I’ve been dying to talk about this for weeks but have had to wait until the right time…which is now! Weird Things is my new column for The Guardian which I will be writing fortnightly. It’s all about the weird ideas in SF and Fantasy novels or any book with a weird idea at its heart. The first column is published today and tackles our fear of Robopocalypse, and the more nuanced ideas in Ted Chiang’s The Lifecycle of Software Objects.
Should we fear the Robopocalypse?
The robots are revolting. But will they kill us…or cuddle us?
Daniel H Wilson’s debut work of fiction Robopocalypse comes pre-packaged with two Unique Selling Points. That the author holds a Phd in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, and is hence more than just another oddball Sci-Fi writer with an overactive imagination. And that, having been bought by Steven Spielberg for production ‘even before it was finished’, the novel is already a success, and nothing breeds success like success.
Read more on The Guardian website.
Damien Walter 
I look forward to seeing where it goes. Weird seems a very relative thing. Have a read of this:
http://dreamsinthelichhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-is-weird.html
My thoughts are here:
http://theporkster.blogspot.com/2011/05/whats-weird.html
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