Peter Loftus
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Meath, Ireland |
| Introduction | I have been writing since my teens and have published over 100 articles, short stories and reviews. I currently review for Interzone (UK) and Eternal Terror (No). I am Co-Editor of Albedo 1, Ireland's longest running magazine of sci-fi, horror and fantasy literature and Chief Editor of Longstone Comics. |
| Interests | Writing |
| Favorite Music | Fast and noisy with extra points for references to Satan or use of the 'F' word. |
| Favorite Books | Alfred Bester : The Demolished Man, The Stars My Destination. Frank Herbert: Dune. Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon. Roger Zelazny: Chronicles of Amber, Lord of Light. Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5. Robert Silverberg: Dying Inside. Ursula Le Guin: The Dispossessed. Jack Vance: Lyonesse, Emphyrio. Kate Wilhelm: Where Late the Sweet Bird Sang. George R Stewart: Earth Abides. Fred Pohl: Gateway. David Brin: Startide Rising, The Uplift War. Bob Shaw: The Ragged Astronauts. Dan Simmons: Hyperion. David Zindell: Neverness. Lois McMaster Bujold: The Miles Vorskogian Novels. Robert C Wilson: Spin. Robert J Sawyer: Hominids. John Scalzi: Old Man’s War etc. Michael Flynn: Eifelheim. Arthur C Clarke: Rendevouz with Rama. Gregory Benford: Great Sky River. Julian May: The Saga of the Exiles. Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower. Elizabeth Moon: Speed of Dark. Jack Mc Devitt: Seeker. Cory Doctorow: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. M John Harrison: Light. Theodore Sturgeon: More than Human. Nikolai Tolstoy: The Coming of the King. Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay. Tim Winton: Cloud Street. John Kennedy Toole: A Confederacy of Dunces. VS Naipaul: A House For Mr Biswas. Ernest Hemmingway: A Farewell to Arms. Raymond Chandler: Marlowe. Haruki Murakami: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood. |
You've got to make contact with the alien leader. How will you tell when the conversation is finished?
When he removes his palps from my temples and gives the bioluminescent cue signifying 'End of Mind-Meld. Time to return to the birthing pools'.