By Brendan Myers Luke Skywalker was my childhood hero. Back then, I admired him for his adventurousness, bravery, and victory. Now as an adult, I admire him for his philosophical integrity. Here’s why. Read the full article at BrendanMyers.net.
Read More Luke Skywalker: A Hero of Peace and PurposeIt was 1984 when I received my first Dungeons & Dragons boxed set for my birthday. Veteran gamers will remember this red-book set with its dice that had to be coloured in with a crayon to see the numbers. I was so excited! I had heard about this game and as a fantasy/sci-fi reader, there […]
Read More D&D is for Boys: Or, Why I’m Always the DMBy Bluestockings As I settle in for a cup of tea and a good old fashion hate-watching of Fifty Shades of Grey, I’m absolutely shocked and appalled and genuinely disturbed by what’s happening in the gaming community just North of our town of Toronto. While I had no intention of getting involved, shit happens. Two […]
Read More The Hated Ones: We Just Wanna Have FunBy Misty Vander ‘Shh. Breathe.’ I exhaled a breath of stale air into the crowded lobby of the local hotel. My partner sensed my hesitation beside me and squeezed my hand encouragingly. With a small tug, he urged me onwards. “Let’s go, I don’t want to be around these neckbeards any longer than I have […]
Read More Honey, Let the Real Gamers PlayBy Kameron Hurley You will fail more than you succeed. You will remember the failures more often than the successes. The people who believe in you now will believe in you always. Get rid of everyone else. Readers will love your work. They will think this means they love you. They will be wrong, but […]
Read More Kameron Hurley: What I’ve Learned About Being a WriterOld Man’s War by John Scalzi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Military Spec-Fic Reading Challenge, the Second Best Reading Challenge, and the Space Opera Reading Challenge. This book was nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards 2006. I really, really liked this book! It’s kind of like the bridge between Starship […]
Read More Book Review: Old Man’s War by John ScalziBy Lauren Davis There are so many words and phrases that we use in science fiction—and even science—without giving it much thought. But where did we get terms like “death ray,” “terraforming,” “hive mind,” “telepathy,” and “parallel universe”? Read the full article at io9.com.
Read More 31 Essential Science Fiction Terms And Where They Came FromBy Michael Johnson Plants grow just about everywhere on Earth, and are able to adapt to extreme conditions ranging from drought to disease. Spaceflight, however, exposes plants to stresses not found anywhere on their home planet. Growing plants aboard the International Space Station provides a unique opportunity to study how plants adapt to microgravity, and a team […]
Read More Putting Down Roots in SpaceMy birthday’s coming up, so I’d like to offer you all a hobbit birthday present! I’m taking part in a massive giveaway with my compatriots in the Sci-fi Roundtable, a group of authors banding together for mutual support. Starting March 3, we’ll be giving away a whole whack of our books! Just sign up for […]
Read More Happy Hobbit Birthday: Sci-fi Roundtable Giveaway!By James Davis Nicoll You may have been annoyed by recurrent comments from a certain surprisingly flammable Waterloo-region reviewer. He complains about the erasure from SF memory of women writing SF back in the 1970s—but has that reviewer ever bother to name names? Suggest books? I think not. It is time to confront the erasure directly. […]
Read More Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, A Through F
