Nick HubbleI wrote about Margot Bennett for SF Caledonia. Better known as a crime writer, she wrote two SF novels: The Long Way Back (1954) and The Furious Masters (1968). In the 1930s, she had been a communist who served with the British Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War.
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Latest in my Scottish SFF blog series: Naomi Mitchison's Travel Light (1952) and When the Bough Breaks (1924).
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Road from Glasgow 2024 to PictCon 1: Naomi Mitchison, When the Bough Breaks(1924) and Travel Light (1952) as SFF Texts
Part of my series of posts on Scottish SFF, which began in the run-up to the Glasgow WorldCon and is now continuing on to PictCon 1 in November 2025. This is also part of my series of posts conside…
My review of A Jura for Julia (2024) by Ken MacLeod.
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Road from Glasgow 2024 to PictCon 1: A Jura for Julia by Ken MacLeod (NewCon Press, 2024)
Part of my series of posts on Scottish SFF, initially coinciding with the 2024 Glasgow WorldCon and focusing especially on the work of GOH Ken MacLeod, and now continuing in 2025. This is a slightl…
My review of Nova Scotia 2: New Speculative Fiction from Scotland, edited by Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson (Luna Press, 2024).
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The Road From Glasgow 2024: Nova Scotia Volume 2: New Speculative Fiction from Scotland edited by Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson (Luna Press, 2024)
Part of my series of posts on Scottish SFF in the run-up to/from this year’s WorldCon. This is a slightly revised version of my review which originally appeared in ParSec 12 (Autumn 2024). I’ve add…
Latest in the blog series: Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game (2010)
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Latest in my series of blogposts on Ken MacLeod's fiction. Here, I look in detail at the Engines of Light trilogy, a key work. Also some notes on the Dialectic, Historical Materialism, and the Scottish Programme.
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Road from Glasgow 2024: Ken Macleod, Engines of Light: Cosmonaut Keep (Orbit, 2000), Dark Light (Orbit, 2001) and Engine City (Orbit, 2002)
Including Notes on the Dialectic, Historical Materialism and the Scottish Programme Part of my series of posts on Scottish SFF in the run-up to, and aftermath of, this year’s WorldCon, focusing esp…
The Politics of Modern Scottish SFF: some thoughts on this in relation to the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum.
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'Once upon a time, over the gravity well and far away, there was a magical land where they had no kings, no laws, no money and no property, but where everybody lived like a prince, was very well-behaved and lacked for nothing.'
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https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2024/08/03/road-to-glasgow-2024-fairy-tale-narratives-in-iain-m-banks-science-fiction/
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https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2024/08/03/road-to-glasgow-2024-fairy-tale-narratives-in-iain-m-banks-science-fiction/
Montage of the 1950s Space Cat books for children, written by Ruthven Todd and illustrated by Paul Galdone.
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James Leslie Mitchell (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Gay Hunter (1934) - a landmark work of Scottish science fiction
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Road to Glasgow 2024: Gay Hunter by J. Leslie Mitchell (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) (Polygon 1989) – originally published in 1934.
Part of my series of posts on Scottish SFF in the run-up to this year’s WorldCon. (I should note that I’m going to continue the series after the Worldcon – ‘The Road from Glasgow 2024’!! – as there…