Sean Badal is the author of Dead Sanctities (1999), Seeds of Disorder (2002) and The Fall of the Black-eyed Night (2008). His new book, The Ice on Mars, will be published in October 2010.
In-between he has written on travel, science, technology and business for a wildly disparate range of publications, from Wired, Financial Times to, er…Playboy. Other than writing, his main interests include history, science,
astronomy, computing, and Islamic art and architecture, particularly of the Abbasid dynasty.
He has had a lifelong obsession with George Orwell, who has provided constant succour over the years and shaped much of his political outlook. Consequently, he has spent many futile hours with stopwar.org.uk railing against the lies and prevarications of the political establishment. It was, of course, to no avail, but he has not given up hope!
When not reading, he has a Scorsese-like compulsion for cinema, especially films from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. He is also very fond of the Iranian director Majid Majidi.
Travel is another passion and his favourite cities include Prague, Muscat and Delhi. Despite the many rigours, he has been constantly drawn to return to India.
Contrary to all pre-conceived notions, he is, in fact, Hindu – which may explain his bizarre fascination with impe
rialists like Sir Richard Burton, T. E Lawrence, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling.
“How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man’s life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.”
from Sir Richard Francis Burton’s Sind Revisited (1877)
November 14, 2007 at 7:38 am
Cool Website. Look forward to your new book. Congratulations!!!
December 11, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Hello Sean!
I tracked you down. I now live in New York.
Will be visiting Jhb over Christmas, will you be there?
January 15, 2008 at 5:15 am
Hey there,
Jolly good show old chap, do keep up the good work, wot! Maybe I will see you when you join us for a gin and tonic Down Under. Lots of pot-luck to go around!
April 22, 2008 at 6:39 am
Hi Sean, great to be in touch again. Cool website! Good luck with the new book. Hope to you see you again soon.
September 6, 2008 at 6:52 pm
You look so familiar…were you a regular at Kauai in 2005-06?
November 5, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Still waiting dearest Sean… or shall I come hunt you down?
January 14, 2009 at 9:29 am
Loved the new book, interesting also capturing the community…too much truth exists in this book…
January 14, 2009 at 9:32 am
New Book:
Intriguing, exciting and true…
April 1, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Priscilla, correctly, said we should meet and chat. You good?
June 22, 2009 at 8:02 am
Hey Badal. cool website. Loved your book. very islamic and heartbreaking!
June 29, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Hi dearest Sean, have lost touch. Hope all is well. Absolutely love your work. Salute you!
October 1, 2009 at 9:02 am
You are brilliant , at school you were amazing -way beyond your years!
I will always admire you as a genius with a pen and talented beyond measure.
October 6, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Hey Mr Badal,
Have you done a disappearing act again? Have tried to phone you, but to no avail. How are you going?
JOel
November 6, 2011 at 10:43 am
Hi!
Re-twit you post: to my @uohieseh twitter