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January 9, 2012
Utopia and Dystopia in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
It's a busy week and there isn't as much time for blogging as I would like. The day job is quite busy and I'm in the final stages of work on Summer's Cauldron (YSG #2) so I can send it to the editors next week. I'm also reworking the cover for the first YSG novel, [...]
January 3, 2012
2012 – The End of the World?
The year 2012 brings with it an uncommonly large number of predictions for the end of the world. The wonderful geeks at NASA have created a page debunking the most famous of the predictions for calamity in 2012. There are summaries of it elsewhere. There are also folks that take it very seriously. Most of [...]
December 27, 2011
Generation Ships
I came across two things that at first seemed unrelated to me that later came together in my mind while I was walking home last night. The first is a fun blog over at Electrical Engineering Times. Clive Maxfield has a blog where he often discusses sci-fi geek stuff, because who better to enjoy sci-fi [...]
December 24, 2011
The Wizard of Time – FREE for Christmas (Dec 24-26)
The Wizard of Time Kindle ebook is FREE at Amazon for the Christmas holiday, Dec. 24, 25, & 26. Enjoy some time travel and magic with your turkey and stuffing. Happy Holidays!
December 17, 2011
Some Thoughts on Indie Bookstores
Farhad Manjoo has an article this week in Slate where he states that we should abandon small local bookstores because they are inefficient and their books tend to cost more. They also have limited shelf space, thus limited selections, no reviews, and only employee recommendations for purchasing guidance. Needless to say, lovers of small indie [...]
December 15, 2011
Writing About Religion & Spirituality in Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Part 3
This continues from Part 1 and Part 2 PART THREE: Simple Rules So, if this is how I am defining religion and spirituality, what criteria can I establish for exploring those twin issues in science fiction and fantasy (or any work of fiction)? First, is that while the story may be about religion and spirituality, [...]
December 13, 2011
Writing About Religion & Spirituality in Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Part 2
This continues from the previous post. PART TWO: Definitions. It helps to have definitions of the things you are trying to explore as well as a grounded understanding of them in both practical and theoretical terms. This is one of the reasons I decided to become ordained as in interfaith minister – to get some [...]
December 10, 2011
Writing About Religion & Spirituality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
This post became much longer than I had anticipated, so I'm breaking it into three parts. PART ONE I just read an article by John Horgan (reprinted in an edited version in Slate this week) about his decision to give up being a Buddhist. In actuality, it seems like he gave up his interest in [...]
December 5, 2011
Thoughts on the Wizard of Time Series
Although I am in the middle of editing Summer's Cauldron (Young Sorcerers Guild Book 2), I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the second book in The Wizard of Time series and the series as a whole. I had originally intended WOT to be a seven book series, each novel taking place [...]
December 3, 2011
Super 8 and Sci-Fi in 1979
My wife and I watched J.J. Abrams' Super 8 the other night. While she merely enjoyed it, I loved it. It was like stepping back into my childhood, especially the sci-fi influenced imagination of my childhood. The film takes place in the summer of 1979 and follows a group of friends making a super-8 zombie [...]
