FIRST of all let me say I’m sorry – I know I’ve been away and I promise not to go away for so long again.
Where have I been? Well, owing to work stuff and holidays, I just have not had the time to sit down in front of a computer screen – it’s been mental.
But [...]
ANDY Sawyer leaned back and paused for a moment, before stating clearly and precisely “I’m sorry, but that is bollocks!”
The science fiction librarian and I were continuing our chat in the Sci-Fi Hub at the University of Liverpool’s Sydney Jones library.
The Hub houses tens of thousands of books, videos, audio tapes and other sci-fi goodies.
The [...]
THERE was the sense of an oncoming storm at this weekend’s Hugo awards, of a terrible brilliance gathering momentum just over the horizon.
The maelstrom was centred around two men – Steven Moffat and Neil Gaiman – and one show – Doctor Who.
The Whorunning genius and the dark mastermind of storytelling picked up one award each, [...]
“OK, I’LL meet you in the library.”
With those words, I had my pass into one of the innermost sanctums of science fiction – the enormous Science Fiction Hub at Liverpool University.
Now celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Hub has grown into one of the greatest and most extensive archives of SF in the world, with [...]
