Andy Darby | Updates Andy Darby Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:05:10 +0000 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:05:10 +0000 https://andydarbybooks.com en https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/the-end-of-the-simulation-nbsp-2012-the-end-of-the-world-and-the-slow Andy Darby https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/the-end-of-the-simulation-nbsp-2012-the-end-of-the-world-and-the-slow Other writing Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:24:48 -0400 Full text can be found at https://open.substack.com/pub/andydarby/p/the-end-of-the-simulation?r=2ypw7r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true <![CDATA[ <p> 2012, the end of the world, and the slow spinning down of the disk. A lecture by Prof. Adrian Minkowski.</p><p> </p> ]]> https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/muse-sometimes-inspiration-comes-at-a-cost Andy Darby https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/muse-sometimes-inspiration-comes-at-a-cost Other writing Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:23:14 -0400 Full text can be found at https://open.substack.com/pub/andydarby/p/muse?r=2ypw7r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true <![CDATA[ <p>Sometimes inspiration comes at a cost.</p> ]]> https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/the-pier-an-obsession-with-a-flickering-image-from-the-past-that-somehow Andy Darby https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/the-pier-an-obsession-with-a-flickering-image-from-the-past-that-somehow Other writing Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:21:22 -0400 Full text can be found at https://open.substack.com/pub/andydarby/p/the-pier?r=2ypw7r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true <![CDATA[ <p>An obsession with a flickering image from the past that somehow seems to be alive...</p> ]]> https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/an-unexpected-true-history-of-dr-dee-dr-dee-features-as-a-main-protagonist Andy Darby https://andydarbybooks.com/other-writings/an-unexpected-true-history-of-dr-dee-dr-dee-features-as-a-main-protagonist Other writing Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:56:00 -0400 Full text can be found at https://www.swordsongs.co.uk/an-unexpected-true-history-of-dr-dee/ <![CDATA[ <p>Dr Dee features as a main protagonist in my novel <strong>The Blade in the Angel's Shadow</strong>, the catalyst for all that happens to Lament and Pieter. But his real life as the astrologer/advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, and one of the leading mathematicians, mages, and astronomers of his age is an adventure in its own right.<br><br></p><p>For your delectation, here is a brief fly by of the life of this extraordinary man who first created the idea of the British Empire and worked tirelessly towards that aim with the aid, so he claimed, of the angels themselves.  </p> ]]>