The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Science Fiction Masterworks Challenge, the Second Best Challenge, and the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Challenge. This novel was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus in 72-73, but won none of them. This book gave me a bit of a […]
Read More Book Review: The Book of Skulls by Robert SilverbergSlow Apocalypse by John Varley My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge. Method of the world’s destruction: an engineered bacteria is released into Iraqi oil fields by a lovelorn scientist as vengeance, which mutates to become an airborne pathogen that solidifies all liquid […]
Read More Book Review: Slow Apocalypse by John VarleyI have not read all of these yet, but the ones I have read were astounding! Like many popular terms, “space opera” was coined as an insult. It’s based on “soap opera” (nothing to do with music) and its original meaning was a “hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn, spaceship yarn.” For the purposes of this list, […]
Read More The 21 Best Space Opera BooksHoneymoon by James Patterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked up this book because I’m taking James Patterson’s Masterclass writing course and this is the book he uses for an example of how to do things. There was no other reason than that. I would not have read it otherwise because it would […]
Read More Book Review: Honeymoon by James Patterson & Howard Roughen#30days30authors I should have posted this hours ago, but I’m trying to make a deadline. Here’s an excerpt from my hard sci-fi project! “I can’t believe we’re finally decelerating!” Bianca sighed over morning coffee in the lounge. Over the course of the three year journey this had become a regular custom for the crew. “It […]
Read More Excerpt from The Cloud by Diane Morrison#30days30authors In a city of glass, where people who are just Numbers living in glass-brick houses, and everyone’s daily routine is determined by the Tables of the Hours set down by the Well-Doer, one particular Number, D-503, is developing a dangerous affliction. He is nurturing a soul. This could put his life and that of […]
Read More Orwell vs Huxley vs ZamyatinStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the 12 Awards in 12 Months Challenge, the Women in Genre Fiction Challenge, and the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge. Mandel is a good writer. She writes an awesome literary piece. So if you’re into literary writing, it’s awesome. If you’re […]
Read More Book Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelOriginally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
Here’s my profile on FanFiction.net. The prologue and the first chapter of A Few Good Elves have been edited and posted and more will follow at a rate of one chapter about every two days or so. Enjoy! If you want to see the Toy Soldier Saga completed…
Originally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
Adapting the alternative physics of Spelljammer to something new was the sticking point for me in turning the Toy Soldier Saga into something publishable. I have worked on this concept for a long time, and I think I’ve finally come up with something that works but is its…
