David A. Gray

If those same curious scientists work out a way to make all of us humans very miniature, we'd soon find out something about our cats that was not delightful.

I absolutely did not see this coming. Really well done.

It's impressive that it has been given time to find its stride. Some really wonderful moments so far (7/8 episodes down) and only a few murky "has nobody got a torch?" scenes

Dragons were a big part of my young life, from The Hobbit's Smaug and the Pern stories through to my Rodney Matthews posters. I've written a little about them, and my Quoth The Dragon tale was in DSF. And another short – Dragon Humor – has been accepted by the wonderful Androids and Dragons.

A serial? By me?

Having trained as a journalist, seeing a story of mine serialized daily, is a delight. Thanks to @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social

Thanks for the inclusion. Having started on newspapers, the idea of a story in daily installments is wonderful. Honored to be part of it.

This is great news - Banks' stories are sublime. Though worth pointing out he's Scottish, not Swedish (as the subhed claims)

Great read and a vital contribution - so many of the superstitions and stories passed on by (and some possibly made up by) my grandparents have faded from popular storytelling, and it’s crucial we retell them.

Debra the zonkey. I can die happy.

And let’s not get started on the idea than an ancient hi tech species created a self replicating biological machine and it was the death of them and … pulp drum roll … it’s us!

Perhaps they developed a speculative fiction industry before their tech was advanced enough for this, and were - like us - terrified of civilization ending under an ocean of gray goo.

Loving this - and not just because of my weakness for generation starships!

There are so many editions of this and some amazing and some less-amazing covers but this one I love.

I’m not sure why I chose to sound like someone posh from 1950s England, there, but the enthusiasm was real.

That brings back memories! Lovely find!

This new endeavor - top notch sci fi in daily bites - is well worth a look and our support. It’s a lovely nod to the newspaper serial days.

You deserve your place there, mate, by any measure. That said, to be alongside Silverberg… what a feeling that must be.

And ... apologies for not checking specifics before I waxed lyrical ... your wonderful work was part of my reading journey, and as I search and discover, I remember exactly when I saw each cover for the first time. Many thanks!

Well that explains the flashback! I will seek them out, as it was a glorious time to be a reader of sci-fi, where every new book was a surprise.

Lovely stuff, Fred. Transported me - for a moment - to the days when sci-fi book covers bore little resemblance to the story, and were often just sublime (hullo, Chris Foss) spaceship art.

Absolutely independent of his brilliant storytelling, Banks' world-building was just sublime.

Loving it so far, mate!

Ah, the books I stumbled upon when pushed for time in a bookstore and only had the time to read the blurb and look at the cover. Glorious.

Really enjoyed this from start to finish. No spoilers from me so that’s all I’ll say for now.

This is, for all the sense of creeping foreboding, rather lovely

What a great read, Greg. From out of nowhere I am reminded to re-read Roadside Picnic.