Having just seen Looper and the accompanying ad for the DVD/Blueray Prometheus, I'm a bit miffed that the way they're selling it is "we answer your questions". I'd kinda prefer it if Ridley could have given us enough answers during the cinematic release to make some kind of sense.

I still think Let The Right One In is by far and away his best, most coherent book. Little Star is probably better than Handling the Undead (and, imho, Harbour), but it didn't quite work for me. It was also rather unsettling to read in the aftermath of certain events...

I'm not saying it ISN'T a gun, but isn't it just as likely to be a crossbow?

It's a sad day when a vet like Guile turns to crime and vigilantism...

Technically, Todd punches the moon to prove his love, not because he's broken up with someone...

Definitely. My favourite of his sci-fi after Excession.

I do get where you're coming from with the last paragraph, so no flames here:

Also, the Demon Headmaster was pretty good and obviously helped RTD get the Doctor Who gig.

I think there were some allusions made in The Algebraist to humans being sent further afield by the Vohn, but other than that he's kept it pretty quiet (always supposing that the Algebraist is set in the same universe as the Culture books).

You've not read the book, then? The "dark ones" were precisely that, ink black creatures (not dissimilar to the ones in Attack the Block). I think perhaps the phrasing in the Russian wasn't the best, but I never got any racism, implied or overt.

Not just me, then? I've got a green one. (Also a fantastic backgammon set from Turkey).

After reading Ishiguru's Never Let Me Go, I'm more wary than ever of literary sci-fi novels. I don't think I'll be trying this one out. I'd rather authors write literature that just happens to be sci-fi than have it hyped-up simply because it's a mainstream writer doing genre.

It would probably be a lot more accurate to describe this as an advert by Channel 4, the official UK broadcaster for the Games, rather than the Organising Committee.

Whilst I'm sure it's a very personal thing to every writer, I'm wondering if anyone has inspired you (or, perhaps if there's just anybody's work you admire) in their treating the book as a part of the narrative, through illustration, text, font or structure? I'm thinking of people like Alasdair Gray.

Isn't this a bit like The Man Who Fell To Earth, minus the alien VW Camper Bowie drove in it? (OK, it may not have been a VW - I haven't watched it in years, mainly as it freaked me out).

More likely is that Kelly-Sue's interview was posted yesterday and io9 reacted to it quickly, as good bloggers will. It's a coincidence. Do you think there has to be an agenda here, or just a popular author discussing a popular series when it's newly launched?

It read to me like a slightly less gothic Reynolds - less of an emphasis on slow, horrible deaths and more on political and sociological conflict. (For the record, I think Alasdair Reynolds is great too).

Yeah, one of the earlier photos on io9 showed graffiti that read "Minty is the Law". They know their stuff, without trying to cram every character ever on the screen.

Nice. I do really like him as an actor, but he's in danger of becoming ubiquitous in these biopic roles, at least in the UK, anyhow.

Seconded. If only so Michael Sheen doesn't get the gig. (Love Sheen, but I'm tired of him playing EVERYONE).