Futurismic is a news and discussion site dedicated to the near future. This week the editor, Paul Raven, is taking a well-earned holiday, and as announced in this post, he’s left Aliette de Bodard, Lavie Tidhar and myself in charge. Over the next few days, we’ll be contributing posts to the site. I’ll probably put up my first one tomorrow night.

From left to right: Gareth L Powell, Joanne Hall, Chris Horner, Colin Harvey, Kim Lakin-Smith, Del Lakin-Smith.

This is a sneak preview of the illustration that artist Neil Roberts has done for the cover of my forthcoming novel, The Recollection.

“So it’s finally come true — the literature of the future has become the future of literature. Our collective literary consciousness is crying out for near-future books that are deeply personal, obsessed with technological change, and viciously satirical.”

From i09. Read the full article here.