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Guest post by patrickg: Distant Suns VIII

By Guest Poster on October 13, 2009

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 [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing | Tagged Book review, fantasy, Jack Vance, Lyonesse, science fiction, sf, speculative fiction | 13 Responses

SF Saturday: Recommended reading for a teen boy?

By tigtog on June 6, 2009

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 [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Technology | Tagged orbital habitats, propulsion systems, sf, space travel | 105 Responses

How to spot bad science fiction (or fantasy)

By Kim on February 8, 2009

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 [...]

Posted in Blogging, Books, Writers & Writing, Feminism | Tagged Books, Writers & Writing, coins, criticism, cultural field, cultural studies, fantasy, feminist sf, I Ching, image, John Birmingham, literature, Philip K. Dick, photo, picture, Pierre Bourdieu, Sam Jordison, science fiction, sf, Shannan Palma, speculative fiction, Writers & Writing | 72 Responses

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