internet
Other SF Authors Who Blog
Anyone who’s reading this will probably be interested in other SF writers who blog. Very cool list from the SF Signal blog.
about the blog
Off The Pink!
Ok, I decided “S Andrew Swann’s Blog” was kind of generic. So I changed the title of my blog to something more apt to pique curiosity. If you’re reading this, and your curiosity is piqued, I’ll direct you to my Moreau series of novels… (Ok, if you’re lazy: “Off the Read more…
philosophy
Science <> Religion
Jose, over at Meme Therapy just quizzed me for one of their “Brain Parades”. One of the questions he asked me, and subsequent browsing of the site, ignited a pet peeve of mine: WOULD EVERYONE STOP TREATING SCIENCE AND RELIGION LIKE THE SAME THING?!? “No, Mr. Swann,” you say, “I Read more…
internet
Blogging the Alien
One of the more difficult things a writer can do is write about a culture that is truly alien. A lot of bad SF— especially in TV and movies— has shown alien beings that are significantly less alien to someone from a western culture than many human cultures. My own Read more…
science
Brain Dead?
When you write science fiction, you often find yourself in the position of thinking about the sciences in general. And it came home to me recently how strangely out of sync progress in medicine is in comparison with— for instance— physics or chemistry. While it’s easy to point out the Read more…
book covers
You can’t tell a book by its cover
?= A while ago I sold the Russian rights to my first four books. I cashed the check and thought little more of it. Then, one day I was googling my work and found a page in Russia. . . I did a little digging and found the cover of Read more…
about the blog
Welcome to the 21st Century
Well, after going through and giving my website a thorough updating I decided that I needed to step fully out of the mid-90s (where my site had been stuck for close to six years) and get myself a blog. So here we go.