What is Hocking doing right now?
Notable articles on this blog
- Podcast interview with David Mitchell
- Thriller writing: Taking stick from Jason Bourne
- An interview with Mil Millington Part 1 and Part 2
- Approaching an agent
- The ups and downs of writing
- On writing 'Proper Job'
- My Waterstone's adventure
- Depression in the arts
Current Writing Projects
Déjà Vu
'Shows quiet skill. ...Larger publishers take note.' The
Guardian
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'Very cool and stylish.'
Forbidden Planet
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'Great pace and strong characterisation.' Scott Pack
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'Gripping, fascinating, and powerful.' Ian Watson
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'Thoroughly recommended.' SciFi.uk.com
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'You've never read anything like it before.' SFX
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'Assured use of cutting-edge science fiction ideas.' Ken MacLeod
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'Breaks new ground. ...An enviable debut.' Stepher Gallagher
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'A mind-blowing experience.' POD-by-Mouth
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'Inventive and witty.' Andy Sawyer, The
Alien Online
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'Intriguing, clever and fresh.'
Debra Hamel, book-blog.com
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'Sound scientific extrapolation and mature confidence.' Stan Nicholls
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'Consistently interesting...crisp and professional.' Grumpy Old
Bookman
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'Science fiction in the tradition of such fine exponents as Baxter and
Clarke.' Steve Mazey, The Eternal
Night
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'Adventurous and very impressive.' Exeposé
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'Clever and satisfying.' Tregolwyn Book Reviews
- Déjà Vu is available as a free audiobook.
- Read the first chapter (PDF)
- All reviews of Déjà Vu
- Buy the book
- Email me
Flashback
- Air crash investigation, time travel, and a sentient computer the size of a credit card. Read more.
Proper Job
- Pasties, ice-cream, pixies, and sarcasm. Read more.
Where the Devil is Adam?
Works That Feature My Words
In Our Own Words

Introduction to Infant Development

Q&A Studying Psychology

Previous Posts
- Moving to a new home
- Light Reading
- Friday Flash Fiction
- Flash fiction
- Fiction flash: Mix tape
- Trouble At StoryMill
- Paul Cornell on Writing
- Flash Fiction: Stone Sun
- The royal road to research
- Fiction flash: The Pilgrim
Archives
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About Me
[Photo copyright (c) Mimika Cooney 2004.] I'm a British writer who published his first book in 2005 to critical acclaim. As well as being a writer, I'm an Associate Lecturer in psychological research methods at the Open University, an Associate Tutor at Canterbury Christ Church University and Psychology Section Editor for Intute, a UK higher education information and research service. Say howdy via ian_hocking (at) uk2.net.
- Contact my agent, John Jarrold, via email or his website.
This Writing Mug
Interviews
Audio interviews
Audio stories
- 'Under the Limes', read by David Goodwin. Text available on the Laura Hird writers' showcase.
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