Daily Archives: 21 September 2012

Heroic Genius or a Distraction from Reality?

Posted on 21 September 2012 by Athene Donald

This week I strayed from my occasional home on the Guardian blogs to a mainstream print newspaper, writing a piece for the Telegraph to follow on from the Stephen Hawking Grand Design programme launch I wrote about briefly before. My … Continue reading →

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Sex, Violence, Aliens, Violent Sex, Violent Sex with Aliens

Posted on 21 September 2012 by Henry Gee

Sales of my SF bonkbuster Siege of Stars and the first of its sequelae Scourge of Stars are pootling along nicely, and if either of you are remotely interested in what (if anything) goes through an author’s mind while he is … Continue reading →

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Open Access Juggernaut Hits London

Posted on 21 September 2012 by Stephen

Everyone’s talking about open access (OA). It has been a year of dramatic developments in the drive to liberate access to the research literature and the blogosphere is buzzing with excited chatter. Well, perhaps not everyone and not even the … Continue reading →

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