Away with the ex wife and kids (last time we’ll get away together) so looking for some fiction recommendations from you bunch of good cunts (A Glaswegian term of endearment btw).
J G Ballard is my man, but read (almost) all of his work. That kind of sci-fi is my jam. Vonnegut, Dostoevsky, Borges, Julian Barnes are all also favs. A collection of short stories would also be greatly recieved.
Try ‘Under the Eye of the Big Bird’ by Hiromi Kawakami. Each chapter reads like a separate story but they all fit together. I loved it.
Synopsis:
In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers.
Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien beings - but it is far from certain that connection, love, reproduction, and evolution will persist among the inhabitants of this faltering new world.
Unfolding over geological eons, Under the Eye of the Big Bird is at once an astonishing vision of the end of our species as we know it and a meditation on the qualities that, for better and worse, make us human.
Not sure what type of cunt reading books makes you, but that kind x
Sounds great, thanks. Added to the list at the number one spot.
Will have a look into this too for sure. I really don’t care if it is something new or old.
Strong recommend. Love Ballard as well, and Vonnegut. Wouldn’t compare with JG so much, but rate the above as good as Kurt, or Pynchon.
You ever try Paul Auster? Read a lot over the years but not for a while, but has a sci-fi alt reality to it always. Moon Palace I think stands out but would need to check.
Sod it, wasnt gonna share this here since I feel cringe about sharing any of my work at the best of times. This is a story I’m serialising on my Substack over the next few weeks. Its a WW2 set mystery with supernatural elements. Two chapters are up now
No, I haven’t. Will have a look. I would love to read more fiction, but I need the time to do it, to be immersed. Holidays are my fiction time.
Thank you all for recs and ideas 
All sorts of bits and bobs on here… I’m probably years behind the curve so apologies if you’re already aware:
They run a label too that’s really good if you like esoteric techno.
Cheers, yeah I do… Love that Corona Borealis track… The very definition of a floaty banger 
Owain K from Innate seems like a really good bloke
If you haven’t already - have a read of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and the two follow ups Parable of the Talents and Kindred.
Absolutely brilliant early/mid 90s dystopian science fiction about surviving in a post-apocalyptic event (not zombies). Set in a future US but starting to feel all too realistic in Trumpland.
Much appreciated. I’ve ordered the Hiromi Kawakami one, but got a break away in Feb with the gf, and she’s applying to the film festival circuit for her short film ( looking for nice places for long weekend breaks) so the more the better.
That’s looks a good recommendation for me, will be getting
Cheers for that, I don’t read much fiction at all I would like to get engrossed in some. Dystopian appeals to me, but zombies or any of that carry on just ain’t me. So anything you can recommend in a similar vein is welcome.
Off the top of my head if you’ve not read China Mieville, especially the city and the city or Dave Hutchinson’s Europe in Autumn (dystopian near future in a post-EU europe and a crime thriller that’s totally under selling it) are both excellent.
Friend sent me this article from the FT of all places.
Great that
I managed to catch the In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats VR experience while it was up in Leeds. It was absolutely incredible, Really puts you in the moment
San Sebastien have a great Film festival, food is pretty good too, similarly Sitges…
