I discovered his work when I read an article he wrote on Cyprus for Wired Magazine a few years ago (1999/2000?). I didn’t even realise he led a double life as a science fiction writer until I sent him an email asking where I could read some more stuff he’d written and he actually took the trouble to reply!

Funnily enough, I’m actually rereading his novel “Heavy Weather” at the moment. With all this year’s hurricances, the scenario he describes in the book may (worryingly) not be too far off the mark.

“Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years” is worth a look too, if you haven’t read it already.