Ian Green
@ianthegreen
SFF author; EXTREMOPHILE & THE ROTSTORM trilogy out now with HoZ books/Ad Astra; PhD in epigenetics; ᛉᚷᛏᚫ; www.ianthegreen.com;
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside... Come for the sea-serpent gods and pirate fights, stay for the skua-candles and folk songs sung to desolate rocks as night closes in geni.us/TDATDcovrev
PRETENDERS TO THE THRONE OF GOD by @aptshadow.bsky.social is an excellent entry in the Tryant Philosophers. Gormenghast meets Victor Hugo by way of Moorcock. Come for crab-city-siege action, stay for the trauma bonding and lonely math wizards. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pretender...
VERVAIN HOLLOW by Catriona Silvey is out June- Its a delightfully twisting slice of Gothic Americana anchored by exquisitely drawn characters and relationships. Deftly drawn, horribly spooky. I read it entirely after dark, and I recommend you do the same... catrionasilvey.com/vh.html
THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out in August- get 20% off if you order before the 17th! Discount code: PREORDER 20 uk.bookshop.org/a/414/978180...
Antler/horn effect especially good on this, what are you using? I only have one Nurgle lad!
Can they just release BG3 character creation but with all possible items and clothing so I can just make my d&d character without playing 200 hours of game?
This is out in August! Writers and reviewers, my dearies, if you fancy an ARC drop me a line- they are heading out shortly! Preorder it if you like cool books about swords and ships and monsters and guilt and arcane archipelagos and betrayal and hope and disaster and fate amzn.eu/d/08ibViSi
Does this golden retriever murder lots of Nazis? Because that would actually be a pretty fun picture book for me
Man the new (actually who knows, I've been away for ages) gardens at the NHM are lush. Came for the dinosaurs, stayed for the big whale.
I have been out of the UK for 2.5 years, but now I am back. I was not ready. I have clearly been left behind
3 way Termagants vs Space Wolves vs Chaos Marines. A chaos victory! Which is all the more sweet having borrowed the victorious army to play with from my pal, having never played chaos before, and having insisted on using the 'useless' heldrake as the model is gorgeous All vibes no tactics 🤷
A few old pics of the ruined Roman city Cuicul in Djémila, Algeria. Caught them on a beautiful day in spring, with friends. I lived in Algiers for a couple of years and was lucky enough to see a bit of the country (not enough).
25% off pre-order of THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED at @waterstones.bsky.social ! Use code FEB26 offer valid Feb 17-20 so jump on it! www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
Lets talk covers! My new book THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out in August, and @headofzeus.bsky.social designer Simon Michelle with illustrator Marcela Bolívar have done a wondrous job. Whats your fave fantasy with a monster/god/BEAST on the cover? Pre-orders are live now- geni.us/TDATDcovrev
Currently reading a novella in the Tyrant Philosophers series by @aptshadow.bsky.social some fantasy will fill your cup, and my loves this is it Start with The City of Last Chances and if you finish that book and don't rate it I'll buy you a muffin or whatever
Went with my cool friend to a cool gig, saw a swan Sometimes it is as simple as that
Loved the Welkin Weasels books. No idea why T.E.S gave such a shitty dig at Jacques/Redwall on this cover
Favourite summer camp spot I've ever found up on the Cape Wrath trail. Had the whole glen to ourselves aside from the deer who came down at sunset to drink from the loch Good to think on these and plan the future, in the rain and cold of winter!
For my nautical fantasy I learned to scuba dive, to sail, consulted a navy captain about swordfighting, studied iguana biology, swam in lochs and rivers and seas, mucked about endlessly with archery and axes and knives I mean I did all that before I decided to write it, but it still counts
Do you like maps in your fantasy books? Are you cool? THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is set in an insane archipelago and @headofzeus.bsky.social are good eggs, so this week I am putting the finishing on the TEN maps in this book. TEN! 🧭 Preorder now, support maps! geni.us/TDATDcovrev
Horrific appetites and mysterious magic counterpoint the complexity and tenderness of people trying to do their best. A world that combines the fading of Earthsea with vibrant beauty and verdancy of South East Asia, Saltswept by Kataline Watt is a delight. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear. Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
It is important to know that I wrote a whole trilogy of Knights vs UFO books, they are gorgeous, they are wonderful, and they are now also cheap. They open with a swordfight in the shadow of a dead god and arcane lightning. Juntas, iguana-folk, animist wizards... www.amazon.co.uk/Gauntlet-Fis...
I was just changing a bedsheet but have been pressganged into a crew of dino pirates, and told to hide under the mattress. Our uniform is a tie around the head. Our only joy? Treasure. Something is jumping on the mattress above me, but I will not fail my crew
Tomorrow I'm on a virtual panel for the BFS day long event on social justice- britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen... Come along! Get that positive rage @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @georgiacooked.bsky.social @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social
Quick wee game before packing up my models for moving. In a fitting end to my Warhammer experience in Turkey, I lost but had fun