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About Me

My name's Jon Courtenay Grimwood, I write novels, occasionally weird ones... Until recently I wrote a column for the Guardian, these days I'm writing for SFX, the Telegraph review section and a couple of other papers and magazines.I was born in Malta and grew up in the Far East, Scandinavia and Malta again. I'm happiest on planes (which isn't great, given global warming).

My Interests

writing, motorbikes, alcohol (in any order)

I'd like to meet:

Buddha, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Johnny Thunders, Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rays, Haruki Murakami, Pablo Neruda, William Gibson, Gene Wolfe, you get the picture...

Music:

oh god, most punk, assorted goth, silver mount zion, against me, sigur ros, razorlight, wreckless eric, arcade fire, asian dub foundation, early rem, jesus and mary chain, clash, early bowie, lena lovich, lou reed, rachid taha

Movies:

old boy, spirited away, hani-ba, lost in translation, nightmare before christmas, la reine margot, whisper of the heart, anything by miyazaki, fifth element, starship troopers (sorry), akira, grosse point blank...

Television:

Edge of Darkness, probably the greatest piece of television ever made...

Books:

My Blog

Getting from Z to A

Sometimes my relationship with science fiction seems like a particularly bloody love affair. We've broken up and got back together so many times I've lost count of who got bored with what and went off...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:19:00 PST

Lindsay/Tolleys

Hi, you've set your profile to private so I can't reply to the message needing a reply! Add me as a friend and then I'll be able to reply. God, brain the size of a planet and still... jon ps Geoff bac...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:19:00 PST

vonnegut gaiman millar

in New York and stumbled over a copy of Martin Millar's insanely brilliant The Good Fairies of New York, now with an introduction by Neil Gaiman, and have to quote a line:'Millar writes like Kurt Vonn...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:25:00 PST

that list

Darkland, Liz Williams (Tor) End of the World Blues, Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz) Icarus, Roger Levy (Gollancz) The Last Witchfinder, James Morrow (Weidenfield & Nicholson) Nova Swing, M. ...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:35:00 PST

bsfa award

okay, probably shouldn't type late and drunk but just to say that end of the world blues won the bsfa award for best novel... and a very beautiful award it is too. am really pleased and slightly stunn...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:52:00 PST

End of the World Blues

'I'm Lady Neku,' she said, before executing a small bow and offering her hand. When Kit shook, he couldn't help noticing that her fingers were sticky. &...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:24:00 PST

Locus Recommends

Just discovered - late in the day - that End of the World Blues made the Locus Recommends list, along with Moorcock's Vengeance of Rome, Pynchon's Against the Day, Mike Harrison's Nova Swing, and...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:03:00 PST

Clarkes II (son of, Clarkes ride out, return of the, etc...)

Telegraph just did a round up of the Arthur C Clarke shortlist, and included this about End of the World Blues... 'A hallucinogenic noir thriller that mixes elements of Bladerunner, Borges and Bulgak...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:04:00 PST

Arthur C Clarke Awards

Gave up alcohol for January... last as long as it takes me to hit the pre-drinks for the Arthur C Clarke Awards last night, unless it was the pre-pre-drinks, given the actual ceremony isn't until earl...
Posted by jon courtenay grimwood on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:17:00 PST