Top 5 Science Fiction Mothers (in Film)
In celebration of Mother’s Day, I offer to you all my favorite science fiction mothers. There are a few lists of mothers in science fiction, but this will be one of the only lists that narrows things down specifically to heroines who are also mothers (of which there are very few) and who can be […]
Top Five Female Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy
A while back, Larry over at OF Blog of the Fallen posted this list of fives. I’ve decided to turn each into its own post on my blog, with one modification: all of them will be specific to science fiction and fantasy. Hopefully nobody will have a problem with this change. First up, as the […]
The SF Mistressworks Meme
I got this from Ian Sales, who has also done a 21st Century Mistressworks Meme (I’ll have to do that one later). The following list is taken from here. You know how it works: bold those you’ve read, italicise those you own but have not read. Feel free to post your own marked up list […]
Top 7 Repeated Science Fiction Phrases or Words That Have Become Annoying
Remember when it used to be relevant to say “repeated like a broken record” or something like that? Yeah, neither do I. But people sure sound like one these days, what with Twitter making it easier and easier to repost every “nifty” thing you’ve ever seen alongside blogs and picture sites used for the same […]
Top 6 SF/F Soundtracks of 2010
Last year was by far one of the best years for movie soundtracks, not just in terms of “good music,” but also in terms of experimentation on the part of composers (as some of my choices below will show). The year prior, of course, was a good year too, but 2010 really grabbed me, with […]
5 Traits of Highly Successful Sci Fi Authors (Guest Post by Edward Stern)
Readers enjoy science fiction because of the varied worlds of which the genre consists. Sci-fi can mean almost anything. Imagination is endless, and the more imaginative an author is, oftentimes the more readers cherish their work. However, there are definitely some common strands in the genre as a whole, and certainly some commonalities amongst its […]