Space Captain Toby
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What genre do you primarily write in?ComedyIf you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?Sci-fiAre your reading habits ...?OtherWho is your favourite author(s)?George OrwellAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)The Cruel Sea Orwell's Collected Essays Titus Groan The Compleet Molesworth The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights Farewell My Lovely The Midwich CuckoosWhat are your working habits when you write?Perfectly balancedAre you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?Prefer to let rip and edit afterwardsYour ultimate writing ambition?To keep going and get better. Vast wealth would be nice too.Your worst habit?In regard to writing, or generally?Your opinion on the books industry?Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get throughWhat else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?I'm very fond of curry and tea.
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I've had three novels published: Space Captain Smith, God Emperor of Didcot and Wrath of the Lemming Men. They're all comedies about the misadventures of daring British space explorer Isambard Smith and his not-very-useful crew, and are available in Waterstones and Amazon and the like.
If you enjoyed Dan Dare, Biggles or Blackadder, you'll like them. If you liked all three of those, your head will probably explode with glee.
I'm also writing a fantasy thriller set during the Renaissance, for which I am currently seeking a publisher. I'll let you know how that goes!
If you enjoyed Dan Dare, Biggles or Blackadder, you'll like them. If you liked all three of those, your head will probably explode with glee.
I'm also writing a fantasy thriller set during the Renaissance, for which I am currently seeking a publisher. I'll let you know how that goes!
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by Stephy 1 year agoHey Toby. I was in the Milton Keynes Waterstones store last week and saw Space Captain Smith had been picked as one of their readers favorites - it was displayed with a few other top picks on a special book shelf in the front of the store :-) -
by JtF 1 year agoDear Toby,
this is the version I heard in the pub - Suruk at the decks no doubt . . .
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by Kiki 1 year agoToby, loved your Creating Worlds session. Your glowing cheeks whilst surrounded by breasts on Saturday night was also a highlight. Take care & look forward to seeing you again in the future (^O^) -
by Bontems 1 year agoHey there. Just like to say, great workshop at York. As a fan of SF&F and of Chandler it was right up my street. I'm interested to hear that you're writing a fantasy thriller set in the Renaissance, that sounds very cool. Oh, and I've ordered your SCSmith books - there's not enough humour in today's sci-fi genre. -
by Rugby Anthony 2 years agoToby, nice to see you here. Appreciated your comments in Authonomy Live (the Ghanaian immigrant cleaner walking the streets of Birmingham) - on the rewrite pile as we speak. I'll be investigating the Space Captain for some lemming updates, and the Renaissance fantasy thriller sounds like a whole new genre in the making. Good luck with it. -
by Weens 2 years agoHello Space Captain, and welcome to the cloud. It's a great site, very friendly people as I'm sure you'll find out. Welcome aboard. Enjoy. -
by Stephy 2 years agoHi Space Captain Toby, I loved your reading on Saturday night and have ordered your book on Amazon - i just have to find out what happened with those pesky lemming next!
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by Tan Hadron 2 years agoHail, Cap'n Smith, who is also called Toby in the speech of the M'Lak! ;-) (Sorry, couldn't resist) Good to see you on this here cloud in the sky! (Not that I've been here very long myself, and in case you hadn't guessed, I'm Warren, the bloke with the Time Travel plot. ;-) -
by Gerry 2 years agoYeah, I loved your danger-lemmings too (almost as much as your red uniform jacket!)
