Tag Archives: science fiction

Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

There’s a very cool book bobbing on the horizon. If you want to learn more about the craft of writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror, make sure to grab a copy of this forthcoming 2013 release Now Write! Science Fiction, … Continue reading →


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Falling to the Moon

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

          In Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac decoys the determined de Guiche by telling him seven ways to reach the moon, and of those, several must have sounded practical either in Cyrano’s time or even when … Continue reading →


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BVC Announces Living in Threes, by Judith Tarr

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Three lives. Three worlds. Three times. Three young women, past, present, and future, come together to solve an age-old mystery and save a world. Meredith has the summer all planned. She’ll hang out with her friends, ride her horse, and … Continue reading →


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BVC announces Flyers by Vonda N. McIntyre

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Two linked stories by Vonda N. McIntyre: “Wings” and “The Mountains of Sunset, the Mountains of Dawn.” Alien people abandon their dying planet in a generation ship, but a few are left behind. Wings Long after the last visitors had … Continue reading →


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Free Sample: Music and Poetry of the Kesh

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel Always Coming Home was originally published with a cassette tape, Music and Poetry of the Kesh, music by Oregon Shakespeare Festival Resident Composer Todd Barton, words by Ursula K. Le Guin, who performs many … Continue reading →


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Meet The Other Half

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

I first came across Athena Andreadis online after I read something of hers at the Singularity Hub. I like to hang around the fringe of the Singularity just so I won’t miss out when it happens. I mean that only … Continue reading →


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The Amazing Story of “Amazing Stories”

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

According to Wikipedia “Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback’s Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Before Amazing, science fiction stories had made regular appearances in … Continue reading →


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Hand-me-down People—Writing and Activism

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

I’m taking a break from my series of posts to ponder a problem that has grown progressively worse in the last several decades. Way back at the dawn of time—or at least at the dawn of my sojourn as a … Continue reading →


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Dang, It’s Great to Be Here!

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Today marks my book launch at Book View Café, and I’m excited! It’s great to join this cool and many-talented bunch of writers. In celebration, I’m making this the premier release of my first-ever short story collection, Reality and Other … Continue reading →


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Where’s the Science Fiction?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

I just finished reading Jo Walton’s marvelous book, Among Others, and was delighted at the many references to science fiction in 1979/1980, when the story takes place. At that time, I was an avid reader of sf like the protagonist, … Continue reading →


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