SF/F Link: End of August Catchup!

No need for introductions, except this one. It’s time to dive right in: The Independent lists the 100 favorite fictional characters, as chosen by literary luminaries. It’s an interesting list, if not a little flawed. Imagination Investigation gives us the Reader Contract. Ignore the bit at the end about God and what not, but the […]

Interview w/ Kage Baker

Kage Baker is the author of The House of the Stag and many other books. You can find my review of The House of the Stag here. Special thanks to Ms. Baker for agreeing to do this interview. Here goes: Thank you for agreeing to this interview. First, can you tell us briefly about yourself? […]

Interview w/ Nicole Kimberling

Nicole is the author of Turnskin, an interesting tale that I reviewed not too long ago. Additional thanks goes to her for taking the time out of her day to do this interview. Thanks for doing this interview. First, can you tell us a bit about yourself? What drew you into authorhood and why fantasy? […]

Reader Question: Future Definitions

Bowie of Young Writers Online was on a role when he was asking questions. Here goes: Realistically speaking, would we consider a “holo-vid” a television or would we somehow adapt to calling it a “holo-vid”? Most likely we would call it a hol0-vid, or whatever term was created to describe that new technology. New advances […]

GFTW’s SF/F/H Book Reviewer Meme, 2nd Edition

John Ottinger of Grasping For the Wind has posted an updated version of his famous SF/F/H book reviewer meme. And now I’m posting it here so you all can check some of these great reviewers out. You’ll have to click the read more in order to see the list, because the darn thing is too […]

Reader Question: Lingual Formalities, Schmalities

If memory serves me, this question comes from Bowie of Young Writers Online: In most science fiction and fantasy stories, people speak in a more formal way. Why is that? Is it to reinforce the idea that it’s a different world than we know? Firstly, it’s not true that most SF/F resorts to formal modes […]