I am not one to do the whole 'New Year' thing. I do not make resolutions just because of a change in the calendar year. Yes, it is a new year, but I do not find anything intrinsically different about it and neither do I have any expectations of it proving to be fundamentally different to what has gone before just because it is 2022 and not 2021.
novels
Should Iolos Fall – Part Three
Robots. They have been a staple of Science Fiction for a very long time now, dating back to Karel Capek's play R.U.R., Rossum's Universal Robots, which was first performed in the 1920's.
Should Iolos Fall – Part Two
It is essential for any piece of imaginative fiction that such a world should possess a kernel of realism at its heart.
Should Iolos Fall – Part One
The regurgitation of Star Wars by Disney and the failure to live up to the promise of the recent Star Trek movies provoked a response; I decided to write my own science fiction epic.
Where am I at now?
I have been busy of late, but not everything that has occupied my time has been related to either writing or any of the other things that I am interested in.
Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
I found it rather difficult to empathise with the protagonist, Philip Carey. This made getting to the end of a rather long novel somewhat tedious, but I persevered. I am not sure if it was worth the effort even though this book is considered to be Maugham's masterpiece. Carey is not the kind of person … Continue reading Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
Autumn Book Fair
Tomorrow, I will be attending my first book fair as an author.
A Message from America
It is always great to hear from a reader, but usually they make contact after they have read the book.
They built a ministry to deal with people like us, Thomas, a whole government ministry.
"They built a ministry to deal with people like us, Thomas, a whole government ministry. They don't like us, they don't want us, and they're telling the normal people to hate us. You heard what they are saying about us. They say we're cretins who can't do anything, feeble-minded idiots who just take and give nothing back. They're making killing us look like a kindness."
“I sought to commission you as my protector Lord Coenred, but I find in you a noble heart that I much admire.”
"I sought to commission you as my protector Lord Coenred, but I find in you a noble heart that I much admire."
Peter C Whitaker 