David Nickle

Such a great book!

Una de las prácticas que traducen mis alumnos gira en torno a un fragmento de otra novela de este escritor (Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, mi primer contacto con su obra), pero Rasputin's Bastards mola como la mezcla de Expediente-X, Guerra Fría, Nuevos Mutantes y calamares gigantes que es.

Convincing you to read my book by the first sentence (or so): The start of Rasputin's Bastards.

When @madelineashby.bsky.social and I co-edited Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond back in 2015, the writers had no trouble at all coming up with James Bond stories in the Fleming mold. Perhaps Amazon should give one or two of them a call...

www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

Forget the Aston Martin! I want to see what that Bentley can do on the open road. If there's to be a big, improbable stunt, let 007 train up for it for a week or two, and pop some amphetamines for good measure.

Also, it's well past time that James Bond beat a Nazi at bridge.

Give me the James Bond who guessed British TV licensing was a Soviet plot, while he mooned about his flat after Tiffany Case dumped him! Who fell hard for broken-nosed Honey Ryder after being moved by her back-story! Who snickered with Felix Leiter about Floridian pensioners on the boardwalk!

No one's done that yet - Craig's characterization did come close, but didn't place him in the post-War context that had the literary Bond make a bit of sense. And even Connery's James Bond - closer to the period - was a bit too laddish, far too smug, to fit with those books.

How about this: a total reboot of the films, to a time before Dr. No, set in the 1950s. Sand off the casual racism and misogyny, and tell stories about the patriotic self-destructive romantic that Fleming made up for his secret agent.

Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond In Paris, James Bond meets his match over appetizers an…

Apparently today is the day* to remind everyone that @davidnickle.bsky.social and I edited a James Bond anthology: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

*For the record, I mean a day in which Bond is being discussed broadly, and not, you know, Remembrance Day.

Eruption #art

Volk: A Novel of Radiant Abomination - David Nickle Volk: A Novel of Radiant Abomination is the second volume in David Nickle's Book of the Juke series, sequel to Eutopia.

For American readers looking to read a horror novel set just prior to the rise of Nazi Germany, a deal: my novel VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination is just that, and also on sale for $1.99 for the e-book today.

davidnickle.ca/writing/volk/

Monstrous Affections by David Nickle

Finished reading this short horror story collection by Toronto legend @davidnickle.bsky.social last night. I’m a huge fan of Eutopia and Volk so I knew I would dig. Did not disappoint!

November Shore. #art

Ten years old this year, and alas, only available on the black market most places.

Paradise Mislaid. #art

The Bashful Dead. #art

That guy!

For the completist: All of my books with @OpenRoadMedia - The 'Geisters, Rasputin's Bastards, Eutopia and Volk, Monstrous Affections and Knife Fight - are available for $1.99 for the ebook in the U.S., until October 17. davidnickle.ca/writing/

So @procreate.com released a new update with a completely different brush set not long ago. Confusing at first, but it got me thinking outside the norm, and tried my hand at a Turner pastiche. Didn't quite hit it... but I'm not unhappy with it either. #art

Flirt. #art

Quitting Time. #art

Out of the Woods. #art

Yueh Tung. #art

Bald Mountain

Up Up and Away. #art

The Girl in the Window. #art

The Black Run. #art

I'm not at the Seattle Worldcon in person, but I will be there online, reading a story alongside fellow Canuck authors Derek Kunsken and Geoff Ryman to support the 2030 Edmonton bid. The readings are at 3 p.m. PST, 6 p.m. EST, on Aug. 16.

www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty?fbc...

Invasion. #art

Smoker. #art