About
This blog is called Everything Is Nice. You may be able to detect a certain level of irony to this. This blog is a platform for me to bang on about whatever takes my fancy. It is opinionated, judgemental and occasionally rash; it is, however, honest. Comments are unmoderated so if you disagree with something that I say, tell me why I’m wrong.
The way it has turned out, the thing I spend most of my time writing about is speculative fiction. I read a lot of SF and sometimes I even manage to write about what I’ve read. However, I find blogs an inherently informal medium so most of my proper reviews will continue to appear in other publications, primarily Strange Horizons. You will find plenty of meta-commentary here too.
In addition to writing reviews, I am the reviews editor for Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association, and one of the judges for the 2010 and 2011 Arthur C Clarke Awards. I am also a contributor to the third edition of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, writing entries on post-1992 cinema.
When this blog isn’t about SF, it will probably we about what I had for dinner. Hopefully there will also be posts about the wider world of literature, film, theatre and performance, music, architecture, design, etc. You know, culture and that.
My name is Martin Lewis. I am not a money saving expert, a news reader or a comedy duo. I grew up in the North but I’ve now spent half my life in London. I have worked in the public sector in various capacities for the last ten years. You can contact me using the obvious Gmail address.
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Alec
6 September 2009 at 15:46
…and I happen to LOVE science fiction, so will read older posts as well. My brother and I have been big scifi readers/movie watchers. I’ll have to share with him.
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12 May 2010 at 17:03
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17 February 2012 at 19:47
I assumed that Everything is Nice was a reference to the Jane Bowles story of that name. If you haven’t read it, you should!
Cathy Butler
17 March 2012 at 09:20