Today's Tuesday Fiction is by Tom Learmont. Tom was born in the Golden Age of Science Fiction – to grow up in Scotland and Rhodesia, filled with “sensawunda” from reading H.G. Wells, Theodore Sturgeon and James Blish. He scraped a degree and taught for a few years. Then he bought a typewriter, commenced living by... Continue Reading →
Monday Original Content: Interview with South African Author Tom Learmont
Nick Wood in conversation with South African author Tom Learmont. Interview with Tom Learmont - 14th November 2011; in a nondescript pub, Mill Hill, London, by Nick Wood I picked Tom Learmont up from Finchley Central tube station in North London and we made our way to a nearby pub for a conversation. Tom asked... Continue Reading →
South African SF/F Panel
The South African Mail & Guardian reports on the recent science fiction and fantasy in the city panel from the M&G literary festival in Johannesburg: South African writers who dare to venture into the fantastical are accused of writing "untruths", said Gwen Ansell, chairing "Science Fiction and Fantasy in the City" at the M&G Literary... Continue Reading →