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A lone man stands on a hillside overlooking a quiet town at dusk, watching a single unexplained light hovering low in the sky.

Why the Most Frightening Science Fiction Feels ...

Nick Cook

The science fiction that stays with me longest rarely announces itself as science fiction at all. It doesn’t begin with spectacle or scale. It doesn’t open on distant worlds or...

Why the Most Frightening Science Fiction Feels ...

Nick Cook

The science fiction that stays with me longest rarely announces itself as science fiction at all. It doesn’t begin with spectacle or scale. It doesn’t open on distant worlds or...

A lone figure stands in a forest at night, watching an intense unexplained light that bends the surrounding trees and casts long shadows, suggesting a moment of first contact.

Why First Contact Stories Never Arrive All at Once

Nick Cook

We tend to imagine first contact as an event. A date in the diary.A moment of revelation.Something that happens to us, all at once, whether we’re ready or not. But...

Why First Contact Stories Never Arrive All at Once

Nick Cook

We tend to imagine first contact as an event. A date in the diary.A moment of revelation.Something that happens to us, all at once, whether we’re ready or not. But...

A man stands looking across a wide valley, with a radio telescope in the distance and a comet visible in the night sky.

Why Some Stories Take Time to Find Their Shape

Nick Cook

Have you ever read a book that stayed with you because it didn’t rush? Not because it was slow for the sake of it, but because it trusted you enough to...

Why Some Stories Take Time to Find Their Shape

Nick Cook

Have you ever read a book that stayed with you because it didn’t rush? Not because it was slow for the sake of it, but because it trusted you enough to...

Why Did I Launch This New Website?

Why Did I Launch This New Website?

Nick Cook

Cue fanfare, marching bands, and a fly past! After literally months of work, including new designs for every single sci-fi book I’ve ever written, my very own brand new online...

Why Did I Launch This New Website?

Nick Cook

Cue fanfare, marching bands, and a fly past! After literally months of work, including new designs for every single sci-fi book I’ve ever written, my very own brand new online...

Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 - A Sci-Fi Masterclass

Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 - A Sci-Fi M...

Nick Cook

(Original Article Published 30/9/2020) "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.All those...

Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 - A Sci-Fi M...

Nick Cook

(Original Article Published 30/9/2020) "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.All those...

News — Time Travel Research for Inflection Point

News — Time Travel Research for Inflection Point

Nick Cook

(Original Article Published Jun 2, 2022) Things have very much been all steam ahead with my brand new time series, Inflection Point. I'm very pleased to announce that this new...

News — Time Travel Research for Inflection Point

Nick Cook

(Original Article Published Jun 2, 2022) Things have very much been all steam ahead with my brand new time series, Inflection Point. I'm very pleased to announce that this new...