Al Robertson

We are thrilled to welcome Al Robertson, to the blog for a special Q&A blog post. Al Robertson’s thrilling new SF adventure WAKING HELL is out now in bookshops. We caught up with Al to ask him some of burning questions about life, reading, writing and mythological creatures.  Who is your favourite author? I’d say […]

What does great science fiction sound like? Al Robertson shares the soundtrack for his latest book, Waking Hell, and it might just come in handy for your Halloween party, too… When I started writing Waking Hell, I had a very specific ambition for it. I wanted it to be an SF book that also worked […]

We’re thrilled to be able to show you the cover for Waking Hell; Al Robertson’s awesome follow-up to his acclaimed debut Crashing Heaven. Crashing Heaven was diamond-hard cyberpunk for the 21st century and Waking Hell is set in the same world, Station: a hollowed-out asteroid that is mankind’s last home. Waking Hell concerns itself with […]

We are delighted to welcome Al Roberston back to the blog to share with us a carefully chosen extract from Crashing Heaven. Crashing Heaven is out in trade paperback. You can pre-order the eBook from all UK eTailers for just £1.99 until the 25th June. Welcome to the world of Crashing Heaven. Earth is abandoned, […]

This weekend is set to be perfect weather for lying out in the garden with a good book. Check out what Team Gollancz will be reading.. Gillian – S.N.U.F.F. by Victor Pelevin Amy – Clariel by Garth Nix Simon – Skating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski Charlie – The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon Darren […]

Check out what Team Gollancz are reading this weekend.. Jen – Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Emily – The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Charlie – The Witches of Echo Park by Amber Benson Simon – Batman: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Marcus – Crashing Heaven […]

We’re delighted to be able to exclusively reveal the cover for a superb SF debut that we’re publishing in June. Crashing Heaven by Al Robertson is a thrillingly dark, bitingly witty post-cyberpunk thriller that reminded me of the excitement of reading Neuromancer for the first time. With an AI that appears as a (completely terrifying) […]

Gollancz, have bought the spectacular SF debut, Crashing Heaven,  from an exciting new UK author. Simon Spanton, Gollancz Associate Publisher, bought world rights for two books from London author Al Robertson in a major pre-empt ahead of an auction, through Susan Armstrong at Conville & Walsh.  The first novel, Crashing Heaven, will be published in January […]