Greig Beck
Greig Beck grew up across the road from Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. His early days were spent surfing, sunbaking and reading science fiction on the sand. He then went on to study computer science, immerse himself in the financial software industry and later received an MBA. Greig is the director of a software company but still finds time to write and surf. He lives in Sydney, with his wife, son and an enormous black German shepherd.
Books by Greig Beck
Recent blog posts about Greig Beck
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Momentum Drops DRM!
Posted May 29, 2012 by adminMEDIA RELEASE: MOMENTUM BOOKS, Pan Macmillan Australia’s digital-only imprint, today announced that by early August all its titles would be released without DRM. DRM – digital rights management – is the software used on digital content to prevent casual copying by users. ‘The problem,’ said Joel Naoum, Momentum’s publisher, ‘is that DRM restricts users from legitimate copying – such as between different e-reading devices. We feel strongly that Momentum’s goal is to make books as accessible as possible. Dropping these …
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Bestselling ebook now available as print-on-demand title
Posted June 1, 2012 by MarkMEDIA RELEASE GREIG BECK has been steadily building a reputation as one of Australia’s most internationally marketable authors. In a bold move, Greig is now turning his hand to two new endeavours – young adult fiction and ebooks. Return of the Ancients: Valkeryn Chronicles 1 tells the story of Arn, a regular 15 year old boy who is propelled into the distant future during an accident on a field trip to a new particle accelerator. The world he finds himself in …
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The Comfortable Rising of Shorts
Posted June 4, 2012 by Sam CooneyIn Australia in the past few months a new publishing trend has emerged: that of digital shorts. Such branded shorts programs are fairly self-explanatory in name, in that they are a) wholly digital, with standalone pieces being offered only as ebooks; and b) short, being typically 8,000-15,000 words (more concise than a novella, longer than your conventional short story) in length. This concept of digital shorts — also known as ‘singles’ — has quietly drifted over the oceans from the …
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Ten kick-ass action heroes from popular fiction
Posted July 25, 2012 by MarkI’ve been thinking about action heroes lately, inspired by the August release of This Green Hell by Greig Beck, the third book to feature kick-ass hero Alex Hunter. Here’s my list of ten noteworthy action stars. Feel free to add yours in the comments! Alex Hunter “Arcadian” (Beneath the Dark Ice, Dark Rising, This Green Hell by Greig Beck) Alex is a super soldier who is constantly thrown into formidable adventures. Physically and mentally strong, his favourite hobby is saving the world. …
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Eight books that have influenced me
Posted July 27, 2012 by Greig BeckI know this is where I should list weighty tomes by authors with unpronounceable Eastern European names. Or perhaps even demonstrate how, as a well-rounded author, I dabble in a little Lithuanian poetry after dinner… but alas, I cannot. I have to be true to what I read and enjoy. Below are the real books that have influenced me, and still to this day, are the ones I may pull off a shelf in between new purchases. 1. Charnel House …
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A Reader’s Guide to Sex
Posted August 22, 2012 by Anne“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.” – John Waters That’s all very well and good, but these days you don’t need to take someone home for them to be able to see your bookshelf. You just need to show them your device. No not that device. So before you go all the way home with your date, ask them to hand over their e-reading device. Take …
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Extract – Arcadian Genesis by Greig Beck
Posted September 3, 2012 by MarkAn aeon ago it crashed into the frozen earth. Millennia later it was removed from the icy soil, still functioning. They opened it … they shouldn’t have. Alex Hunter – in the mission that turned him from a normal man into the weapon known as the Arcadian – and the elite team of soldiers known as the Hotzone All-Forces Warfare Commandos must enter a hostile country to rescue a defected Chechen researcher from the center of a country at war. …
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It’s evolution, baby!
Posted March 2, 2012 by MarkI’ve been working for these last few weeks on promoting Greig Beck’s new book Valkeryn. Without giving away any spoilers, evolution plays a strong role in the story, which is about a boy who is flung into the distant future and finds it inhabited by strange creatures. I thought that this would be a good time to look at evolution in science fiction and the way it’s been explored. Please note that this is in no way comprehensive or particularly …




