Kris Vyas-Myall

Facebook just told me it's been a year to the day since my book came out. If you haven't bought it yet, don't you think you've held back long enough?

I half expect next Series to include a flashback to Ser Arlan saying "you think I can't read by I know Das Kapital by heart" and Egg organising strikes.

The final episode of King of the 7 Kingdoms definitely moved the class critique from thinly vieled subtext to 6ft neon letters.
You have Dunc saying if rulers are privileged they are shit & a break in the usual classical music to play Sixteen Tons, a song about being a coal miner for a corporation.

[February 22, 1971] Science Against Man - Galactic Journey I turned to a couple of anthologies, one that was heavily British and in the high brow spirit, the other entirely Australian & more old fashioned.

The second of my three anthology reviews for this month, the surprisingly impressive Science Against Man:
galacticjourney.org/february-22-...

I still sometimes wonder if his entire premiership is actually some kind of conceptual art piece.
How many people can you annoy and still stay in charge?

I do continue to find it amazing just how bad he is at just politics or people, and this is from someone who has the charisma of a potato.
I consider myself plugged in but even when he actually does good things I keep finding out in random ways.
How can he manage to annoy everyone?

I mean only the fake god tried in Owl House, the true God just established that it is okay to melt the skins off nazis and curb-stomp their bones. Important lesson for all children!

(Personally Lib Dems are further down my list because I am still not convinced after 2010 they wouldn't sell out the entire country to fascism for a whiff of power, but appreciate others don't hold to that).

Screenshot from Yougov with survey questions and results: Who would voters back in tactical scenarios? And imagine now that in your constituency the only two parties that appeared to have a chance of winning were [x] and [y], if that were the case, how would you vote? % Ref vs. Con: Ref: 24%; Con: 31% Ref vs. LD: Ref: 29%; LD: 41% Ref vs. Lab: Ref: 31%; Lab: 35% Ref vs. Grn: Ref: 27%; Grn: 42% Con vs. LD: Con: 26%; LD 34% Con vs. Lab: Con: 28%; Lab 29% Con vs. Grn: Con: 29%; Grn 37% LD vs. Lab: LD: 29%; Lab 21% LD vs. Grn: LD: 25%; Grn 25% Lab vs. Grn: Lab: 20%; Grn 20%

Whilst I know people don't fully act like this in reality, it is heartening to see a heirarchy of preference among British voters of:
Lib Dem > Green> Labour > Conservative > Reform
Full details here:
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Live picture of me trying to write fiction

Oh interesting idea. I was thinking Stewart Lee from 1990 but I could definitely see Lee Evans.

Thinking more about it, I wonder if it would work well as movie. Giving us a more ground level entry point to Mega City One?
Like Furiosa, make it:
"America: A Dredd Story"
Just a musing.

Judge Dredd: America cover. America with a large gun looking terrified, behind her is a tattered American flag with a red judge in the material pointing a gun towards her.

Checked out Judge Dredd: America, and darn, that is good but far too relevant...

Ohhh a lot of games I had before the age of 18.
A few I will go for:
Civilization 1-3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Final Fantasy VII
Psychic Force
Tomb Raider

Not saying one is right or one is wrong. Just interesting.
Me watching it: "This is a clear depressing depiction of fundamental inequalities that have only been made more obvious recently."
People who I saw praising it: "Haha, they interrupted the Game of Thrones theme for someone using the toilet."

You know, it is a funny thing, perceptions of media.
I was encouraged to watch Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, being told it was a humorous fairytale style take on Westeros.
Whilst I kind of enjoy it, I see it as almost the opposite, a Grim piece of pseudohistorical social realism, about classism.

Cover for Quark 2 showing a picture of a boy with a fishtail for legs against crumpled material background. Text at the top says: A paperback library original review Quark/2 A quarterly review of speculative fiction by John Brunner, Thomas Disch, Carol Emshwiller, Philip Jose Farmer, Fritz Lieber, James Sallis and Others. Edited by Samuel R. Delaney and Marilyn Hacker.

@krisvm.bsky.social tackles the latest issue of Quark — whatever it is, it ain't #ScienceFiction!

galacticjourney.org/february-6-1...

Next weekend, is the final Trek broadcast for a while, plus Doctor & Master, and more. Hope to see you there
Schedule 14/02 (GMT):
17:50: The Clangers: Fishing
18:00: Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil: Part 3
18:25: The Expert: Cedric
19:15: Star Trek: The Cloud Minders.
discord.gg/WcqYCK9z?eve...

Good morning harbinger of books. I am on my second anthology to review for the month, Science Against Man by Anthony Cheetham. Whilst, for my own reading, I am getting back to Shogun by James Cavell before watching the show.

Our little one has started to just stop at random times, turn to his right and go:
"Oh, hi, I didn't see you there. Today we are...:
Does he know something I don't?

[February 6, 1971] Retreat! (Quark/2) The latest Quark perhaps demonstrates well why escapism may not always be the best choice.

First of my anthology reviews of the month, Quark/2. The Tales of Topographic Oceans of SF:
galacticjourney.org/february-6-1...

Cool and good luck! And if you ever need help with any behind the scenes stuff feel free to hit me up.

I am currently unemployed so cannot commit to funding at this time but any other help I can give let me know.
Really great project!

A cyberpunk cityscape in shades of blue, pink, and grey with the text 'Trans in the Machine: Chronicling the New Cyberpunk Canon. Insight // Analysis // Experience From Trans+ Community'

Trans in the Machine: Chronicling the new Cyberpunk Canon is now live!

The crowdfund runs all month.

Accessible pricing and a portion of funds go to good causes.

Let’s make this happen together!

🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

I am one of them and laughed heartily 😂

I recently saw someone, in all seriousness state that, "if more than half your readers do not confidently work out a twist before it happens, then it is bad writing. If they do not it means you did not put in enough clues to signal it to your audience."
Made me realise how different our views were.

I actually do, If anything I wish he had more to do here like he does in Killing Ground.

I suppose when you decide to wipe out most of the human race as well, it is much better to just ignore bits of it it going forward :)

It is so beautifully done and with such care.

Yeah not enough pun titles in DW. I wish they had kept them all in the Myth Makers. "Is there a Doctor in the Horse" would have been perfection.