Prometheus Awards Extravaganza

It's a libertarian sci-fi spectacular on this week's episode of Geek Gab. Listen in as Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal chat with Prometheus Award nominees Travis Corcoran, Karl Gallagher, Ken MacLeod, John Hunt, and author of The Martian, Andy Weir--who beat me for a Campbell Award, but he deserved it. Speaking of…
April 16, 2018
A Comical Tragedy in Nine Parts

A Comical Tragedy in Nine Parts

Courtesy of nonexistent Nazgûl @kaijubushi: For more short fiction that's equally insane, but in a different way, check out my new SFF short story collection Strange Matter.
April 13, 20182 Comments
Neither Holy, Roman, nor an Empire

Neither Holy, Roman, nor an Empire

Appendix N guru Jeffro Johnson responds to charges from the Big Men with Screwdrivers crowd that Star Wars is not, and never has been, science fiction. Bruce Bethke weighs in yet again on a very old argument: this nutso idea that Star Wars isn’t science fiction: “Sure, it looks like science…
December 19, 201715 Comments
Galaxy Rangers

Galaxy Rangers

Recently while messing around on YouTube I stumbled across an old animated series I hadn't seen since childhood. Chances are you don't remember The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, and that's a shame, because the show was truly groundbreaking for its time. Galaxy Rangers premiered in a long-forgotten fall TV season…
December 14, 201718 Comments
Is Science Fiction Dead?

Is Science Fiction Dead?

Over at the Cirsova blog, editor P. Alexander shares a recent anecdote that may have significant implications for professional science fiction authors. Action, Adventure, and Romance are stronger selling points than pulp, sci-fi and fantasy. I think that navel gazing explanations of throw-backs, periods, Campbellians, Futurians, the Pulp Rev, etc.…
November 21, 201715 Comments
Case in Point

Case in Point

Pursuant to yesterday's post on the internal contradictions that have left Conservatives powerless to fight the culture war, I present the following tweets: That's author Jon Del Arroz tweeting about National Review Online writer Kevin D. Williamson's response to MAGA 2020 and Beyond from Superversive Press. If Williamson's name rings a bell,…
November 14, 201714 Comments
Fools’ Gold

Fools’ Gold

A Twitter user chronicles his blocking by author Marko Kloos over a disagreement about the current and former state of science fiction. Not only was the Golden Age better written, it was not the age Kloos is thinking of. Kloos has fallen for the post-1980 memory holing of the Pulp…
October 23, 20179 Comments
Space Opera vs. Mil-SF

Space Opera vs. Mil-SF

Picking up form yesterday's post about picking the right science fiction niche, Injustice Gamer Alfred Genesson names some successful indie authors who are peeling off readers from underserved or poorly served fandoms: Brian brings up Galaxy's Edge, which is an interesting study as it's by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach,…
October 20, 201711 Comments
Cult of Worlds

Cult of Worlds

Recently on Google+, Nathan Housley pondered whether science fiction authors should stop thinking of science fiction fans as their target audience and focus on making fans of their secondary worlds. Here's Nathan: Between the current trends of science fiction marketing and that games audience link, I'm beginning to think that…
October 19, 201717 Comments
Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Apple has announced plans to revive the 1980s science fiction anthology TV series Amazing Stories for their video streaming service. Apple is close to a deal on a reboot of Amazing Stories to air as one of their first original programming attempts. Deadline reports that the company is in talks with…
October 11, 20171 Comment