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August 17, 2013
The list: 100 Great Science Fiction Stories by Women
Reblogged from It Doesn't Have To Be Right...: Now let the arguing begin... The list below contains 100 pieces of short fiction - short stories, novelettes and novellas - by women writers, published between 1927 and 2012. Each author appears only once. The stories are by no means the best by each writer. In most […]
August 15, 2013
Storify, Stalkers and Terms of Service
Reblogged from Whatever: Posting (with permission) an e-mail I got from an occasional Whatever commenter, because this seems something worth pointing people's attention to. For reasons that will become clear, I'm trimming out the person's name, although I know who it is and I find them to be credible. At the time of the posting […]
29,750
I just caught that number out of the corner of my eye, and decided I couldn’t let this milestone slip past without mention! That 29,750 is the number of views my blog has had to-date. A big chunk of the almost 20K views I’ve had in 2013 I owe to the Samsung Galaxy SII post. […]
August 14, 2013
The week that was, or wow I’m wrecked…
I know weeks don’t normally start or end on a Wednesday, but since beginning my new course, Wednesday has become the pivotal point of my week. I’ve just come home from my regular Wednesday class – 9.30 to 3.30, except for today which was 9.30 to 4.30 – and my brain feels like a broken […]
August 11, 2013
Chatting with author Christie Meierz
I’ve been a sci-fi fan since my late teens – that’s a long, long time – but I’m relatively new to SFR. SFR stands for Science Fiction Romance, and is a sub-genre that fuses sci-fi and romance into an interesting new whole. However getting the balance right is not always easy, or successful. Christie Meierz […]
August 8, 2013
Ghost in the Machine – by C.E. Kilgore
I’ve just posted this review on Goodreads to complete my commitment to R4R [read-for-review] the book. I’ve agonized over this review and I don’t think I’ll be doing any more R4R’s. I’ve turned comments off. Ghost in the Machine – Goodreads review – 3/5 Expectations can have a profound effect on how someone reacts to […]
August 7, 2013
If only novels could come with soundtracks!
I have forgotten most of the music theory I learned as a child, but I’ve never forgotten the meaning of 3-4 time because that is waltz time, and waltzes have made me want to dance for decades. Oddly enough, 3-4 time is also synonymous with lullabies, where the music is as soothing as a heart-beat. […]
August 5, 2013
Need a name for an evil corporation!
My research for Innerscape is coming along nicely, but now I need a name for the evil multinational that developed the food which had such a terrible effect on Miira and other refugees like her. I can’t use the name of a real company, much as I would like to, so I have to make […]
August 4, 2013
This one’s for the geeks – new Flywheel design
I started work on Innerscape* again today, and have 14 hand-scribbled pages of notes, and possible plot directions to show for it. On page 15, I started wondering what kind of redundant systems a facility like Innerscape would need [to ensure neither the AI, nor the residents' life support systems ever broke down]. And that […]
August 3, 2013
Survey : Only 1.52% of readers like science fiction
Q4 What is your favorite genre of fiction?Mystery: 4.81%Thriller: 1.97%Romance: 81.02%Science Fiction: 1.52%Other: 10.67% Those results come from a survey of 2,951 readers taken by Marie Force[New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author]. As Marie Force is a Contemporary Romance writer, and would attract a lot of romance readers to her blog […]
