My 'Ender's Game' book review is on the sci-fi now website
Being special and different is the mainstay of many
classic science fiction stories, from ‘More than
Human’ to ‘The Chrysalids’ and ‘Flowers for
Algernon’. They all revolve around a compellng
situation; a special person or small group of people
that have an ability or physical attribute that makes
them feel alone, separated from the rest of humanity.
Their ‘specialness’ makes them a subject of ridicule
or fear or plain incomprehension...
'The Golden Web: Part 1' is nearing publication
I've tried to keep the book light-hearted, even
though it puts forward a radical new theory. As an
example of this approach, here's the blurb I'll be
putting in the description field:
Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road'
When I was young, I thought people were much nicer to each other. This, I think, was down to the sci-fi books I read. When things went wrong in them, people pulled together, showed their mettle, overcame the odds like stars in a matinee war movie. It was a glowing, warm idea that was seriously dented when I saw ‘When worlds collide’
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