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THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road A HOLE IN THE SKY BY PETER F HAMILTON, WITH A SHORT Q&A A Hole in the Sky is the first entry in Peter F Hamilton’s latest series, the Arkship Trilogy.Releasing as an audiobook exclusive, A Hole in the Sky is a departure from the typical widescreen space opera Hamilton is known for, instead focusing on a colony ship story from a first-person perspective. Read on for the review, and scroll down for a short Q&A with Peter F Hamilton. DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. THE BONE MAKER BY SARAH BETH DURST Cover by Damonza. From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a stand-alone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors has a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss. Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat thebone maker Eklor
WORLD ENGINES: CREATOR BY STEPHEN BAXTER The survivors of the first book have, in an attempt to travel to the deep past and the origin point of the World Engineers, travelled to a universe where Persephone has become an Earth-like planet. When attempting to land on this Persephone II, there is an accident and some of the crew are killed. BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day.DAVID EDDINGS
David Eddings was probably the one of the first authors I've ever read and I was happy to find two of his series in ebook format at amazon. I know the Belgariad has been out for a while now but they just added the Malloreon series as well. FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES Jan 19, 2011. 189. I've been writing up a list of things I feel are cliches about women characters, not just in books but also games, comics and movies (because I need my lists). Here's what I've got. • A damsel for the hero to rescue – If she’s in a bind andGRIMDARK IN SCIFI?
Grimdark is a term that came from games. It originated with the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, which was a science fiction version of Warhammer's fantasy game, with fantasy-like races that were alien, non-magical races in a dystopian space future. SFFWORLD – SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORRORFOR AUTHORS / PUBLISHERSADVERTISINGABOUTWRITE FOR USDISCUSSION FORUMINTERVIEWS THE UNBROKEN by C.L. Clark (Magic of the Lost #1) Colonization, military service, loyalty, racial inequality, and a life torn between two conflicting cultures. Welcome to the potent, gripping debut novelby C.L. Clark,.
THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road A HOLE IN THE SKY BY PETER F HAMILTON, WITH A SHORT Q&A A Hole in the Sky is the first entry in Peter F Hamilton’s latest series, the Arkship Trilogy.Releasing as an audiobook exclusive, A Hole in the Sky is a departure from the typical widescreen space opera Hamilton is known for, instead focusing on a colony ship story from a first-person perspective. Read on for the review, and scroll down for a short Q&A with Peter F Hamilton. DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. THE BONE MAKER BY SARAH BETH DURST Cover by Damonza. From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a stand-alone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors has a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss. Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat thebone maker Eklor
WORLD ENGINES: CREATOR BY STEPHEN BAXTER The survivors of the first book have, in an attempt to travel to the deep past and the origin point of the World Engineers, travelled to a universe where Persephone has become an Earth-like planet. When attempting to land on this Persephone II, there is an accident and some of the crew are killed. BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day.DAVID EDDINGS
David Eddings was probably the one of the first authors I've ever read and I was happy to find two of his series in ebook format at amazon. I know the Belgariad has been out for a while now but they just added the Malloreon series as well. FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES Jan 19, 2011. 189. I've been writing up a list of things I feel are cliches about women characters, not just in books but also games, comics and movies (because I need my lists). Here's what I've got. • A damsel for the hero to rescue – If she’s in a bind andGRIMDARK IN SCIFI?
Grimdark is a term that came from games. It originated with the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, which was a science fiction version of Warhammer's fantasy game, with fantasy-like races that were alien, non-magical races in a dystopian space future. THE WOOD BEE QUEEN BY EDWARD COX 12 hours ago · Edward’s last novels (The Relic Guild trilogy and The Song of the Sycamore, reviewed HERE) have tended to be on the dark and grim side, so this latest novel in some ways seems like a bit of light relief by comparison.. The story begins in what seems like Neil Gaiman territory. Strange Ground by the Skea seems like a quiet urban backwater of England. THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN BY AVA REID Hungarian myth/folk and history serve as the backdrop for Ava Reid’s immersive debut novel, The Wolf and the Woodsman.Women in Évike’s small village of Keszi are regularly taken captive by the Royal Order of the Woodsmen and brought to Király Szek (the seat of the King), on the King’s orders because the wolf girls practice magic. THE ANNUAL SFFWORLD.COM ANTHOLOGY In our fourth annual SFFWorld.com anthology, Andrew Leon Hudson helmed the effort to bring us 14 great stories with an ecological bent. Featuring three award-winning authors, Tobias S. Buckell, Ken Liu, and Lauren Beukes, this collection explores edges you didn’t even knowwere there.
SCIFI CONCEPT: GENETIC DEBT I've recently become the moderator of r/SciFiConcepts and have been sharing them with the people over there. The subreddit has become increasingly popular over the past week so I thought I'd share the concepts in different places. If my concepts are well received here then I'll keep posting. If SALVATION BY PETER F HAMILTON Salvation is Peter F Hamilton’s latest novel, the first book in his Salvation Sequence, and a series set in a brand-new universe.After some considerable time (and eight novels) spent writing in his Commonwealth universe, with a slight detour for 2012’s Great North Road, Salvation is a chance to see Hamilton build a setting from scratch with a longer story in mind. DREAMS MUST EXPLAIN THEMSELVES BY URSULA K. LEGUIN Her written works of fiction stand the test of time, but this book shows the reader the intelligence and imagination behind those stories. Hers is a voice worth listening to, should you wish to hear it. Dreams Must Explain Themselves by Ursula K. LeGuin. Published by Gollancz, February 2018. 394 pages. ISBN: 978 1 473 205949. Review byMark Yon.
BEST ROGER ZELAZNY NOVELS Jul 10, 2015. #4. Of all the Roger Zelazny books I've read, Eye of Cat is the one that always stays stuck in my head. I'm not sure why. At the time I read it, I recall thinking that it was much different from other books I had read, including other Zelazny books. Another of his books that has always stuck with me is Jack of Shadows. BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day. FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES But clichés and stereotypes are often based in reality (or, w.r.t. racial stereotypes, out of a fictional or perceived reality), so use of them isn't so much an issue as long as they don't form the whole of your character(s).So, you could have a fiery redheaded lady who is beautiful (often found within L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s novels), but do something with her that takes that cliché and bends LEGACY OF HEOROT, A MOVIE? I some times wonder why so many of todays movies are POS, when there is so much awesome material out there. I feel like movie makers have little respect for the public. Legacy of Heorot would make an awesome movie, film it in New Zealand(like another great authors stuff was) I SFFWORLD – SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORRORFOR AUTHORS / PUBLISHERSADVERTISINGABOUTWRITE FOR USDISCUSSION FORUMINTERVIEWS THE UNBROKEN by C.L. Clark (Magic of the Lost #1) Colonization, military service, loyalty, racial inequality, and a life torn between two conflicting cultures. Welcome to the potent, gripping debut novelby C.L. Clark,.
A HOLE IN THE SKY BY PETER F HAMILTON, WITH A SHORT Q&A A Hole in the Sky is the first entry in Peter F Hamilton’s latest series, the Arkship Trilogy.Releasing as an audiobook exclusive, A Hole in the Sky is a departure from the typical widescreen space opera Hamilton is known for, instead focusing on a colony ship story from a first-person perspective. Read on for the review, and scroll down for a short Q&A with Peter F Hamilton. DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. His robot stories were a response SALVATION BY PETER F HAMILTON Salvation is Peter F Hamilton’s latest novel, the first book in his Salvation Sequence, and a series set in a brand-new universe.After some considerable time (and eight novels) spent writing in his Commonwealth universe, with a slight detour for 2012’s Great North Road, Salvation is a chance to see Hamilton build a setting from scratch with a longer story in mind. MYTHOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON MODERN SCIENCE FICTION AND One of 2017’s best films, Wonder Woman, has mythology in its origins. Wonder Woman (Princess Diana), who first appeared in the comic books in 1941, is a member of the Amazonian people, a fantastical race of female warriors which has appeared in myths since ancient times. (One of the most famous of the Amazons noted in Greekmythology was
BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day. SEXISM AND ROBERT JORDAN’S WHEEL OF TIME SERIES BY ABBY Sexism and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series by Abby Goldsmith. “Separate But Equal.”. There’s a slogan which most people associate with the propaganda against the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Separation is just a step away from disadvantage and stereotype, which is a FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES Jan 19, 2011. 189. I've been writing up a list of things I feel are cliches about women characters, not just in books but also games, comics and movies (because I need my lists). Here's what I've got. • A damsel for the hero to rescue – If she’s in a bind andGRIMDARK IN SCIFI?
Grimdark is a term that came from games. It originated with the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, which was a science fiction version of Warhammer's fantasy game, with fantasy-like races that were alien, non-magical races in a dystopian space future. AFTER DARKNESS OF SETHANON, THEN WHAT? In essense, the Darkness at Sethanon was the end of the line for several of the characters, most of whom do come back, but not in any major sense. Pug, Tomas, and Macros are not among them as they don't really age. Jimmy takes a larger role than most when it comes to the Serpentwar, but even then is a bit subdued. SFFWORLD – SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORRORFOR AUTHORS / PUBLISHERSADVERTISINGABOUTWRITE FOR USDISCUSSION FORUMINTERVIEWS THE UNBROKEN by C.L. Clark (Magic of the Lost #1) Colonization, military service, loyalty, racial inequality, and a life torn between two conflicting cultures. Welcome to the potent, gripping debut novelby C.L. Clark,.
A HOLE IN THE SKY BY PETER F HAMILTON, WITH A SHORT Q&A A Hole in the Sky is the first entry in Peter F Hamilton’s latest series, the Arkship Trilogy.Releasing as an audiobook exclusive, A Hole in the Sky is a departure from the typical widescreen space opera Hamilton is known for, instead focusing on a colony ship story from a first-person perspective. Read on for the review, and scroll down for a short Q&A with Peter F Hamilton. DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. His robot stories were a response SALVATION BY PETER F HAMILTON Salvation is Peter F Hamilton’s latest novel, the first book in his Salvation Sequence, and a series set in a brand-new universe.After some considerable time (and eight novels) spent writing in his Commonwealth universe, with a slight detour for 2012’s Great North Road, Salvation is a chance to see Hamilton build a setting from scratch with a longer story in mind. MYTHOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON MODERN SCIENCE FICTION AND One of 2017’s best films, Wonder Woman, has mythology in its origins. Wonder Woman (Princess Diana), who first appeared in the comic books in 1941, is a member of the Amazonian people, a fantastical race of female warriors which has appeared in myths since ancient times. (One of the most famous of the Amazons noted in Greekmythology was
BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day. SEXISM AND ROBERT JORDAN’S WHEEL OF TIME SERIES BY ABBY Sexism and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series by Abby Goldsmith. “Separate But Equal.”. There’s a slogan which most people associate with the propaganda against the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Separation is just a step away from disadvantage and stereotype, which is aGRIMDARK IN SCIFI?
Grimdark is a term that came from games. It originated with the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, which was a science fiction version of Warhammer's fantasy game, with fantasy-like races that were alien, non-magical races in a dystopian space future. FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES Jan 19, 2011. 189. I've been writing up a list of things I feel are cliches about women characters, not just in books but also games, comics and movies (because I need my lists). Here's what I've got. • A damsel for the hero to rescue – If she’s in a bind and AFTER DARKNESS OF SETHANON, THEN WHAT? In essense, the Darkness at Sethanon was the end of the line for several of the characters, most of whom do come back, but not in any major sense. Pug, Tomas, and Macros are not among them as they don't really age. Jimmy takes a larger role than most when it comes to the Serpentwar, but even then is a bit subdued. NEWS: NEBULA AWARD WINNERS 2020 ANNOUNCED As announced on the 5th June 2021, here are the nominees and winners of the Nebula Awards 2020. The winners are highlighted in red.. Novel. Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury); The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit); Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey); The Midnight Bargain, C.L. Polk (Erewhon); Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga); Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom HONEYCOMB BY JOANNE M HARRIS One of my favourite treats over the last couple of years has been reading the novellas that Joanne has been quietly forming that have rewritten the Child Ballads for a modern audience. They have been a wonderful marriage of lyrical prose and subtle yet atmospheric illustration, in little packages DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. His robot stories were a response THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN Christopher Buehlman has made quite a respectable name for himself as a writer of horror novels, the two I’ve read I have thoroughly enjoyed (Those Across the River and the modern vampire classic, The Lesser Dead).I was very intrigued when I learned he was shifting gears slightly to epic fantasy since there’s often a dark undercurrent in many Epic Fantasy stories. WE, ROBOTS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN 100 STORIES, EDITED Anthropomorphic robots, invertebrate AIs, thuggish metal lumps and wisps of manufactured intelligence so delicate if you blinked you might miss them. The literature of robots and artificial intelligence is so wildly diverse, in both tone and intent, that our stories form six thematic collections. It’s Alive! is about inventors and their WORLD ENGINES: CREATOR BY STEPHEN BAXTER The survivors of the first book have, in an attempt to travel to the deep past and the origin point of the World Engineers, travelled to a universe where Persephone has become an Earth-like planet. When attempting to land on this Persephone II, there is an accident and some of the crew are killed. NEW POST - NEWS: NEBULA AWARD WINNERS 2020 ANNOUNCED As announced on the 5th June 2021, here are the nominees and winners of the Nebula Awards 2020. The winners are highlighted in red. Novel Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit) Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del JUNE 2021 FLASH CONTEST: DOING IT THE HARD WAY THEME: Doing it the Hard Way WORD COUNT LIMIT: 1000 DEADLINE: Your local midnight, Thursday 27th JUNE 2021 Write your story, make sure it includes a reference to the theme (as obliquely and interpretive as you wish) and is within the word limit. READING IN SCIENCE FICTION IN JUNE 2021 Understand the worry :) But I quite liked it; hope you will too! Liked the bookdidn't care for the movie though. THE VALUE OF SPECULATIVE FICTION BY NICHOLAS CONLEY The Value of Speculative Fiction by Nicholas Conley. There’s this strange idea that literary fiction and speculative fiction are in fierce opposition to each other, but in reality, both forms of literature are nothing but different techniques in which to tell a story. There’s this even stranger idea that speculative fiction—call it genre SFFWORLD – SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORRORFOR AUTHORS / PUBLISHERSADVERTISINGABOUTWRITE FOR USDISCUSSION FORUMINTERVIEWS THE UNBROKEN by C.L. Clark (Magic of the Lost #1) Colonization, military service, loyalty, racial inequality, and a life torn between two conflicting cultures. Welcome to the potent, gripping debut novelby C.L. Clark,.
A HOLE IN THE SKY BY PETER F HAMILTON, WITH A SHORT Q&A A Hole in the Sky is the first entry in Peter F Hamilton’s latest series, the Arkship Trilogy.Releasing as an audiobook exclusive, A Hole in the Sky is a departure from the typical widescreen space opera Hamilton is known for, instead focusing on a colony ship story from a first-person perspective. Read on for the review, and scroll down for a short Q&A with Peter F Hamilton. DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. His robot stories were a response SALVATION BY PETER F HAMILTON Salvation is Peter F Hamilton’s latest novel, the first book in his Salvation Sequence, and a series set in a brand-new universe.After some considerable time (and eight novels) spent writing in his Commonwealth universe, with a slight detour for 2012’s Great North Road, Salvation is a chance to see Hamilton build a setting from scratch with a longer story in mind. MYTHOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON MODERN SCIENCE FICTION AND One of 2017’s best films, Wonder Woman, has mythology in its origins. Wonder Woman (Princess Diana), who first appeared in the comic books in 1941, is a member of the Amazonian people, a fantastical race of female warriors which has appeared in myths since ancient times. (One of the most famous of the Amazons noted in Greekmythology was
BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day. SEXISM AND ROBERT JORDAN’S WHEEL OF TIME SERIES BY ABBYBOOKS LIKE ROBERT JORDANE ROBERT JORDANROBERT JORDAN BIO Sexism and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series by Abby Goldsmith. “Separate But Equal.”. There’s a slogan which most people associate with the propaganda against the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Separation is just a step away from disadvantage and stereotype, which is a FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES Jan 19, 2011. 189. I've been writing up a list of things I feel are cliches about women characters, not just in books but also games, comics and movies (because I need my lists). Here's what I've got. • A damsel for the hero to rescue – If she’s in a bind andGRIMDARK IN SCIFI?
Grimdark is a term that came from games. It originated with the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, which was a science fiction version of Warhammer's fantasy game, with fantasy-like races that were alien, non-magical races in a dystopian space future. AFTER DARKNESS OF SETHANON, THEN WHAT? In essense, the Darkness at Sethanon was the end of the line for several of the characters, most of whom do come back, but not in any major sense. Pug, Tomas, and Macros are not among them as they don't really age. Jimmy takes a larger role than most when it comes to the Serpentwar, but even then is a bit subdued. SFFWORLD – SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORRORFOR AUTHORS / PUBLISHERSADVERTISINGABOUTWRITE FOR USDISCUSSION FORUMINTERVIEWS THE UNBROKEN by C.L. Clark (Magic of the Lost #1) Colonization, military service, loyalty, racial inequality, and a life torn between two conflicting cultures. Welcome to the potent, gripping debut novelby C.L. Clark,.
A HOLE IN THE SKY BY PETER F HAMILTON, WITH A SHORT Q&A A Hole in the Sky is the first entry in Peter F Hamilton’s latest series, the Arkship Trilogy.Releasing as an audiobook exclusive, A Hole in the Sky is a departure from the typical widescreen space opera Hamilton is known for, instead focusing on a colony ship story from a first-person perspective. Read on for the review, and scroll down for a short Q&A with Peter F Hamilton. DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. His robot stories were a response SALVATION BY PETER F HAMILTON Salvation is Peter F Hamilton’s latest novel, the first book in his Salvation Sequence, and a series set in a brand-new universe.After some considerable time (and eight novels) spent writing in his Commonwealth universe, with a slight detour for 2012’s Great North Road, Salvation is a chance to see Hamilton build a setting from scratch with a longer story in mind. MYTHOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON MODERN SCIENCE FICTION AND One of 2017’s best films, Wonder Woman, has mythology in its origins. Wonder Woman (Princess Diana), who first appeared in the comic books in 1941, is a member of the Amazonian people, a fantastical race of female warriors which has appeared in myths since ancient times. (One of the most famous of the Amazons noted in Greekmythology was
BOOKS WITH VERY POWERFUL PROTAGONIST, AND ONLY 1 POV The only one that comes right to mind is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It is told from the magician Kvothe's prospective as someone is writing down his story. So it is a giant flashback with sections taking place in present day. SEXISM AND ROBERT JORDAN’S WHEEL OF TIME SERIES BY ABBYBOOKS LIKE ROBERT JORDANE ROBERT JORDANROBERT JORDAN BIO Sexism and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series by Abby Goldsmith. “Separate But Equal.”. There’s a slogan which most people associate with the propaganda against the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Separation is just a step away from disadvantage and stereotype, which is a FEMALE CHARACTER CLICHES Jan 19, 2011. 189. I've been writing up a list of things I feel are cliches about women characters, not just in books but also games, comics and movies (because I need my lists). Here's what I've got. • A damsel for the hero to rescue – If she’s in a bind andGRIMDARK IN SCIFI?
Grimdark is a term that came from games. It originated with the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000, which was a science fiction version of Warhammer's fantasy game, with fantasy-like races that were alien, non-magical races in a dystopian space future. AFTER DARKNESS OF SETHANON, THEN WHAT? In essense, the Darkness at Sethanon was the end of the line for several of the characters, most of whom do come back, but not in any major sense. Pug, Tomas, and Macros are not among them as they don't really age. Jimmy takes a larger role than most when it comes to the Serpentwar, but even then is a bit subdued. NEWS: NEBULA AWARD WINNERS 2020 ANNOUNCED 1 day ago · As announced on the 5th June 2021, here are the nominees and winners of the Nebula Awards 2020. The winners are highlighted in red.. Novel. Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury); The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit); Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey); The Midnight Bargain, C.L. Polk (Erewhon); Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga); Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom HONEYCOMB BY JOANNE M HARRIS One of my favourite treats over the last couple of years has been reading the novellas that Joanne has been quietly forming that have rewritten the Child Ballads for a modern audience. They have been a wonderful marriage of lyrical prose and subtle yet atmospheric illustration, in little packages DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Isaac Asimov once explained that he was inspired to create his famous Robot stories because he didn’t like what he read in the pulps. In those pages, he said, there were basically two types of mechanical beings – “Robot as Menace” and “Robots as Pathos”. His robot stories were a response THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN Christopher Buehlman has made quite a respectable name for himself as a writer of horror novels, the two I’ve read I have thoroughly enjoyed (Those Across the River and the modern vampire classic, The Lesser Dead).I was very intrigued when I learned he was shifting gears slightly to epic fantasy since there’s often a dark undercurrent in many Epic Fantasy stories. WE, ROBOTS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN 100 STORIES, EDITED Anthropomorphic robots, invertebrate AIs, thuggish metal lumps and wisps of manufactured intelligence so delicate if you blinked you might miss them. The literature of robots and artificial intelligence is so wildly diverse, in both tone and intent, that our stories form six thematic collections. It’s Alive! is about inventors and their WORLD ENGINES: CREATOR BY STEPHEN BAXTER The survivors of the first book have, in an attempt to travel to the deep past and the origin point of the World Engineers, travelled to a universe where Persephone has become an Earth-like planet. When attempting to land on this Persephone II, there is an accident and some of the crew are killed. JUNE 2021 FLASH CONTEST: DOING IT THE HARD WAY THEME: Doing it the Hard Way WORD COUNT LIMIT: 1000 DEADLINE: Your local midnight, Thursday 27th JUNE 2021 Write your story, make sure it includes a reference to the theme (as obliquely and interpretive as you wish) and is within the word limit. NEW POST - NEWS: NEBULA AWARD WINNERS 2020 ANNOUNCED As announced on the 5th June 2021, here are the nominees and winners of the Nebula Awards 2020. The winners are highlighted in red. Novel Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit) Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del READING IN SCIENCE FICTION IN JUNE 2021 Understand the worry :) But I quite liked it; hope you will too! Liked the bookdidn't care for the movie though. THE VALUE OF SPECULATIVE FICTION BY NICHOLAS CONLEY The Value of Speculative Fiction by Nicholas Conley. There’s this strange idea that literary fiction and speculative fiction are in fierce opposition to each other, but in reality, both forms of literature are nothing but different techniques in which to tell a story. There’s this even stranger idea that speculative fiction—call it genre__ Contact Info
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THE RAGE OF DRAGONS BY EVAN WINTER August 20, 2019 0 Comment A young man fights through the ranks of his military to become the best fighter/swordsman so he can take revenge upon those whowronged…
Read the rest of this entry AWARDS: HUGO AWARD WINNERS 2019 August 18, 2019 0 Comment The winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards have been announced. The awards were presented at Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention. Members… Read the rest of this entry SNOW, GLASS, APPLES BY NEIL GAIMAN AND COLLEEN DORAN August 17, 2019 0 Comment It may be an understatement to say that writer Neil Gaiman is ‘hot’ at the moment. With the recent television adaptations ofAmerican Gods…
Read the rest of this entry 1944 RETRO-HUGO AWARDS ANNOUNCED August 16, 2019 2 Comments From the Hugo Awards: Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, announced the winners of the 1944 Retrospective Hugo Awards… Read the rest of this entry CROSSING OVER: INTO THE ARCHIPELAGO August 15, 2019 0 Comment Way back in the misty past of 2016, a conversation in the writers corner of the SFFWorld.com forums gave rise to a collaborativefiction…
Read the rest of this entry A SYMPHONY OF ECHOES BY JODI TAYLOR August 10, 2019 0 Comment A return to a series that I was unexpectedly pleased with reading earlier this year. This is the second book in the series involving… Read the rest of this entry THE MAGIC SYSTEM OF TANANEN BY JULIE E. CZERNEDA July 30, 2019 1 Comment One of the joys of writing fantasy is that you make the rules. If your characters use magic, you decide how. Great Cosmic Power!… Read the rest of this entry THE TOLL BY CHERIE PRIEST July 30, 2019 1 Comment Cherie Priest is a modern master of the southern gothic horror novel, her stories evoke fear with a pervading haunted atmosphere. Her latestnovel,…
Read the rest of this entry NEWS: BRITISH FANTASY AWARD 2019 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED July 27, 2019 1 Comment From the British Fantasy website: Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British… Read the rest of this entry GUNPOWDER EMPIRE BY HARRY TURTLEDOVE July 27, 2019 0 Comment If science fiction can be considered to be a physical landscape as well as a literary type, then in the realm of “what if?”… Read the rest of this entry NEWS: WORLD FANTASY AWARD NOMINEES 2019 July 25, 2019 0 Comment From the World Fantasy Award website: http://www.worldfantasy.org The winners will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention 2019 in Los Angeles, CA on October 31 –… Read the rest of this entry EMPRESS OF FOREVER BY MAX GLADSTONE July 23, 2019 0 Comment Max Gladstone is one of the smartest writers I’ve ever read, his Craft Sequence of novels have a depth few novels can approach. The… Read the rest of this entry THE SPIDER DANCE BY NICK SETCHFIELD BLOG TOUR July 22, 2019 0 Comment With The Spider Dance, Book 2 of Nick Setchfield’s occult-spy series just published, we’re very pleased to welcome him back toSFFWorld as…
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July 20, 2019 0 Comment So: today it is 50 years since Man first landed on the Moon. I’m planning to spend the day watching, reading and listening to… Read the rest of this entry ARTHUR C CLARKE’S JULY 20TH 2019 July 20, 2019 4 Comments With the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, I thought that it might be fun to look at a book that, first… Read the rest of this entry REVIEW: CHILDREN OF ARTIFICE BY DANIE WARE July 17, 2019 0 Comment Understated Science-Fantasy novels that should be collecting awards keep finding their way into my TBR pile. I’m not complaining. I love finding gems like… Read the rest of this entry EXHALATION BY TED CHIANG July 6, 2019 1 Comment In these days of constant media presence and social hype it sometimes can be quite difficult to remember that the main purpose of a… Read the rest of this entry WANDERERS BY CHUCK WENDIG July 2, 2019 0 Comment The apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic novel…one of the mainstays of Science Fiction for almost as long as the genre has been around and before, with some consideration… Read the rest of this entry FEATURED AUTHORS IN OUR UPCOMING DYING EARTHS ANTHOLOGY July 1, 2019 0 Comment If you hang out in our Writing forum, you’ve probably read about our short story anthologies. Each year, we try to wrangle novice–…
Read the rest of this entry NEWS: LOCUS AWARD WINNERS 2019 June 30, 2019 0 Comment Locus Magazine announced the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, WA, which took place June 28to…
Read the rest of this entry A VEIL OF SPEARS BY BRADLEY P. BEAULIEU (THE SONG OF SHATTERED SANDS#3)
June 25, 2019 0 Comment As readers have seen in the previous two books of The Song of the Shattered Sand epic, (Twelve Kings of Sharakai and With Blood… Read the rest of this entry WHAT THE WIND BRINGS BY MATTHEW HUGHES June 18, 2019 0 Comment What the Wind Brings by Matthew Hughes is a stand-alone, historical novel set in South America during the eighteen century. This story hasships,…
Read the rest of this entry A CLASH OF CYMBALS BY JAMES BLISH June 15, 2019 0 Comment And so, I get to the last in the Cities in Flight series, an imaginatively written but so far uneven set of novels created… Read the rest of this entrySPONSORS
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