Reader Question: Science Fiction Definition (and Other Rhyming Goodness)(Part One)

Kelsey, a friend from Facebook and Young Writers Online, recently asked me the following question: This might be a stupid question, but what exactly defines SciFi, or what are the characteristics? Most people think (like my pitiful self) of space-ships, but I’ve also heard 1984 and other such books being called SciFi. Firstly, I want […]

SF/F Links: July Link Pie

No, there will not be any more clever rhymes, but there will be some good links. Special thanks goes to Charles Tan, Matt Staggs, and SF Signal for pointing me to a few of these. Here goes: The Daily Scott Brown calls for some more realism in vampire fiction, particularly in relation to vampire strength. […]

Movie Review: Transformers (Rise of the Fallen)

One of the more anticipated of movies this year, Transformers 2 is a sequel that knows it’s a sequel. What it lacks in narrative cohesiveness it makes up for in what I’m going to call OCCAD, or obsessive compulsive computer animating disorder. Transformers 2 occurs some two years or so after the first movie ended. […]

SF/F Links: Starting Off July

No need for introductions. Special thanks goes to Charles Tan, Matt Staggs, and SF Signal for pointing me to a few of these. Here goes: Help Orbit Books create the ugliest SF/F book cover ever. Seriously. This could be fun. Jonathan Strahan chimes in on the electronic vs. print submissions argument. You can see Scalzi’s […]