I read a lot of apocalyptic fiction. I love apocalypse stories. I love to read about how, when the worst happens, humans can discover levels of ingenuity we never knew we had to overcome even the most insurmountable odds. You see the worst of humanity in these stories, but you also see the best. That’s […]
Read More Sexism in the Apocalypseby Mark Niemann-Ross I’ve learned that my esthetics skew heavily to the bizarre. Helpful when writing speculative fiction; not so helpful when marketing that work. Repeated experimentation has convinced me to look for other opinions on what the buying public will find attractive. Surveys have become my friend, and have provided me with an answer to a very important question: who […]
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Howdy! So recently I shared my first Firefly inspired post again and it got a good bit of buzz! It also got me thinking and partially due to all the other Firefly giffery that was shared in comments and replies, I was reminded of many other awesome quotes. And…
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Howdy! Sorry for the radio silence recently. Short explanation is I’ve been super busy/lazy. 🙂 But I got the idea for this post at lunch the other day, so I figured I’d continue with the series that started with my Princess Bride posts. Using Firefly/90% of all the best…
This article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Read the full article at Dan Koboldt.
Read More Poisons in SFF#specwomenchat I’ll be posting some of my favourite quotes from great writers of #SFF from time to time on my blog.
Read More HomeThe latest development from a collaboration between 3D Systems and Airbus proves that space is the place for 3D printing. In the redesign of a radio frequency (RF) filter engineers have managed to bypass surface topology concerns and cut the weight of a part by 50%. The metal component is now the first tested and validated part of […]
Read More Airbus Sets Sights on Space with 3D PrintingYou’ll note that work by yours truly is featured in Issues 7 and 8! Get ’em now while the getting is good!
Read More SciFan™ HUGE Summer Sale and Cover Reveal!I don’t entirely agree with their subgenre examples and definitions. If anyone thinks that The Death of Grass or Earth Abides are “Cozy Catastrophes,” then they clearly have not read the books or don’t grasp them at all. Still, it’s a good list of some of the classics of SFF. By Haley Larson Science fiction […]
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