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(NB: the broken links go to essays I wrote for Tor UK's website: I'm going to try to find and repost them here over the next few weeks.) Here's my after-action report from 2010, after the first series.
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Back in 2002 I started writing an SF series set in a multiverse of parallel universes, where some people have an innate ability to hop between time lines. If someone took 100,000 words to tell you a story, you probably can't sum it up in an essay, but you can at least understand why they did it, and suggest whether they succeeded in conveying an opinion. The theme of a book is not its plot summary, or character descriptions (unless it's a character study), and doesn't have room for spoilers, but it does tell you what the author was trying to do. Theme is what your English teacher was always asking you to analyse in book reviews: "identify the question this book is trying to answer".
Let me tell you about the themes I was playing with. If you haven't read any of the Merchant Princes books, what are they about? Alternatively, you can jump straight into the second trilogy with Empire Games-it bears roughly the same relationship to the original books that Star Trek:TNG bears to the original Star Trek. The original series was written from 2001 to 2008 the new trilogy has been in the works since 2012: I've explained why it's taken so long previously.Ĭombined, the entire sequence runs to roughly a million words, making it my second longest work (after the Laundry Files/New Management series): the best entrypoint to the universe is the first omnibus edition (an edited re-issue of the first two books-they were originally a single novel that got cut in two by editorial command, and the omnibus reassembles them): The Bloodline Feud. If you’re a member of the public looking for a provider, see the lists of providers on GOV.UK and read our guidance on finding and choosing a private COVID-19 test provider.I have a new book coming out at the end of this month: Invisible Sun is the last Merchant Princes book, #9 in a series I've been writing since 2001-alternatively, #3 in a trilogy ( Empire Games) that follows on from the first Merchant Princes series. The guidance on this page is for private providers of COVID-19 testing. Finding and choosing a private COVID-19 test provider
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There is separate guidance for prospective providers on how to become a private provider of COVID-19 testing and get added to the GOV.UK list for the testing service you offer. See the relevant attachment above to read the minimum standards that apply to that scheme. Test to Release testing services for people who want to see if they can end quarantine early after international travel.day 2 and day 8 PCR testing services for people arriving in England from another country.UKHSA will still be processing self-declarations against the minimum standards for day 2 lateral flow tests for any providers who wish to offer this service, should it be reinstated in the future day 2 lateral flow tests for people arriving in England from another country – from 30 November, 4am until further notice, lateral flow tests will not be accepted.general population testing services for people without COVID-19 symptoms (includes PCR and lateral flow tests).The government has published guidance on the minimum standards that private providers of COVID-19 testing services must meet when offering the following services: For example, day 2 and day 8 polymerase chain reaction ( PCR) testing services must meet different minimum standards from ‘general population’ testing services for people without COVID-19 symptoms. Private sector testing providers must also complete a declaration stating that their tests meet these standards.Įach scheme has different minimum standards. All coronavirus (COVID-19) testing services must meet certain minimum standards set by the government.