Some people have been asking about my oeuvre lately (cheeky buggers). Well, the easiest way to see a full list of all my novels and short story collections, with the ability to drill down for details and even hop over to online retail sites, all on one page, is: https://www.cantalibre.com/ (or https://www.grahamstorrs.com – but this…
I read a report the other day that the New South Wales government is introducing a bill to make religious vilification illegal. The intention is to bring religious vilification laws in line with existing vilification laws relating to race, sexuality, transgender status and HIV/AIDS status. In particular, the bill amends the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act to…
A new website has just gone up at cantalibre.com. For those who know me, you’ll have noticed that my website gets a new look and a technology refresh every couple of years. It keeps the thing looking lived in and it helps me stay up-to-date with new developments in HTML, CSS, Javascript and a few…
ChatGPT and other “generative AI” chatbots are causing disruption in many areas. You’ve probably read a lot about student essays written by machines and then passed off as the student’s own work. You may not have read so much about journalists and bloggers using the same tools to generate news copy. Then there are other…
The way I see it, meaning is something that comes from people, it’s not an attribute of the universe, just something we impose on it. I’ve never understood why meaning is quite so important to people but it is. For example, I think it is the basis for all religions and political ideologies. Everything has…
The trouble with economics is that it is clearly not a science. Two physicists can’t hold different opinions about the effect of the laws of thermodynamics, or, if they do, the matter can quickly be resolved with a series of observations. Two chemists can’t disagree about the effect of Boyle’s Law. Yet people seem quite…
I came across the Duning-Kruger effect long ago in a series of tweets by an amusing fellow called @GodlessAtheist who argued that it is the reason why religious people are so smug. I don’t doubt that this is true. (Have you ever heard a religious type arguing any scientific issue?) However, it seems to me…
I’ve taken my socks off. That’s how you know Summer has arrived here in my Antipodean hideaway. From now until Autumn, I won’t be wearing socks except for going to the shops and other public outings — and not always then! It’s a tiny token of the freedom of not having to be employed but…
For my new novel, Metaman, I used a piece of AI software to help me create the book cover. I’d be happy to get your views on the end result – especially in comparison to all the other covers I have on all my other books which were all made by various human artists and…
To those who have been enjoying my foray into crime writing, I can only apologise. Metaman was a book I had to write. I’d been reading around the Fermi Paradox – the question of where all the alien visitors are, given that it’s quite feasible for lots of them to have come here by now…
