Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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SF Gateway and Encyclopedia of SF go live

Gollancz’s ambitious project, the SF Gateway, has just gone live: The SF Gateway is your portal to the classics of SF and…

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Posted on October 10, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Are queers human?

From lippenheimer, a thoughtful review of Slow River, pondering the consequences of straight/queer equality: One of the main questions that classic feminist…

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Posted on August 28, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite, Slow River, and Gollancz’s SF Gateway

My first two novels, long out of print in the UK, will soon be available again in non-US English territories. The digital…

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Posted on July 21, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My Tiptree plate

This week I finally got my Tiptree prize back from the EMP|SFM, where it’s been on display for eight years. (I won…

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Posted on May 14, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite art prints

Today I’m cross with gods. Anglo-Saxon gods. I’ve been researching them for Hild. They are slippery little bastards. That is, scholars seem…

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Posted on April 21, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Message from a viajera

From: Kida Valérie Charavel Hello, just wanted to share something… Discovered Aud in The Blue Place, and since then, just kept following…

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Posted on April 17, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My novels in French

From: Eve Derrien Bonjour! I hope that your books (all of them) will be one day published in French. I’m waiting for…

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Posted on March 25, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

This, right here, is what publishing needs to fix

(Thanks, Lisa) Look at this: my novels for sale at iBooks. Ammonite (1993): $11.99Slow River (1995): $11.99The Blue Place (1998): $9.99Stay (2002):…

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Posted on March 15, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ebook pricing

Two different publishers lost sales to me last night because of price. I had happily read on my Kindle long and juicy…

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Posted on March 14, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite and Janes Plane

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Which also happens to be the anniversary of the very first performance of my long-ago band, Janes…

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Posted on March 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How ammonites changed the world

Interesting paper in Science: The Role of Ammonites in the Mesozoic Marine Food Web Revealed by Jaw Preservation, subtitled: “How they revolutionized…

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Posted on January 8, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A lovely review of Ammonite

I’m busy today, but smiling. Publishing life is going well (more on that another time). Here’s part of what’s made me smile:…

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Posted on June 24, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Strangely heartwarming

The first bazillion times Google Alerts brought me the latest ‘Women in SF Meme‘ link I got cross: so many people who’d…

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Posted on June 11, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Impatience is not our friend

On Friday, over at Sterling Editing, we did our usual weekly roundup of links for writers, including this one about how, sometimes,…

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Posted on March 22, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite and Howard Carter

Books placed in Howard Carters house in Luxor by a Friend of AN. Ammonite (and Dangerous Space) on Howard Carter’s desk! Apparently…

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Posted on January 11, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

are women human?

Joe Sherry, the blogger who wrote yesterday’s lovely review of Ammonite, has today reprinted (with my permission) my Author’s Note, written in…

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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

rich and round and sound as a nut

Yesterday was one of those days that, while perfectly ordinary in many ways, was an absolute gift. The weather was beautiful: low…

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Posted on June 9, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite and trivial pursuit

From: Kathy Ludwig Imagine my delight that while playing trivial pursuit on my iphone a question about Ammonite appears in the arts…

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Posted on May 25, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

wanting to go after my subconscious with a knife

From: Barbara (in a comment to this post) So where did Julia’s name come from? She’s hardly a secondary character. And Victoria…

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Posted on April 26, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

naming characters

From: Donna When naming your characters, do you give any thought to the actual meaning or do they just come to you?…

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Posted on April 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

ammonite sweet 16ers

Okay all you Ammonite Sweet 16ers—shira, janine, rory, mihaela-marija, jessica m–please send your name and mailing address to me by tomorrow night:…

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Posted on March 7, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite’s sweet sixteen

Ammonite was published in the US in February 1993 and in the UK a month later. So today is (more or less)…

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Posted on March 1, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

writing proces: intuitive or analytical?

From: Janine I took the plunge and began writing my first novel. It’s definitely character-driven, as I have no idea what will…

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Posted on February 7, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday audio: Ammonite, part more

This is a reading from Ammonite, in which Marghe learns the true history of the original inhabitants of Jeep. It’s eleven and…

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Posted on January 16, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

ammonite at hastings

Bayeux Tapestry (it’s an *embroidery* people, ah, fuck it…) Every few weeks I make a list of some of the search terms…

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Posted on December 30, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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