Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. Dick My rating: 1 of 5 stars Read for the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club. SPOILER WARNING. OH MY EFFING GOD, are people reading the same book I read?! 5 stars, 4 stars, much of these from people whose opinions I respect. But – really? To me, […]
Read More Book Review: Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. DickPavane by Keith Roberts My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club. Who’s this Keith Roberts guy? I wondered. I had never heard of him. But lots of people I had heard of had, because they all did blurbs for this edition of this book: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, […]
Read More Book Review: Pavane by Keith RobertsBy Greg Jericho In promoting his 10-year tax plan, Malcolm Turnbull suggested people want governments to undertake “long term planning”. However, a new research paper out this week from the IMF highlights how economies could be set for a major shake-up in the future and how sticking with the belief that better wages for workers […]
Read More Why the Robot Revolution Risks an Economic ‘Death Spiral’ for AustraliaI’m celebrating my book release and doing a fall Patreon membership drive, and I’m putting some pretty skookum prizes on the line! LINK TO ENTER HERE! Contest runs from September 15 to September 30, 2018. My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/SableAradia HOW IT WORKS: Join my Patreon at any level! (See link above, in the video endscreen & video […]
Read More Fall Patreon Drive & Giveaway!By Eric Klein Today we have a special treat, a holiday weekend extra interview with Diane Morrison here to tell us about her novel Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West (part of the Wyrd West Chronicles). Can you describe your world or setting? The Wyrd West is a post-apocalyptic setting in which technology has become unreliable […]
Read More Feature Friday Futures: Wyrd WestOnce Upon a Time in the Wyrd West by Diane Morrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the long-promised print collection of the first six of the Wyrd West Chronicles, originally written as an ebook serial. Some minor changes to the text have been made in order to facilitate the flow of a […]
Read More My Goodreads Book Review: Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd WestPre-order and support my Kickstarter! There’s only 2 days left to get in on it!
Read More Wyrd West Telethon: Cheer Stephenson Papworth on Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic FictionPre-order and support my Kickstarter! There’s only 6 days left to get in on it!
Read More Wyrd West Telethon: Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West Live ReadingBy Brandon Specktor In 1972, citizen scientist Sir Elton John hypothesized that Mars “ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.” While John’s remarks were never published in a peer-reviewed journal (though they did peak at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart), he’s not wrong about the Red Planet’s inhospitality. With its freezing climate, thin atmosphere […]
Read More Populating a Mars Base Will Be Dangerously Unsexy
