Chris Butler
- BSFA Award nominations
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chrisbutler- January 10th, 20:10
Reminder to any BSFA members passing this way, nominations for the BSFA awards need to be in by Jan 16th.
- Cold
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- chrisbutler
- January 10th, 16:49
The last week has been fairly horrible thanks to a dreadful cold I've had. On Wednesday I tried to go out in the car but had to turn back thanks to icy roads. Have been stuck at home since, which would have been fine if I'd been healthy, but not much fun with the cold.
Almost recovered now, I hope. Managed to coax the car out of the snow drift in front of my house and back on the road this afternoon, for a trip to Sainsburys.
Caught up on some reading. And some DVDs, although I didn't have a lot available that I really wanted to watch. I guess I enjoyed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, although it was a little long and slow. Big surprise was the film Stealth, which although very silly was nevertheless enjoyable for a man with a head full of cold and paracetamol.
- Countdown
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- chrisbutler
- January 5th, 16:16
I don't often watch Countdown, but... I made an exception because Chris Davies, son of SF author Colin P Davies, was competing. And he only went and won the whole thing. Chris snatched victory from the jaws of semi-final defeat with 5 seconds to spare, and then romped to victory in the final. Woohoo!
- Fun With Rainbows
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- chrisbutler
- January 4th, 18:43
My friend and fellow member of the Montpelier Writing Group, Gareth Owens has a collection of his stories out now from new indie publisher Immersion Press. Includes a storming space opera novella, which I read in draft form a while ago, and other stories including several short-shorts originally published in Nature.
- Dr Who
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- chrisbutler
- January 2nd, 21:28
The Christmas Day episode was scrappy to say the least. Some good moments but overall quite weak.
Thankfully the finale yesterday was much more to my liking. I thought it was terrific.
* SPOILERS IN COMMENTS *
- Happy New Year
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- chrisbutler
- January 2nd, 15:45
Happy New Year. Hope everyone has a happy, healthy and successful 2010.
I have just arrived back home after the holiday festivities, visiting family and friends. Met my new nephew. Caught up on quite a few recent movies, read some stories, did some writing. More on this in future posts, perhaps.
- Nebula Awards
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- chrisbutler
- November 22nd, 2009
The web is alive with writers doing the Nebula Awards self-promotion thing. I empathize and will quietly cough the words Interzone, Fictionwise and eligible.
But really it is a waste of time because the Nebula eligibility rules are bizarre and designed to exclude writers outside the US. I can't see much defence for this, especially when the SFWA is more than happy to take membership fees from outside the US.
- Stormy Weather
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- chrisbutler
- November 22nd, 2009
grumpy
Was kept awake half the night by stormy weather outside. Not impressed.
- Winemaking
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- chrisbutler
- November 9th, 2009
On Saturday I finally got around to collecting this year's grapes off the vine in the garden (one of the benefits of living on the south coast). I usually pick them around the middle of October, but for various reasons that was impossible this year. The collecting is simple enough but the mashing them up is a tedious process. Anyhoo, they're in a bucket now and bubbling away merrily. Hopefully it will all be worth it in a couple of years time.
- Milford 2009
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- chrisbutler
- November 4th, 2009
Milford 2009
Originally uploaded by Chris DBMade new friends. Had a blast. Milford 2009 was fantastic.
- GUD Halloween
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- chrisbutler
- November 3rd, 2009
Last chance today (I think) to go get a free pdf of a selection of stories from past issues of GUD magazine.
Includes the story I co-wrote with Sarah Singleton.
Grab it today while it's free.
- Today's fox
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- chrisbutler
- September 26th, 2009
- Interzone 224
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- chrisbutler
- September 14th, 2009
very happy
Interzone 224 has arrived here and I am reading it now. Well, not right now because I am writing this.
I gather this issue will have greater distribution outside the UK, so keep an eye out for it wherever you may be.
- Holiday
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- chrisbutler
- September 7th, 2009
On Saturday I returned from a week's holiday in Devon, based on the edge of Dartmoor. Highlight of the week was a walk round the lovely Lydford Gorge. Yesterday for a complete change of pace I went up to London to see Beth Orton in concert. Great to see her in a small venue, near Piccadilly Circus.
- Interzone #224
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- chrisbutler
- August 27th, 2009
- Writing
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- chrisbutler
- August 22nd, 2009
restless
Today I am mostly writing. Verrry slooowwwly. Cos you don't want to rush these things.
- The Poison Garden
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- chrisbutler
- August 18th, 2009
Recently read Sarah Singleton's latest. Another triumph, I enthusiastically recommend it to you, along with all her other books.
- Wedding
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- chrisbutler
- August 16th, 2009
Ian and Louise got married. Aaahhhh.
- I Am The Future
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- chrisbutler
- July 14th, 2009
From page 1 of Interzone 223, just arrived. It's a small thing but it makes me happy!
223 is the Dominic Green special issue, which should be a walk on the wild side. And with all this good stuff coming up it's got to be a good time to subscribe.
- It's so hot I just have to chill
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- chrisbutler
- June 29th, 2009
Spent a relaxing couple of hours lounging out in the garden, reading the Dozois "Summation" and then eating. All evenings should be this pleasant.
