As a major science fiction author active for well over half a century, Ian Watson needs no introduction. He has also been a regular contributor to SF fanzines and convention publications since the mid-1970s. This nonfiction volume presents a generous selection of over fifty pieces first published thus: essays, reviews, memoirs, whimsies, polemic, convention reports, the secret histories of how several of his books were written, and a number of brain-boggling speculations on UFOs and other arcana. One highlight is a long and surreally comic memoir of working with Stanley Kubrick on the film script which eventually became A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. First published March 2025 in both ebook and paperback formats. Cover photograph of Ian Watson by Cristina Macía. Approximately 93,000 words. All proceeds from paperback sales go to the TransAtlantic Fan Fund (TAFF), described in full at taff.org.uk