Author Archives: Gerald St Clare
(Tom Petty’s Free Falling features in Michael’s short lockdown scene in Torpid, a little piece of inspiration while his brain is fritzing.) It’s a lyric that you just have to sing along with – no holding back, just belt it out. Tom Petty captured something deep inside us that tells of the joy of living, […]
What about that “Skycrane Maneouvre” (English spelling) then ? While Elon Musk continues to concentrate on being the most successful animation company in the world (they raise more cash from unfeasible animations than even Disney). NASA and their supporting cast just go out there and do it. The final approach and landing was worthy of […]
Sometimes, no price is too high for the right music. Who would argue that the brilliant Taika Waititi paid too much for Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” to put the power into “Thor Ragnarok”? Not me. The Zep’s know what it’s worth and so did Mr Waititi. So what about this week’s discussion of Kubrick’s decision […]
I just read this article in the Guardian Lifestyle section – many lessons, a few confirmations and some surprises. The Guardian: 6 Jan 2021 “If the aliens lay eggs, how does that affect architecture? : sci-fi writers on how they build their worlds” Graphics by Stefan Keller, Kellepics and Pixabay. Alastair Reynolds has always struck […]
I think I’d seen about two or three horror films before I was totally over the whole genre. Stephen King still stands out and gets a free pass on that, but generally I don’t waste any time on it. So on the principle that you shouldn’t knock something until you try it, I really had […]
One of the most experienced editors I know told me that a writer should never start out with a trilogy. As a man who always takes expert advice, (yeah, but no) I decided to make The Circles Trilogy my first major Science Fiction project. My initial idea was that it would start with Allen van […]
Two years ago, I attended a lecture (and demonstration) at Melbourne University which was the inspiration for two upcoming novels: “Immersion” and “Ersatz”. Although this article suggests that the active agent is a protein rather than grains of iron, it comes to the same conclusion. Nova: A bird’s eye view of quantum entanglement [Gerald St […]