies as Richard Adams’ Watership Down and the deep-time pastoral fantasy of Robert Holdstock’s Mythago Wood. Over the last year I worked with Alex as his editor through the process of refining the novel into its published version. The book was issued in 2016 as a signed, illustrated, hardback, and is now available in paperback. Here I talk to Alex about the novel, its background, and a little about how we worked together. Gary Dalkin:…
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Shoreline of Infinity interview with Simon Morden
I’m very pleased to announce that the new issue of Shoreline of Infinity (No.5 / Autumn 2016) is now out and features my extensive interview with the Philip K. Dick Award-winning author, Simon Morden. We talk about in-depth about his latest series of novels, which began earlier this year with Down Station and continues with The White City. The packed 132 page issue also features stories by Iain Maloney, Jack Schouten, Adam Connors, Nat Newman, Daniel Rosen, Thomas Clark, Rob Butler and Craig Thomson. SF Caledonia, the series on classic Scottish science fiction, continues with Monica Burns on George MacDonald’s Phantastes. There is a new comic from Stuart Beel, a…
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Interviews with Ken MacLeod & Tricia Sullivan
The latest issue of ambitious new Science Fiction magazine Shoreline of Infinity is out now. Lead story is “Senseless” by Gary Gibson, while I interview multi-award winning authors Ken MacLeod and Tricia Sullivan.
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Interview: A Reckoning Writer-Director, Andrew David Barker
Andrew David Barker was born in Derby, England, in 1975. I first heard about his novella, Dead Leaves, when He asked me to provide some developmental editorial input on a draft of the manuscript, which he did as a result of this interview, originally conducted with him for Amazing Stories. The interview coincided with the paperback publication of The Electric, Barker's first novel, a ghost story steeped in a love of movies, especially genre flicks from the old Universal classics to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jaws. The Electric is also a nostalgic, bittersweet coming of age story, a resonant, evocative, deeply moving tale with shades of vintage Bradbury and…
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Interview: Jonathan Oliver, editor-in-chief, Solaris Books
Jonathan Oliver is one of the UK’s top genre editors. He is also a novelist, short story author and creator of shared-worlds. Recently I interviewed him by email. - Gary Dalkin: "You are editor-in-chief of three imprints – Solaris, Ravenstone and Abaddon Books – all published by Rebellion Publishing Ltd. What is your background and how did you end up in your current position? Perhaps for readers who are not familiar with Rebellion you could outline the idea behind each of ...
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interview – Robert Holdstock
This interview was originally conducted for Robert Holdstock’s own website to coincide with the publication of Celtika in 2000. I had intended to publish it on my site in this slightly revised version for a while. Now hearing the terrible news of Robert’s death (29 November 2009) I have decided to put this short interview online as a tribute to one of the very finest fantasy writers the UK has ever produced. Rob Holdstock was simply one of the best. RIP. Gary Dalkin – 30 November 2009 Above is the cover of the British Science Fiction Association Special Edition publication Into The Woods: Robert Holdstock Remembered, published in tribute to…
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interview – Sir Arthur C. Clarke
I conducted the following interview with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on or about 21 April 2000. At the time I was a judge of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and I arranged the interview as a promotional tie-in with the Award, which was to be presented at the Science Museum in London the following month. The Award itself is a jury award given to the best science fiction novel published in the UK in the previous year, and is actually just one of several awards, the others being for various scientific achievements, which carry Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s name. Rather than an in-depth interview about a current book or project…
