What's New?

The idea here is to let you know what changes I've made to the site since you last visited. It works like a diary with the most recent entries at the top.

     
29th November 2005

Page added for The Mysteries of Modern Science
Page added for Masters of Science Fiction #1
Page added for Future Man
Page and review added for The Third Millennium
Page added for Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950
Page added for The Way to Write Science Fiction
Page added for Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances
Page added for Teach Yourself Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction
Page added for The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places
Page added for The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature
Page and review added for Curse of the Coral Bride
Page added for Kiss the Goat
Page added for The Wayward Muse

Non-Fiction menu added for new section
Contents Page revised to include Non-Fiction pages

 
     
14th February 2005

Review added for Designer Genes
Review added for The Last Supper
Review added for O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee
Review added for The Last Worshipper of Proteus
Review added for The Evil That Men Do
Review added for The Fisherman's Child
Review added for The Storyteller's Tale
Review added for The Unluckiest Thief
Review added for
The Light of Achernar
Review added for The Mandrake Garden
Review added for Chanterelle
Review added for Salomé and Other Decadent Fantasies

Page added for Vampire City
Page added for Knightshade
Page added for Lumen

Page added for Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker
Page added for Vampire Countess

Getting Hold of a Masterpeice and Links pages revised to remove obsolete links.
Zaragoz page updated with covers for the Boxtree and Black Press editions.
Journey to the Centre page updated to include Asgard's Secret
Invaders From the Centre page updated to include Asgard's Conquerors
Novels page revised to allow merger of the two Journey to the Centre pages
English page created to allow access to Brian's translations from French
Links page updated to include The Black Library

 
     
30th August 2004

Review added for All You Inherit
Review added for Architect of Worlds
Review added for Nectar
Review added for The Oracle
Review added for Rose, Crowned with Thorns
Review added for Tenebrio
Review added for To the Bad
Review added for Who Mournes a Necromancer?

Michael Murphy's review of Cradle of the Sun added.
Review added for The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Novel version)

Czech page updated thanks to Martin Šust
Link added to another of Brian's essays, Biotechnology and Speculative Fiction, thanks to Lisa Lynch.
Asimov's page updated to include story contents of January 2004 edition.

 
     
6th August 2004

Review added for Salamander's Fire
Review added for Chimera's Cradle

Review added for Inherit the Earth (Short Version)
Review added for Out of Touch
Review added for Mortimer Gray's History of Death
Review added for The Skin Trade
Review added for True Collectors

Additional review material added to The Age of Innocence

Carley O'Brien's review of The Last Days of the Edge of the World added.
Trent Walters' reviews of The Cards Speak, Ebony Eyes, Fans From Hell, Given by the Sun, The Haunted Nursery, Heartbeat, The Lamia's Soliloquy
, My Evil Twin, The Riddle of the Sphinx and The Valley of the Shadow all added. He has earned the third free copy of Chimera's Cradle.

Links Page completely revised, now containing links to most, if not all of Brian's writing on the web.

Salome and Other Decadent Fantasies page updated with blurb.

Links added for David Langford's reviews of Serpent's Blood and Chimera's Cradle.

Zaragoz, Plague Daemon and Storm Warriors pages updated to include pictures and blurbs for the new editions.

 

 

   
1st April 2004

Page added for Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution
Short Story Collections page updated to include new Salomé cover and Designer Genes.
Getting in Touch page added. (Please make sure you read this if you want to contact me.)

Links added to new reviews of The Cassandra Complex, Dark Ararat, Fables and Fantasies and The Omega Expedition.
Links added to reviews by Brett Bligh of Cradle of the Sun, The Blind Worm , Days of Glory and The Empire of Fear.
Nectar entry updated with link to the story excerpt.

Review added for Firefly
Review added for Serpent's Blood

 
     
10th October 2003

Links added to new reviews of The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires, Inherit the Earth, The Cassandra Complex, Dark Ararat and Swan Songs.

Asimov's page updated to include contents lists for June 1995, June 2002 and September 2002.

Review added for Young Blood
and page updated to include e-reads edition.
Review added for The Carnival of Destruction
Review added for Les Fleurs du Mal


Year Zero page updated to include Five Star editions.
Man in a Cage page updated to include E-Reads edition.

 
     
26th January 2003

Review and links to other reviews added to The Omega Expedition
Review added for The Tree of Life
Review added for What Can Chloë Want?
Review added for The Facts of Life

Review added for The Scream

Plague Daemon page updated with cover of new edition.
The news section updated.

 
     
19th January 2003

Review added for Salomé
Review added for The Woman in the Mirror
Review added for Self - Sacrifice
Review added for Hot Blood
Review added for Carriers
Review added for Upon the Gallows Tree
Page added for The Omega Expedition

 
     
1st September 2002

Review added for The Angel of Pain
Review added for Ghost Dancers
Review added for The Innsmouth Heritage
Review added for Taking the Piss
Review by Andrew Breitenbach added for The Home Front
The news section was updated on 15th September 2002

 
     
7th May 2002 Page added listing contents of Warhammer anthologies.
Pages for
The Cassandra Complex and Dark Ararat revised with new cover scans and blurbs from the hardback editions.
News page updated.

Review added for A Gardener in Parravon
Review added for
The Phantom of Yremy
Review added for
The Way of the Witchfinder
Review added for
The Will
Review added for
Kid Zero and Snake Eyes
Review added for
Thicker Than Water
Review added for
Only in the Twilight
Review added for
The Light of Transfiguration
Review added for
Storm Warriors
Review added for
The Werewolves of London

 
     
17th April 2002 Inherit the Earth page updated with Tor paperback edition and link to new review added.
Swan Songs page added and links established to/from all the Hooded Swan pages.
All links to Gabor Fukep's extinct DAW website removed.
German page updated and new page added for Die Saga vom Raumpilot Grainger
Links to new reviews added to
Architects of Emortality, The Fountains of Youth, The Cassandra Complex and Dark Ararat.
Page added listing contents of
Asimov's magazines, which contain stories by Brian.

Review added for Captain Fagan Died Alone
Review added for
The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady
Review added for
Security
Review added for
Tread Softly
Review added for
Emptiness

 
     
22nd February 2002 2001 short stories page finalised.
2002 short stories page added.

Forthcoming short stories page replaced by general Forthcoming page.

Review added for Dark Ararat and the prologue moved to its own page.
Page added for the Dark Ararat lost text
prologue.
Page added for the Dark Ararat lost text from
Chapter 37.

Cover picture added to Dark Ararat page - thanks to Aimee Crump at Tor.

 
     
15th February 2002 Page added for Dark Ararat, including prolog cut from Tor edition.

The Werewolves of London updated with Caroll & Graf hardcover edition.
The Carnival of Destruction updated with Caroll & Graf hardcover edition.

Review added for Zaragoz.
Review added for
Plague Daemon.
Review added for
The Cult of Selene.
Review added for
Skin Deep.
Review added for
The Sun's Tears.

Corrections to non-English pages kindly supplied by Ernesto incorporated.

 
     
10th December 2001 Page added for Der Sonnenstaat.

The Angel of Pain updated with Pan edition.
The Werewolves of London updated with Pan edition.
Salamander's Fire updated with Legend paperback edition.
German page updated to include German language editions of the Genesys trilogy.

Review added for Invaders from the Centre.
Review added for The Centre Cannot Hold.

 
     
23rd November 2001 Review added for Purgatorio.
Review added for Lucifer's Comet.
Review added for The Empire of Fear.
Review added for Journey to the Centre.

Page added for Das Wrack im Halcyon.
Page added for Der Schatz des schwarzen Planeten.
Page added for Die vergessene Hölle unter uns.
Page added for Die dritte Landung.

 
     
26th October 2001 The Mind Riders updated with Fontana edition.
Young Blood updated with Pocket Books edition.
 
     
8th October 2001 The Paradise Game updated with Dent edition.
The Architects of Emortality updated with Tor hardback edition.
Page added for DAs Machtgleichgewicht.
Page added for Vorstoß in die Hohlwelt.
Getting Hold of a Masterpiece updated to include Architects of Emortality & US$ prices.
 
     
24th September 2001 Rhapsody in Black updated with Dent edition.
Promised Land updated with Dent edition.
The Empire of Fear updated with Pan edition.
 
     
21st September 2001 Review added for Alfonso the Wise.
Review added for Sleepwalker.
Entry and link added for Fans From Hell.

The news page has also been updated and links to stories, which used to be in the Redsine archive removed.

 
     
25th August 2001 Review added for The Castaways of Tanagar.
Review added for Journey to the Center.
Review added for The Gates of Eden.

Review added for The Road to Hell.
Review added for The Serpent.
Review by Andrew Breitenbach added of The Age of Innocence.

The Realms of Tartarus updated to include the Quartet edition of The Face of Heaven.
The Angel of Pain updated to include the Carol & Graf edition.

I've decided to remove the Comments page. This isn't because I don't like what you've been saying, but because the software which handles the email garbles it, so that you have to be a cipher clerk to decode it.

 
     
22nd July 2001 Cradle of the Sun updated with cover and text of the Sidgewick & Jackson edition.
The Blind Worm updated with cover and text of the Sidgewick & Jackson edition.
Both the above page details were kindly supplied by Brett Bligh.

The Last Days of the Edge of the World updated with cover and text of the Hutchinson edition.
The Walking Shadow updated with cover and text of the Fontana edition.

 
     
12th July 2001 In the Kingdom of the Beasts updated with details of the Ace edition.

Rhapsody in Black updated with text from the DAW edition.
The Paradise Game updated with text from the DAW edition.
Swan Song updated with text from the DAW edition.
Wildeblood's Empire updated with text from the DAW edition.
Balance of Power updated with text from the DAW edition.

News page updated.

Link to review of The Fountains of Youth updated.

 
     
22nd June 2001 Review added for Pawns of Chaos.
Review added for The Walking Shadow.

Page added for Selbstmord IM All.
Page added for Zurück ins Licht.

Days of Glory updated with details of the Ace edition.
The Gates of Eden updated with details of the UK edition.
Serpent's Blood updated with details of the UK paperback edition.

News page updated.

List of forthcoming and published short stories updated.

 
     
2nd June 2001 Page added for Pawns of Chaos.
Review added for The Eleventh Hour.
 
     
26th May 2001 Cast lists for the Daedalus Novels added.

Review of The Last Days of the Edge of the World.
Review of Optiman/Wargames.

Cradle of the Sun updated with details of Ace publication, including cover.

 
     
5th May 2001

My first page solely dedicated to a non-English edition of one of Brian's books: Die Erde über uns

Review of The Colour of Envy.
Review of The Florians.
Review of Critical Threshold.
Review of Wildeblood's Empire.
Review of The City of the Sun.
Review of Balance of Power.
Review of The Paradox of the Sets.

Included external links to reviews of The Milk of Human Kindness and Snowball in Hell.
(With thanks to Andrew Breitenbach)

 
     

Late April 2001

Heavily revised pages for: French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. These all now feature text in that particular language, though this is only via a translation program. Anyone who'd like to make a comment or help improve these pages, please get in touch