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It took a few years
before a good and brave publisher, Newcon Press, dared to publish and offer to the public this amazing and (for some) outrageous book, but now it's out there and you'd better get one copy before the New Politically Correct Inquisition will ban it from existence and burn it into oblivium again.

This is what one of the many publishers who didn't dare to publish it had to say about this book:

"God's teeth. What a rococo imagination you [Ian]and Roberto have got. Such is my depravity, I romped through it with palsied fascination, wincing and laughing. But as a publishing proposition it is, as you surely know, dauntingly difficult even for a publishing house with a taste for the unusual. It is extraordinary, but not for us."

A few of the component stories have appeared in New Writings in the Fantastic, Helix, Rudy Rucker's Flurb [Beloved Vampire of the Blood Comet, which you may read online as an appetizer], and one in Claude Lalumière's Lust for Life anthology has been reprinted in the latest Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, but most of the stories are absolutely new to the public.

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The Beloved of My Beloved

by

Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia
Roberto Quaglia & Ian Watson

"A masterpiece of post-New Weirdism"

"Probably the most scandalous book of the past few generations"

"These tales of perverted love and obsession, detailing bizarre sexual practices and pathological states of mind, are told with lip-smacking gusto and spot-on satire. "

Eric Brown
The Guardian
(read the whole review)

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"The Beloved Time of Their Lives" by Roberto Quaglia & Ian Watson

has won the prestigious
British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award
for best short story of 2009

which you are free to read online by clicking here.

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Italian
Successful presentation in Italy of
The Beloved of My Beloved
Quaglia Watson Beloved book

Eurocon 2009, Fiuggi, Italy, March 28th, 2009

speech by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia

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Recorded during SF Convention Eurocon, Hotel Ambasciatori, Fiuggi, Italy
Saturday March 28th, 2009

Eastercon book launch in Bradford
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Recorded during SF Convention Eastercon, Bradford, UK
Saturday April 11th, 2009

Interview on the Italian TV Channel RAI3

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And now for something completely different (?): Science Fiction
(obviously necessary to preserve cosmic balance)

Enjoy the following science fiction related videos, featuring people talking to each others and to others

It's a offer you can't refuse (well, it's for free) - from your beloved Belovedbook.com

Panel: Sex Sells, But Should We Buy?
Intro: Sam Stone reads erotic poetry
Ken MacLeod, Storm Constantine, Ally Bird, Sam Stone, Roberto Quaglia, Ian Watson (mod).

Recorded during SF Convention Newcon 4, The Fishmarket, Northampton
Saturday October 11th, 2008

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Quiz Game: Just an SF-ing Minute.
Iain Banks, Storm Constantine, Paul Cornell, Ian Watson, Pat Cadigan, Ian Whates (QM)

Recorded during SF Convention Newcon 4, The Fishmarket, Northampton
Sunday October 12th, 2008

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