Cameron Cooper's Blog, page 30
May 4, 2020
Contentious Star Wars Edition
Contentious Star Wars Edition Star Wars is the reason I’m writing. So it would be almost criminal for me to ignore Star Wars day. However, do you remember this photo, above? My opinion? Greedo didn’t shoot at all. I saw the original edition of the movie multiple times (heading into the three digit range), and [...]
May 1, 2020
Cheap Reads for the Great Pause
Cheap Reads for the Great Pause A recent statistic I heard was a USA one--14 million people had filed for unemployment benefits in the last 30 days. That's 15% of the USA workforce! I'm quite sure that unemployment figures for the rest of the world will be in proportion to that. The latest statistic I [...]
April 20, 2020
The Real Problem of Humanity
The Real Problem of Humanity E.O. Wilson, a sociobiologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, on the promise and peril of the future: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. An Intellectual Entente (Source) c.
April 6, 2020
Library of Books to Download
Library of Books to Download I haven’t participated in any BookFunnel promos for a while, but I may start again in a month or two—do you like the promos? Let me know. If there is enough interest there, I will start them up again. It’s also very likely that you already are keeping up with [...]
March 23, 2020
Top #100, Galactic Empire Fiction!
Home Alone'ish In the last week, my provincial government shut down the province. The borders are closed, as are all public facilities except for hospitals, pharmacies and grocery stores and a handful of other essential services. My household is also considering self-isolating for a month, just to help flatten the curve of demand upon the [...]
February 6, 2020
99c Science Fiction
99c Science Fiction Space, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian futures. Science Fiction 99c
February 2, 2020
Hard Hitting SF and LOTS of Short Stories…
Hard Hitting SF and LOTS of Short Stories... 40 Space Opera stories, to the end of the month. Hard Hitting Science Fiction A lot of short stories in all fiction genres. Dig in! Short Month, Short Fiction
January 30, 2020
The Power of Good Storytelling
The Power of Good Storytelling The Witcher has finally taken Televisionland by storm. I find the story of the story of The Witcher to be one of the testaments to the power of a good story. It started off as a collection of short stories, original written in Polish by Andrzej Sapkowski. Then the collection [...]
January 21, 2020
Fantastic Frontiers
Fantastic Frontiers 45 Alien Contact and Space Opera stories, no samples or excerpts. Fantastic Frontiers
January 2, 2020
Early details about a brand new Space Opera series
Early details about a brand new Space Opera series Happy New Year! I hope you're recovering nicely from the Christmas-New Year season of wild overindulgence! The new year seems like an appropriate time to let you know of a new series. Book 1 is already out for pre-order, too. First, the cover: The interstellar [...]
