Guest post by patrickg: Distant Suns VIII
The latest installment in an occasional series on speculative fiction by guest poster patrickg: Distant Suns: Nuncupatory questions. Any other writer with Jack Vance’s bibliography (well over fifty novels), and his years of activity, would be a legend in the [...]
SF Saturday: Recommended reading for a teen boy?
My son is currently absolutely fascinated by the idea of space propulsion systems and orbital habitats. He has just possibly been playing too much Halo. He’s full of questions and schemes for writing his own stories/future world. He’s got to [...]
How to spot bad science fiction (or fantasy)
The SFnal post of the year (so far) has to be Shannan Palma’s “How to know if you’re reading a bad book” at the Feminist SF Blog. Well worth reading! A couple of related posts – buying into the whole [...]




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