Timepieces



		Edited by Ian Whates
		News and Awards Sarah Singleton's story The DISAPPEARED was long listed for a British Fantasy Award. Sarah Singleton's story, Liz William's story, JCG's story, and Fangorn's artwork were all nominated for BSFA awards in 2007 and we were delighted to hear that Fangorn's beautiful Angelbot, who guards our site, won the BSFA Award for Best Artwork 2007.
Mark Robson signing for Timepieces book		SOLD OUT June 2008!
		AN ANTHOLOGY OF EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED STORIES OF SPECULATION AND IMAGINATION. ISSUED AS A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION.
		ONLY 525 COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED, WITH EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY ALL CONTRIBUTORS.
		... What's it all about? Time provides the thread that weaves this anthology together. Not that time is a factor in every story – after all, variety is the spice of life – but it is present in the majority; used with subtlety in some and more blatantly in others. Contents: Introduction Caer Cold – Liz Williams State Your Name – Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Disappeared – Sarah Singleton The Globe of the Genius – Ian Watson Minstrels’ Fold – Steve Cockayne A Very British Paranorm – Stephen Baxter The Chalice – Mark Robson It’s About Time! – Ian Whates *BSFA nominated!* Liz Williams’ evocative story, which opens the collection, conjures up an England of knights and peasants; a land caught in the grip of an unnatural winter, where summer is a distant memory. It involves a quest to find a mysterious metal tower – said to have fallen from the skies generations ago – and the consequences of its discovery. *BSFA nominated!* Jon Courtenay Grimwood plunges the reader instantly into a cyberpunk world of inequality and desperation. His customary slick prose steers us through a tale of intelligent guns and street-wise kids, in which violence is ever-imminent and the price of passage is everything. JCG rarely writes short fiction, so we are delighted by his presence in the anthology. BSFA nominated! Sarah Singleton graces us with an SF mystery-thriller, set in the 1940’s, just prior to the outbreak of World War II. This atmospheric tale takes us into a world of shadowy intrigue and top secret research projects, when a journalist discovers that an old friend – a scientist – has disappeared, and determines to investigate. Ian Watson’s story is one of invention and discovery, encompassing genius and foolishness along the way – not to mention humour and avarice – as the protagonist closes in on the ultimate scientific breakthrough and its attendant financial reward. Of course, being an Ian Watson, nothing is quite that straight forward. Steve Cockayne masterfully recreates the atmosphere of an English country village and provides warning of the perils inherent in attending folk-nights at the local pub. As with everything the author writes, a sense of impending wonder and surrealism suffuses the narrative throughout. More accustomed to writing novels, this represents the author’s short story debut, Stephen Baxter provides a delightfully wry and whimsical tale about entropy, which takes a sideways swipe at that great British institution: the bureaucrat. It is easy to imagine the shade of Eric Frank Russell peering over the author’s shoulder as he wrote this and nodding with approval. The spirit of Allamagoosa lives on! Mark Robson gives full rein to his penchant for fast-paced action in his piece: a taut thriller-noir set in the future of another world – a planet where crime lords hold sway and a relic from ancient Earth is worth killing for. As with Steve Cockayne, the author is essentially a novelist and this is his first ever published short story. Ian Whates … ah, yes… him. A time-tripping tale of unexplained missions, sabotage and duplicity, written as deliberate homage to Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Connie Willis and the many other writers who have travelled the timelines before – not to mention the odd TV show! Ian
Ian Watson recovering after signing for Timepieces.
Steve Cockayne signing for Timepieces book.
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525 copies only! Sold out June 2008!		Reviews "Time Pieces is a British anthology full of traditional SF that consciously bows to its forebears, and is chock full of ideas and characterization that's there not to delay the story but move it on.” – COLIN HARVEY, STRANGE HORIZONS. “Liz Williams's Caer Cold, which opens the collection, with its winterish detail left me shivering! In contrast, Ian Watson's smile-inducing story was packed with his trademark witticisms. All of the stories were very different, although most of them featured time in some respect. The delightful, new discovery for me was Sarah Singleton's story, a kind of cross-genre thriller, which I absolutely loved, reminding me a little of Ira Levin, but there isn't a single dud.” – DONNA SCOTT, CHRONICLES (Of Liz Williams): “The volume gets off to a good start with the opening paragraph of this story, a well-crafted piece of writing which sets up an intriguing mystery…” (Of Stephen Baxter): “A light and deft touch from Baxter, providing a tongue in cheek view of British civil service at its best…” (Of Ian Watson): “A very clever glimpse into the mind of a mathematic obsessive…” (And in general): “Praise to Whates for putting in the effort to produce this volume.” – MARK WATSON, BEST SF
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TImepieces was originally sold from this site for £9.99. We sold the last of the 525 numbered, signed, copies in June 2008. Trading at up to £14.99 on Amazon June 2008!		EIGHT SPECIAL STORIES, ONE VERY SPECIAL BOOK! SOLD OUT June 2008!