Two articles in The New Scientist grabbed my attention recently:Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the mathsandBlack holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing ringsI have to say, I had looked to The New Scientist to be a...
Last year, Bryan Appleyard wrote an article in the New Statesman titled Why futurologists are always wrong – and why we should be sceptical of techno-utopians. In it he points out the flawed history of predictions and takes to task the overly optimistic tendencies of...
Physicists are edging closer to what was once considered the realm of science fiction—time travel. While we won’t be sending humans into the past, according to Miriam Frankel’s article in the New Scientist, the concept of sending particles back in time is...
My short stories allow me to explore ideas outside the world I built in the House Next Door Trilogy and the Recoverist Quartet. They are, perhaps, darker in tone overall and touch on themes such as the neural internet, life extension technologies, the impact of...
Versions of the Future is a collection of short stories inspired by a collaboration between science fiction authors and scientists from the Human Brain Project and the Bristol Robotics Lab. The authors were me, Stephen Oram and Allen Ashley and the scientists included...
The Recoverist Quartet is set in the last quarter of the 25th Century in a world transformed by climate change. Britain is a desert archipelago. The privileged live in cities, sheltered from unpredictable storms and lethal heat. They are trapped in their misery,...
Set in 2055, 2092 and 2472, the House Next Door trilogy provides snapshots of future worlds ravaged by climate change. This adventure story has a serious message about the future we’re creating for ourselves and the people and planet we will leave behind. Click on the...