First in what I hope to be a ongoing series on the technical aspects of writing fiction, particularly genre fiction, and even more particularly, SF/Fantasy fiction. A challenge to all writers, and SF/Fantasy writers in particular, is the troublesome need to get across all the important background details that the Read more…
This is from a friend of mine in college radio. While I’m all for IP rights, it irks me when someone steps between me and my rights just to enrich themselves. Not to mention the Kafkaesqe red tape is truly frightening: WCSB 89.3 FM in Cleveland and other college radio Read more…
About the other anthology: My story “Fealty” is about the strange return home of a knight from the siege of Antioch, and his final crusade. From the cover blurb: Assassins—are they born or made? Do they choose this role out of necessity, because someone or something forces them to, or Read more…
As requested, a little info on the antho and my story in it. My story, “The Historian’s Apprentice,” is in large part a homage to Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun. It is a far-future Dying Earth story set long after an apocalyptic man-machine war that’s left the moon Read more…
Just got covers for two anthologies that are going to contain my stuff: Places to Be, People to Kill will be coming out June 2007, will contain the story “Fealty.” Man vs. Machine will be out July 2007, and will contain “The Historian’s Apprentice.”
My post on the definition of SF has spawned another discussion . . . It’s kind of fun seeing how my comments morph elsewhere on the net.
Pondering lists of movies got me thinking, in true stream-of-consciousness fashion, about what actually defines the genre. After all, quite a lot of purists have tried to say that Star Wars should be rightly categorized as Fantasy, and the Incredibles— and superhero stories in general– seem to step outside any Read more…
Short comparison of my top ten list vs. top ten SF movie rankings on IMDB (as of 2/7/07): Common Films:Star Wars, Metropolis, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner On the IMDB list, not mine:Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Incredibles. On my list, not IMDB:The Day the Earth Read more…
I’ve written about what makes a bad SF film. I thought I’d post my thoughts on a few good ones. I decided to make a list of what I consider the top 10 SF films of the 20th century. There are omissions that I know will tick people off, but Read more…