Do you ever stay up late at night, lying in the dark, with some event or conversation from the day playing over and over in your head? Each time, you think of some alternate way it could have happened, some other word you could have used, some detour you could have taken, some tip you […]
As a medium given to formulaic plot lines, mainstream television can be slow to embrace new narratives and cultural change, but the science fiction genre can take some strides, given its “futuristic” format. Star Trek justifiably comes to mind as the series legendary for the first interracial kiss on the small screen and for its […]
From the beginning, women have traveled alongside men in the exploration of our planet. So too in space. Women have served in space since Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited the globe on June 16, 1963. At the same time, men and women sought to balance the demands of career and family. As roles changed, science […]
Title: One Fell Sweep (The Innkeeper Chronicles #3) Publisher: NYLA Author: Ilona Andrews Pages: 338 pp Price: $4.99 (ebook) / $13.99 (paperback) The Hook: Dina DeMille is an Innkeeper. She runs the Gertrude Hunt, a bed and breakfast in Texas. But Dina is a very unusual Innkeeper, and the Gertrude Hunt deals with a very […]
Book Name: 2001: A Space Odyssey Author: Arthur C. Clarke First Published: 1968 Sir Arthur Charles Clarke is considered one of the “big three” founders of the genre of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Issac Asimov. He was a British science fiction author, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and a television series host. […]
The second day of the year. Just when you think you’ve made it through the holiday season and wham — we’re here to let you know that there’s one more party. But don’t worry, it’s very low-key. January 2 is National Science Fiction Day. Although not officially recognized by, well, anyone, various like-minded folks decided […]
We’re still in love with Luna Station Quarterly’s Issue 032, which came out December 1. It’s available both digitally and in print, so do check it out when you get a chance. In the meantime, we had the pleasure of talking with E.K. Wagner, author of the sci-fi short story “Running Straight” that appears in […]
Author Tabitha Lord is a woman who wears many hats. Not only is she a science fiction author, but she is also a senior editor for Book Club Babble and working on a non-fiction collection of stories connected with an awareness campaign for children with pediatric cancer. Let me take a moment to introduce myself. […]
Book Name: Red Mars Author: Kim Stanley Robinson First Published: 1993 Nebula Award Winner for Best Novel 1993 Author Kim Stanley Robinson was born in Waukegan, Illinois, but mainly grew up in Southern California. He earned a B.A. in literature from the University of California, San Diego in 1974 and gained a Masters in English […]
Book Name: The Integral Trees Author: Larry Niven First Published: 1984 Locus Award 1985 Larry Niven was born in Los Angeles, California and spent much of his childhood in Beverly Hills. His schooling has ranged from a brief stint at Cal Tec, to Washburn University in Kansas, to graduate work in mathematics at UCLA. He […]
