THE DEMI-MONDE
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Hi, my name is Rod Rees and I'm a writer of science fiction/fantasy. My first book 'The Demi-Monde: Winter' is due for publishing on Quercus on 6th January 2011. It's being billed as a 'steampunk thriller'. Aside from writing my other ambitions are for my two brilliant daughters to be everything they can be (and that's a lot!)and for my wonderful wife Nelli to be as successful as she deserves to be (her book on glass jewellery making is out in November). I HATE surveillance and the intrusion of the State in our lives. I believe in Kondratieff Cycles and that history beats crystal balls, astrology and tarot all to hell when it comes to predicting the future. I believe there's nothing new in the world, it's all just a re-tread. |
| Interests | History (especially Victorian and military history), Slang (especially bebop and victorian slang), jazz, writing, my wife, my children, movies. |
| Favorite Movies | Some Like It Hot (brilliant dialogue), Twelve Angry Men (great characterisation), anything with Fred Astaire (wonderful), Dr Strangelove (Kubrich's best), Clockwork Orange (Kubrich's 2nd best), Angel-A (Besson's best), La Femme Nikita (Besson's 2nd best), Irreversible (so original), Hostile Hostages (so funny), High Noon (so perfect), The Illusionist (great pacing), Fracture (Ryan Gosling, who'd make a great Vanka Maykov); Blade Runner (great lighting), Seven Samurai (simply wonderful). |
| Favorite Music | Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Nelli Rees, Leonard Cohen, Erik Truffaz, John Martyn, Neil Young, Crystal Method, Tom Waits. |
| Favorite Books | 1984, Cat's Cradle, Man in a High Castle, L'Etranger, the Riverworld Series, Dice Man, the Flashman books, anything by Tom Sharpe, the 1st (and only the 1st) Dune. |