{"product_id":"farsides-william-meikle-9798235736320","title":"Farsides","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Baker's Dozen stories of weird science, mad science, bad science, and weird, mad, bad, science.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eICE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eON THE THRESHOLD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE PARKLAND EXPERIMENTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE NEEDS OF THE MANY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE SLUGGIE REBELLION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA ROCK AND A HARD PLACE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKNOCK THREE TIMES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOUT OF THE BLACK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eONE HAND AND THE FIDDLER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOCTURNES AND LACUNAE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQUERCUS MULTIFORMA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFARSIDE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first science fiction I ever encountered was Fireball XL5, one of the early Gerry Anderson productions. I was only about four years old, but I was hooked immediately on spaceships and adventure in the stars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI grew up during the exciting part of the space race, staying up nights to watch space-walks then moon missions, eyes wide in wonder as Armstrong made his small step. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time Gerry Anderson had continued to thrill me, with Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet. The Americans joined in, with Lost in Space then, as color TV reached Scotland, Star Trek hit me full between the eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso at the same time, my reading was gathering pace. I'd started on comics early with Batman and Superman. As the '60s drew to a close, Marvel started to take over my reading habits more, and I made forays into reading novels; Clarke and Asimov at first, and most of the Golden-Age works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the early Seventies I had graduated to the so-called New Wave, Moorcock, Ellison, Delaney and Zelazny dominating my reading, and they led me on to reading, then writing horror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose who know me know that I was once, almost, a scientist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven from an early age it was what I wanted to do. Actually, I wanted to be a spaceman ( the fastest man alive ), but when I started into the studying in the '70s, I found myself drawn towards biology and chemistry more than to maths and physics. I've retained a life-long love of all things pertaining to outer space, but when it came to time to choose a path beyond school, I went with the Biological Sciences and graduated in Botany from Glasgow University, and even made a stab at some real science for a couple of years before I was caught in the IT trap in the early '80s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd there it ended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2007 I escaped the world of corporate IT, came to Newfoundland, and science crept in again, this time in my writing. Scientists began to show up in the likes of THE CREEPING KELP, NIGHT OF THE WENDIGO, THE DUNFIELD TERROR, FUNGOID and my Professor Challenger pastiches and since then they've been getting even louder still. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these works you'll find mad scientists, bad scientists, and mad, bad scientists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is who I am.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is what I do.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Meikle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235736320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Meikle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"William Meikle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665660547327,"sku":"9798235736320","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/farsides-william-meikle-9798235736320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}