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The Fuse is a solar energy station in orbit 22,000 miles above the earth. But it's more than just a big solar panel array. The Fuse is also home to Midway City, a technically illegal settlement that grew out of a bunch of engineers who decided they'd rather make a new life in space than return home to earth.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Above Also Array Big Bunch City Decided Earth Energy Engineers Fuse Grew Home Illegal Just Life Make Midway Miles More New New Life Orbit Out Panel Rather Return Settlement Solar Space Station Technically Than Who

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Contessa, a.k.a. Baboushka, was a leader in the Russian mafia. Hardnosed, ruthless... very much her own woman. She's a martial artist, marksman, and good with guns and gadgets as any good pulp spy should be. She's supported by her constant companion Gyorgy Gyorgyov, an old friend of her family who was, in fact, her KGB handler and inventor.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Any Artist Companion Constant Fact Family Friend Gadgets Good Guns Her In Fact Inventor Leader Mafia Martial Much Old Old Friend Own Pulp Russian Ruthless She Should Spy Supported Very Who Woman Kgb

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Finishing something is the hardest part. You know it's not as good as you hoped. You know there are plot problems. You know that by finishing it, you're saying - even if only to yourself - 'This is the best I can do.' And because it's not perfect, that's really hard.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Because Best Even Finishing Good Hard Hardest Hardest Part Hoped Know Not Perfect Only Part Perfect Plot Problems Really Saying Something You Yourself I Can

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So, yes, 'Codename Baboushka' is all-action and over-the-top, at least by my standards. But it also has a complex, multifaceted protagonist, a deep mystery at its core, and a kind of humanity that, through all the bullets and high-kicks, is really the soul of the book.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Also Book Bullets Complex Core Deep Humanity Kind Least Multifaceted Mystery Over-The-Top Protagonist Really Soul Standards Through Yes

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'Codename Baboushka' is an action-packed modern pulp spy thriller, in the sort of British tradition of 'Modesty Blaise', New Avengers and of course James Bond. It's a book about Contessa Annika Malikova, the last of a noble Russian line and an enigmatic, mysterious figure in New York high society.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: About Avengers Bond Book British Course Enigmatic Figure High James James Bond Last Line Modern Modesty Mysterious New New York Noble Pulp Russian Society Sort Spy Thriller Tradition York

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Scrivener can be a tricky beast to get your head around. When you do, a bell rings, and suddenly it all seems perfectly clear. But to reach that stage you have to understand what it can do, and try it out for yourself. Which can be daunting.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Around Beast Bell Clear Daunting Get Head Out Perfectly Reach Rings Seems Stage Suddenly Tricky Try Understand Which You Your Yourself

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Advertising is a nebulous beast at the best of times.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Advertising Beast Best Times

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I'd say 'Codename Baboushka' has been a slightly more difficult process for me, but I think that's precisely because it's quite different to my usual fare. And even then, being difficult doesn't make me prefer it, or not, to anything else. I like a challenge.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Anything Anything Else Because Been Being Challenge Different Difficult Else Even Fare Like Make Me More Precisely Prefer Process Quite Say Slightly Then Think Usual I Think

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That's right; I was watching 'From Russia With Love', one of my favourite Bond movies, and suddenly thought that I'd love to see a version of this from Tatiana Romanova's point of view. Or, better yet; what if she was the hero? What if this was her story, and Bond was just a side character?

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Better Bond Character Favourite Her Hero Just Love Movies Point Point Of View Right Russia See She Side Story Suddenly Thought Version View Watching What If

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'Modesty Blaise' is not well known in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, she's an institution - especially for a comic book reader of a certain age. She's a wonderful creation, and her strip ran in newspapers for a long time. So whenever female spies come to mind for us, they think of 'Modesty Blaise'.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Age Book Certain Certain Age Come Comic Comic Book Creation Female Her Institution Kingdom Known Long Long Time Mind Modesty Newspapers Ran Reader She Spies States Strip Think Time United United Kingdom United States Us Well Well Known Whenever Wonderful

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: August 25th, 1972

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