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Blood Red Dust Gains Great Reviews on Goodreads and Amazon.

On By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Mars, Reading, Review2 Comments

From Glen Donaldson on Goodreads: Enjoyed? I positively feasted on this book! It opened a door to a behive-world of thoughty concepts and high-res imagination the likes of which I have rarely seen. The 'frolicksome' character of Jannine deserved a book all on her own! You really have dynamited the vault and poured out the …

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Blood Red Dust to Launch 19 November at Fantasticon 2016!

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Launched at the brilliant Fantasticon 2016 in Hull on Saturday 19/Sunday 20 November is my latest science fiction novel, Blood Red Dust. (Tickets here) If you can make it to Hull and pop in, I’d be delighted to sign a copy for you. If you can’t be there, you can still obtain a copy in …

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SciFi in the Making: Now Available!

On By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Fiction, Mars4 Comments

It’s here! It’s there! And you can have it everywhere! Okay, a little ott, but, hey! I’m excited. My latest science fiction novel, Blood Red Dust, is now available and you can get a copy by clicking on this link. At present, it’s available in paperback; the ebook will follow shortly: I’ll let you know …

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Progress on the WIP: SciFi in the Making – Cover Reveal!

On By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Mars3 Comments

In a couple of days, I'll be announcing the launch (soft at present, as the official launch will occur on 19th November at Fantasticon 2016 in Hull). But, to keep you up to date, here's the cover of Blood Red Dust: Volume 1 (Generation Mars). This is my new science fiction novel. Watch this space …

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The Case for Mars, by Robert Zubrin, Reviewed

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Subtitled, The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, this extraordinary work by Robert Zubrin, with Richard Wagner, is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Mars either as an observer or as, in my case, a writer of science fiction. In researching for my novel about Mars, I’ve read a great …

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