io9: Worth Reading or Consumerist Fluff?

Mulluane recently suggested I should talk about this topic. I’ve been avoiding it under the assumption that nobody really wants to hear what I think about the enormous blog site io9 and whether I agree with some folks out there that think it’s largely a meaningless place for literature enthusiasts. SF Signal has already asked […]

Aliens and Spaceships Do Not a Science Fiction Make

Recently in my South African Literature course my professor, in talking about Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People, mentioned that the story, while not based on any sort of reality that we understand to exist, is also not a science fiction story because it doesn’t contain aliens or spaceships or anything like that. I, obviously, disagreed, but […]

New Scientist: Transporters Are Real?

Recently New Scientist had an article about scientists who had managed to transport ions across a room. They didn’t put it in a box and walk it over. No. They actually transported it. As in: Poof, it’s there! Pretty incredible if you ask me. Maybe we’ll do two ions this time. And then a goldfish! […]

Rejection: Artemis

No, you haven’t seen this post before.  I’ve simply been rejected in record time.  And no, I’m not upset.  It shall be submitted elsewhere! Anywho!

Rejection: Artemis

I keep getting rejected on this darn story. Oh well, it’ll go off to some other place soon. *poof*

Readers, Authors, and GRRM: Angry Over Waiting (for the next book)?

Apparently the blogosphere is alive with discussion of fan reactions to George R. R. Martin’s rather long writing periods between installments of the A Song of Fire and Ice series. Some folks agree and are either dropping GRRM from their libraries or simply bitching about it; others are defending GRRM and bitching about everyone else. […]