http://www.ivansun.com/www Welcome to Le Monde d'Ivan, a very tiny, petite, monde d'ivan Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:43:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My story in Ruins Terra features an Underground Druidic Order. Two days ago, i found out that the story, After the Stonehenge bombing was rejected as a reprint for an SF magazine. The editor wrote and said that the idea of an Underground Druidic Order was not convincing. But yesterday, I met ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2008/01/19/the-improbable-underground-druidic-order/ My story in Volume 1 of the Ruins Anthology (Ruins Terra) is After the Stonehenge Bombing. It was inspired by the bombing of the Bamiyan Buddha and also my first visit to London - where I stopped by Baker Steet (I'm a big fan of Sherlock Holmes). In this story you can ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2008/01/15/21/ The speculative fiction anthology Ruins Terra (edited by Eric T. Reynolds) is now available for sale in Amazon.com and Fishpond.com.au . Check it out - it contains my first sci-fi story After the Stonehenge Bombing , as well as other wonderful stories like Jenny Blackford's Python , and NZ Vogel Award ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2008/01/06/update-on-ruins-terra-2/ Purple Monkey & Other Tales is a chapbook brought out by my writing group, the Write Club / Wild Yak Writers' Club - shared with the members last Thursday. Download cover & Table of contents http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/12/21/purple-monkey-other-tales/ Venus Doom & Other Tales is a chapbook brought out by my writing group, the Write Club / Wild Yak Writers' Club - shared with the members last Thursday. Download cover & Table of contents http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/12/21/venus-doom-other-tales/ I have received author copies of Ruins Terra but it is not available for sale yet on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk - Barnes & Noble online does have an entry on it -though it states it is not available yet. This is a sneak preview of an Australian promotional material:- Ruins Terra Edited by Eric ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/10/06/update-on-ruins-terra/ I have decided to post Ode To Emily online under a Creative Commons Licence, inspired by the Masterclass with Cory Doctorow. I wrote several short poems during 1988 (angsty teenage years) about Emily, in Emily's style. To this day, I cannot use the em-dash without sparing an affectionate thought for her. The ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/08/29/ode-to-emily-2/ One of the fun thing about being part of an anthology is checking out the other writers and artists involved in the project. Today I would like to suggest you check out Bob Eggleton, the artist behind the Ruins Terra coverart, which has a wonderful, atmospheric Constable-feel. He also has ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/08/02/check-out-bob-eggleton/ Thanks to all who wished me well in a previous post about my efforts to get into an anthology. I'm over the moon, and all its craters, to announce that the editor accepted the story this morning... My story, After the Stonehenge Bombing, will be published by Hadley Rille books in the ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/07/23/all-in-ruins/ Last Friday, went to a very interesting lecture at Melbourne Uni, delivered by a Physics professor. It's about using the results of atom-splitting experiments to understand more about the big bang theory. Particle accelerator pushing subatomic particle through a tunnel (27km in diameter, according to Rob's memory) underground, beneath fields ... http://www.ivansun.com/www/2007/07/10/to-understand-the-universe-from-grains-of-sub-molecular-atoms-colliding/