A lot of my stories end with 'And when I regained consciousness, there was a crowd standing around looking at me.'

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

You may have trouble getting permission to aero or lithobrake asteroids on Earth.

This is the sort of book that justifies fatwahs. If WWIII occurred right now, we could die happy knowing Baxter would never write again. If a dinosaur killing …

'I have this thing for generating character-oriented plots, where you look at a character and say 'What's the worst thing I could do to this guy?' I've found t…

I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.

But back to deus ex machina. This is a phrase you will want to study and master, not merely to amaze friends during long bus journeys but because it so perfect…