Space Captain Smith
Space Captain Smith: Saving civilisation so you don't have to.
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Good Lord!

The British Space Empire is threatened by legions of bloodthirsty ant-men!

Entrusted with a top secret mission, Captain Isambard Smith must rescue a psychic hippy maiden from cultists, criminals and all manner of rum alien types.

Will his android pilot stay the course or hide under the table? Will Smith’s alien chum manage to collect the right people’s skulls this time? Will Captain Smith’s old chap ever see action?

Only one way to find out - brace yourself for a stirring tale... (read more)
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Name:
Space Captain Smith
Category:
Entertainment & Arts - Books & Literature
Description:
Good Lord!

The British Space Empire is threatened by legions of bloodthirsty ant-men!

Entrusted with a top secret mission, Captain Isambard Smith must rescue a psychic hippy maiden from cultists, criminals and all manner of rum alien types.

Will his android pilot stay the course or hide under the table? Will Smith’s alien chum manage to collect the right people’s skulls this time? Will Captain Smith’s old chap ever see action?

Only one way to find out - brace yourself for a stirring tale... (read more)
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

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News:
Sept 09: OMG! Isambard Smith has joined Twitter! It is possible his page will make your eyes bleed, but the Twitterati should follow him anyway! http://twitter.com/isambardsmith

Aug 09: New content added to the website, including hilarious bio of Wainscott.

June 09 (again): Provisional details of the Wrath of the Lemming Men World Tour are on the SCS website: http://www.spacecaptainsmith.com/meet.php

June 09: The website has been updated. Sadly Toby has still not got his arse in gear to organise hiw world tour, so that bit hasn't.

Mar 09: Check out the fab new cover art.

Mar 09: Space Captain Smith and God Emperor of Didcot will be available in the US through Barnes and Noble from the 1st April and 1st May respectively! If you're from America, and you're wondering what the Brits are up to these days (or 500 years into the future) - here's your chance to find out!

Not only this, but The Chap, Britain's leading sartorial magazine, has mentioned me (in passing!) in its current steampunk issue. We have the excellent Mr James Richardson-Brown to thank for this splendid work!

Feb 09: Space Captain Smith's spiffing cover art has been nominated for a British Science Fiction Association Award! http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/news.aspx?newsid=120 . Woo, and indeed, hoo!

Jan 09: News just in: Barnes & Noble, the US's largest bookseller, are going to stock Space Captain Smith! Further details of Smith's exciting voyage across the pond will be released as they come in!

Xmas 08: Grab the Space Captain Smith Christmas Story - When Slay Bells Ring
http://www.spacecaptainsmith.com/WhenSlayBellsRing.pdf

Toby's SFX interview:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=interview_author_toby_frost

OOOOH! A new youtube video! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SpKl3zyHq6s

It turns out Three Counties is pretty cool about uploading the interview.

16 May: Toby was on Three Counties Radio this afternoon and was ace. Should be available via Listen Again, but I might be able to arrange a secret hidey place for people to have a listen (the BBC would, quite properly, object of I just posted it).

The books are finally turning up in the shops.

Slight delay with printing - books now with distributor, so orders should be on their way soon.

Woo hoo! Space Captain Smith will be available at WH Smith's travel! Perfect long-distance reading material: your ideal companion for voyages by train, aeroplane or rocket ship!


OMG! OMG! Waterstones is going to stock Smith!

YAY! Synopsis fixed. ARRRGGHHH now it has gone completely. Oh well, the cover pic is up!

Now all we need to do is get the bloody Amazon synopsis fixed! But you can still pre-order it.

Ready to Pre-Order now! Book your copies today!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/space-captain-smith-toby-frost/dp/1905802137/

Illustrators have been commissioned! But how can such, um, genius be depicted in, er, pictures? Keep watching this space!

Whoa! The big 30 - members that is.

Toby's arse status: still not in gear.

OMG! OMG! The Review wants to interview Toby.


TALLY HO! The new website is now live.