Sci-Fi Book Club – December 2012: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Jennie Ivins
Happy December sci-fi fans! For our next science fiction book club we will be reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “In order to develop a secure defense against a…
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Disaster Advice from Science Fiction and Fantasy
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Natural disasters are something that all of us live with regardless of location. Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes…it’s a really long list of the things that could go wrong…
Which Writers Are Asking The Hard Questions Today?
Eric Christensen
As I move from summer to winter, I tend to switch from lighter, fun reads to deeper, more complex reads. I don’t know if I am simply echoing Hollywood’s transition…
The Evolution of Sexuality, Homosexuality and Gender in SFF – Part Three
Leo Elijah Cristea
Arguably one of the main issues hounding the progress and subsequent filtration of LGBT themes into “mainstream” SFF is something that mirrors the treatment of “alternative” sexualities and genders in…
The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
Mike Shackle
Editor’s Note: Mild spoilers for book one. Read with caution if you’ve yet to finish Bitter Seeds. I very recently read Bitter Seeds, the first part of Ian Tregillis’ tale…
Iain M. Banks Interview – Part Two
Paul Wiseall
I recently interviewed science fiction author Iain M. Banks. If you missed it, part one is posted here. Now on to part two! When you’re writing are you one of…
Iain M. Banks Interview – Part One
I recently met Iain M. Banks for a long ol’ chat that ranged from his latest Culture novel The Hydrogen Sonata and Gravitas ships to The Algebraist and his porno…
Dreamsongs: A Retrospective – Book Two by George R. R. Martin
Dominic Stevens
Slightly worrying for all of us A Song of Ice and Fire fans, it turns out George RR Martin has a track record of abandoning series of books and stories.…
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Max Edwards
The universe’s mysteries are innumerable, unknowable and perhaps inconceivable, but science fiction takes a hold and shakes them out into the written word. Clarke brings them into our collective consciousness…
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Kit
I imagine that at one point in your schooling, you probably had to read The Giver for an English class. If you didn’t, I highly recommend that you run out…
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
What is the greatest evil in modern history? Because it might not be the Nazis… We all know that the Nazis were monsters (and I did a history degree so…
Dreamsongs: A Retrospective – Book One by George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin is not just one of the most popular writers in fantasy right now, but in fiction full stop. Game of Thrones has been one of the…