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Today is national Braille day and I thought it would be appropriate to acknowledge Braille, as for nearly a hundred years it has provided blind people with a way to read. Braille was invented in 1824 by Louise Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight when he was a child. He built Braille to suit […]
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I tripped over this site a few weeks ago and bookmarked it as something to check out when I had time. Hollow laugh. So, even though I haven’t yet looked into the site, or assessed the quality of the fiction they offer, I thought I would draw your attention to it anyway. Serial Box offers
A Different Sort of Fiction Read More »
I thought the passing of Carrie Fisher was really the topper of the year, but no — her mother, Debbie Reynolds, passed the very next day. Well before Carrie Fisher’s death, people were already saying what a horrible year 2016 had been for unexpected deaths of celebrities, unexpected political outcomes, depressed sales, and much more. My
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There are many images of trees in snow out there, but I particularly like this one because it was taken in my home province of Alberta. For those of you celebrating Christmas, I offer yuletide greetings. For everyone else taking a very welcome break from work, enjoy! If you’re in a country that doesn’t recognize
I spend quite a bit of time in the science fiction sub-categories on Amazon and I have watched the Space Opera sub-category turn into a bastardized playground for military science fiction. Nearly every book in the top twenty is a variation of an aging spaceship and captain and their plucky crew saving the known worlds from
Finally, Space Opera that Actually IS Space Opera. Read More »
If you’ve read a lot of science fiction in the last few decades, then you are most likely familiar with Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Asimov’s Science Fiction magazines. These two magazines are the grand-daddies of the science fiction publishing scene, remaining in print for decades now. Analog started life in 1930, during the
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Dune by Frank Herbert has long been in my top five books of all time. I read it when I was fourteen and it blew my mind. I still read it with a sense of wonder, even now. Kevin J. Anderson, who co-writes in the Dune universe with Frank Herbert’s son, Brian Herbert, recently
One of My Favourite Books Ever is Heading for Movie Production. Read More »
SF = Science Fiction SFR = Science Fiction Romance There’s only one letter difference between the two acronyms, but a world of difference in the experience of reading either of them. I have been writing in the fairly new SFR sub-genre for over a year now, and Faring Soul is an award winner. I have
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I had no idea I was going to be out for the count this long. I haven’t been sick all this time (thank heavens!) – but things slid while I was out and it took a while to catch up. Part of the squeeze to catch up came because right now I’m in the middle