“We’re coming to help.” That’s the message humanity receives from the depths of space in Nick M Lloyd's stunning new novel, Immortals. The senders, calling themselves the Ankor, claim a colossal gamma ray burst from a supernova will engulf the Earth in less than a...

This passage was cut from Emergence during my third rewrite, although undoubtedly cute, it wasn't really relevant – although the actor in question (the flamboyant Mike Littlejohn) posited it as a discussion about probability, it feels more like a discussion on logical...

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson: The nerd gets the girl. What's not to like? The System of the World by Neal Stephenson: The scene (and particularly the lead up to) where Yevgeny attacks Peter the Great in the coffee house remains my favourite piece of prose... ever!...

'I normally like to read an author’s novel before contacting them about the Indie Author Spotlight,' writers SF Signal's Max Pfeffer. 'However, this time around I was asked if I’d be interested in setting up an interview with Nick M Lloyd, before having even read the...