A system of ethics that depends on being “good, nice, and fair to each other” is questionable at the best of times. And becomes truly silly when applied to geopolitics. Let’s kick off with Syria. President Assad (who is bad) is a nasty guy with a
…Whether I was a better writer when I was fifteen. So begins Syer Roth: Fire Empress, the science-fantasy novel I wrote as a teenager. I found it in the spare room this morning – all 960 pages of it. The internet didn’t exist in those days so it’s wholly
Is the science fiction & fantasy short story a dying art form? Or is there a growing market driven by push-button publishing and the web? Last year the Guardian newspaper argued that SF&F short fiction was entering a golden age and Greg Hullender recently discovered
Erin Lindsey describes of the no-win situation as you dare to craft your female protagonist. She must be strong, but not so superhuman that she’s a Mary Sue. And she must be recognisably female, but not a feminine stereotype. When creating your heroine: balance is key. Like,
Bastion is a new science fiction magazine publishing digitally on the first of every month… Their cover artist is Milan Jaram and every cover is absolutely gorgeous. I love the striking images in intense shades of blue, orange, etc. They’re dramatic and eye catching. They remind me,
Traditional publishers don’t like hard SF, says an author with a creative writing MFA: Which raises a question. As writers decry the decline of hard SF, you’ve got to wonder how many traditional publishers think like her – that The Martian had no market? How many reject hard SF because they think
WIRED has written another ‘Puppies are evil’ screed about the 2015 Hugo Awards controversy: There are many reasons why I might be “angered” by previous Hugo winners. And none of them are anything to do with ‘the increasingly multicultural makeup’ of the awards: ONE Science fiction’s most prestigious