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Jim Webster
I can cope with being described as fifty-something. During the course of a reasonably quiet life I’ve done a number of things. I’ve farmed cattle all my life, and at the same time have been a consu...view moreI can cope with being described as fifty-something. During the course of a reasonably quiet life I’ve done a number of things. I’ve farmed cattle all my life, and at the same time have been a consultant and a freelance writer. I also fit in being a husband and father. My life has included some intriguing incidents, at the age of twelve, my headmaster was somewhat put out to discover that not only was I selling ammonium nitrate to other boys to make bangers, it wasn’t actually forbidden by the school rules. I’ve watched Soviet troops unload coffins from a transport plane at Tashkent; been questioned by an Icelandic gunboat captain, not so much at gun point as at 40mm Bofors point, and according to the nice man at Frankfurt airport, I inadvertently invaded Germany. I was perfectly happy to believe him, I am happy to believe anyone who points a Heckler & Koch MP5 at me.
Brought up on the classic masters of SF, I bought Jack Vance, ‘The Dragon Masters,’ in the early 1970s and that book taught me that the world or society the characters lived in was every bit as important as the plot.
I’ve also written Supplements for Pelgrane Press to go with their ‘Dying Earth’ role-playing game, inadvertently contributed to the design of the FH70 Field Howitzer and living where I do on the outskirts of Barrow-in-Furness most of my mates have at one time or another built nuclear submarines. Me, I tend to seasickness on a particularly bracing bus trip.view less
Books by Jim Webster
Dead Man Riding East: Death, high fashion and romance of sorts Woman in Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSwords for a Dead Lady Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cartographer's Apprentice: Leave them wanting more Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTomb-yard Follies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKeeping Body and Soul Together Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLearning a Hard Trade: Leave them wanting more Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Bad Penny Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlotsam or Jetsam: The Port Naain Intelligencer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Flames of the City: Cities and Gods can die Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Much Arranged Marriage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings