Apr 27
I have a couple pieces of news regarding Technicolor Ultra Mall. The first is that my publisher has made the ebook version available through the Amazon Lending Library. So, if you’re an Amazon Prime Member, you can borrow it for zero dollars. If you’re old fashioned like me, it looks like the Canadian Amazon has …
Apr 21
Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (University of Arizona Press) claims to be be first collection of science fiction stories, excerpts and poems by native people. And I think, that can’t be right, can it? But, God help us, it probably is. This book is long overdue. Indian Country Today says: Dillon, a professor …
Apr 21
For Earth Day, the Toronto Star asked 15 science fiction writers, including me, how we’d tackle climate change. To save some space, my answer was edited down. Here’s my full reply: The environment is something I watch on TV. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, it’s a pristine world free of human interference. But it’s also …
Apr 13
My novel Technicolor Ultra Mall has been shortlisted for the Aurora Award in the Best Novel (English) category. Here’s the full shortlist: BEST NOVEL – ENGLISH Enter Night by Michael Rowe, ChiZine Publications Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism by David Nickle, ChiZine Publications Napier’s Bones by Derryl Murphy, ChiZine Publications The Pattern Scars by …
Mar 30
This is an interview that occurred in late January and will be hitting 12 television stations and 80 radio markets in about a week via TVCOGECO. It’s for Brent Holland’s Night Fright Show. Ryan Oakley – Technicolor Ultra-Mall via Skype from Toronto Canada. What if in the future Toronto had been turned into a huge indoor mall? …
Mar 04
There’s a new review of Technicolor Ultra Mall. This one comes from The Nameless Zine, which is the review site of The Western Science Fiction Association. They say: Technicolor Ultra Mall is Heath Ledger’s Joker crossed with Fox News and Snow Crash; it is the ultimate exaggeration shot through with flashes and ribbons of what if…. And this …
Feb 28
In August, a blogger and book critic, acrackedmoon, reviewed an interview by speculative fiction writer R. Scott Bakker. She did so from a feminist angle and, from this perspective, found the fellow and his politics deficient. Six months later, the science fiction community has caught a case of the hysterics. For a chronology, I refer …
Feb 14
These illustrations are by Polish artist Daniel Mróz. According to Wikipedia – via Google translate: He illustrated, among others Cyberiada and Tales of robots by Stanislaw Lem. He made the illustrations to the works of Franz Kafka , Slawomir Mrozek ,Jules Verne. He created a technique mostly pen and ink drawing and collage. You can find a gallery of the work he did for Stansilaw Lem here. …
Nov 16
This picture is by long time blog friend Danielle Meder of Final Fashion. She says: I’ve been reading Technicolor Ultra Mall, the debut novel by longtime blog friend Ryan Oakley of The Grumpy Owl. I’m a great fan of Ryan’s blog, but this is the first time I’ve read his fiction. I wasn’t sure if I’d like …
Oct 19
If you’re in Toronto this Saturday, I’m launching my novel, Technicolor Ultra Mall. Here’s the details: When: Saturday, Oct. 22, 3pm Where: Bakka Books. 84 Harbord St. What: You’ll get to meet and chat with me, buy a book, have it signed, hear me give a short talk, then after, we’ll all head down the …
