Sign in with Facebook
Guy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Guy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Guy Riddihough’s Followers (2)
Guy hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.
Guy Riddihough
Goodreads Author
Born
in York, The United Kingdom
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
Stanislaw Lem, Chris Priest, Brian Aldiss, Edmund Cooper, Richard Cowp
...more
Member Since
February 2020
|
The Glass Weaver's Tale and Other Stories
—
published
2023
—
5 editions
|
|
|
The Four Ages of Death and Other Stories
|
|
|
The Boy Who Built A Rocket Ship And Another
|
|
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
A Slow World Ending
In fiction, reporting the gradual collapse of a society over time presents more of a challenge than the classic disaster-ends-the-world-as we-know-it trope.
There is intrinsic drama in a catastrophic precipitating event — such as plague (as in Christopher’s own The Death of Grass) or a massive comet hitting the Earth (as in Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle).
“Gradual collapse” is
Read more of this blog post »
Guy’s Recent Updates
"
Agreed. In one way or another all the stories are about empowerment.
"
|
|
"
Yes, that is the essence of the title story. What did you think of "The Day it Snowed Forever"?
...more
"
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
made a comment on
Eternal Reading ’s review
of
The Glass Weaver's Tale and Other Stories
"
So pleased you liked the stories!
"
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
and
1 other person
liked
Eternal Reading 's review
of
The Glass Weaver's Tale and Other Stories:
"A great collection of stories from the first page to the last. Hard SF that makes you think. Very deep but also full of excitement, to keep them pages turning. Definitely worth your money and time."
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
entered a giveaway
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
answered
Guy Riddihough's
question:
Oddly enough, now that "The Boy Who Built a Rocket Ship and Another" is published, I have restarted work on my latest novel MS, provisionally titled "Heaven's Gates." Currently, I am trying to get the pacing right, building through a series of denoue
See Full Answer
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
wants to read
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
wants to read
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
wants to read
|
|
|
Guy Riddihough
is currently reading
|
|
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 325578 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
