Tag: science fiction

Why do people not read science fiction?

Carol Pinchefsky at Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show has some thoughts. It’s an interesting article all the way through, and I think she hits on some interesting possibilities, but I found it hard to finish, having run across this little fact part of the way down the page: The reasons are varied but inarguable …

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Another nice review for Lost in Translation

Dr. Robert Runte, an Aurora Award-winning Canadian SF critic and commentator and former editor, has written a glowing review of Lost in Translation for Issue 11 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, and was kind enough to send it along to me. Highlights: Edward Willett has been publishing nonfiction and award-winning SF for young adults through …

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All the Nebula Award winners…in haiku!

What the title says. Find it here. (Via Science Fiction Book Club.) A taste: 1966 – Flowers for AlgernonThis book is good ifYou can avoid thinking ofPinky and the Brain. P.S. Not sure what the Nebula Awards are? They’re kind of like the Academy Awards of science fiction (by that analogy, the Hugos would be …

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The first (non-science column) sentence I wrote today…

On April 4, Janis performed in a reunion concert with Big Brother.3,792 words on the Janis Joplin bio today, and the end is in sight; I should be polishing it up tomorrow and submitting it Wednesday at the latest. I probably would have finished it today, except, of course, this was a science column day. …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

The reinforcements from Hansen’s Harbor arrived two hours after the message went out from the grounded Sanctification. Current word count: 100,184New words this session: 4,210Percentage of novel completed: 100 Yes, that’s right. That’s the first sentence I wrote today, up above, but the last two words I wrote today on the new novel were my …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

He didn’t have any problem spotting the remaining Holy Warrior. Current word count: 95,974New words this session: 4,340Percentage of novel completed: 95.9 A record number of words today, partly because I needed to make up for not writing at all on Saturday and Sunday, and partly just because I’m SO close to reaching the end …

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A science fiction legend is no more

Sad news: Jack Williamson, who has been writing science fiction for almost as long as science fiction has existed as a genre (his first story was published in 1928, his last novel was published in 2005), died today. He was 98. His last novel was The Stonehenge Gate, published last year. I read it and …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

It took Richard only two minutes to discover that his carefully laid plans to disable the Orbital Bombardment System from the bridge would not work.Current word count: 91,634New words this session: 1,807Percentage of novel completed: 91.6 Over 90 percent done! Woo-hoo! The end (er, THE END) is near…

The first sentence I wrote today…

Emily didn’t like the way Richard looked. Current word count: 89,827New words this session: 1,814Percentage of novel completed: 89.8 No, this hasn’t turned into some kind of chicklit novel. See, Richard is injured at this point, and Emily is worried about him. She actually thinks he’s very handsome…well, for a non-genetically modified human. I hope …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

As she waited with Richard for the airlock to cycle and let them through into the Sanctification, Emily slipped her laser pistol from its holster. Current word count: 88,013New words this session: 3,280Percentage of novel completed: 88.0 Another very SFfish sentence to start with today, what with a cycling airlock and a laser pistol, to …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

The first Chris Keating knew of the arrival of the Holy Warriors aboard BPS Sanctification was the shrilling of an alarm that woke him from a deep sleep. Current word count: 84,733New words this session: 3,117Percentage of novel completed: 84.7 Two good sessions today. Just a little over 15,000 words to go to 100,000. (Whether …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

It looked like all the Holy Warriors on the far side of the shuttle were also dead or wounded…but the snipers had gotten only three of the four machine-gunners inside. Current word count: 81,616New words this session: 2,767Percentage of novel completed: 81.6 Four-fifths done…

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