Eugen Bacon's Blog, page 12
December 9, 2019
Blackscifi.com Review / Claiming T-Mo
Eugen has written a captivating story that will have you hanging onto the action of every character. Every word brings the reader closer to answering the nagging question that keeps coming up. The world that Bacon has created will be easily relatable to anyone that picks up this book.
– Judith Swanson, BlackScifi.com
November 5, 2019
TEXT Journal review: Writing in a genre where ‘nothing is out of bounds’: Speculative Fiction as a transformative force
Writing Speculative Fiction is permeated by an upbeat and playful tone that is entertaining and motivating. While outlining the generic ‘rules’ typically touted for writing in the realm of speculative fiction, Bacon rouses writers to challenge and contravene such prescriptive and predictable conventions. She convincingly argues that ‘genre labelling is no more than a device of commercialization’ (58) and encourages writers of speculative fiction to be inventive and disruptive – to blend and cross genres; to dissolve boundaries between different styles; to subvert tropes; to rewrite, revise and remix classic tales; and to eccentrically experiment with dissonant themes in order to ‘break from traditional thought and resultant binaries’ (113). Bacon incites us to commit writing as a radical act.
November 1, 2019
Eugen Bacon features on Ginger Nuts of Horror: On writing horror and the paranormal
On Writing Horror and the Paranormal by Eugen Bacon, author of Claiming T-Mo and Writing Speculative Fiction.
‘Is horror the jet black eyes of a silent entity, an atmosphere in a room that creaks, footsteps on a wooden floor, objects changing position, pictures turning to snow on the television screen, things falling when no one else is home, a shadow at the edge of your sight, a spectre on a fence by the road, staring little girls dressed in white, weeping walls…?’ Read more on Ginger Nuts of Horror
October 16, 2019
Newcon Press acquires Bacon’s new novel
Newcon Press announcem
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New Novel from Eugen Bacon
I’m delighted to report that we’ve signed contracts for a terrific short novel from Eugen Bacon, an Australian-based computer scientist and author with more than 100 short stories to her credit. Inside the Dreaming features a murder investigation set in the heart of Sydney. The killer proves to be something far more than human, but then Ivory, the detective assigned to the case, has secrets of her own, making her uniquely qualified to face the threat…
October 11, 2019
Claiming T-Mo | A book review by weird fantasy & speculative fiction author Ted Fauster
‘Reading this book is like swimming through a dream. The language and conventions used carry the very savory tang of the paranormal, although this is truly a literary novel. At times, I felt like I was floating along like a balloon, enraptured by the tone and choice of words. Bacon is a poet of the highest order.’ – Read the full review.
August 26, 2019
Claiming T-Mo – Charis Book Event, Atlanta
Claiming T-Mo – Book event USA
In conversation with author and publisher Milton Davis. Engaging with fascinating people at Charis Books, Atlanta.
August 2019
August 18, 2019
‘Claiming T-Mo’ Is A Confounding, Mysterious Tour De Force – NPR Review
Bacon’s whole book feels itself like a fairytale, albeit one where mystical planets and traveling between stars take the place of castles and sorcery. That said, there is a peculiar witchcraft at work in Claiming T-Mo. It resembles the writing of N.K. Jemisin, particularly in the way it nests the human in the fantastic, and it incorporates the kind of galaxy-spanning scope of generations once used by Octavia E. Butler.
Simultaneously lean and lush, it’s a book that’s more inquisitive about the limitless thematic and tonal possibilities of science fiction than the genre of science fiction as such. “There is a magical quality about a man who steps through locked doors, unbroken walls,” Bacon writes of T-Mo. Likewise, there is a magical quality about a novelist who does the same — and Claiming T-Mo is vivid, pulsing proof. Read the full review.
–Jason Heller is a Hugo Award-winning editor and author of the new book Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded.
August 13, 2019
August 2, 2019
Mad Scientist Journal review of Claiming T-Mo: a richly woven tapesty
A wonderful review to read! Thank you Dawn Vogel, Mad Scientist Journal.
…much of the story is these interwoven threads, all related to one another but telling the story from a variety of perspectives. In this way, they pull together a richly woven tapestry of the story, supplemented by the gorgeous and lush language.
The voices of each of the multitude of characters are distinct and evocative, painting an entire picture of each character within a few brief pages of their introduction. And while many of the events of the book are clearly from the realm of speculative fiction, the story is told in such a way that it all seems real.
