The Clarke Award is the prize for the best science fiction novel, so we consider each element of that: we define ‘science fiction,’ we define ‘best’ and we define ‘novel.’ There is not a minimum word count, but we do say it has to be a substantial work. So, we tend to pre...
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Though I read A Fire upon the Deep once and enjoyed it, I've read A Deepness in the Sky at least half a dozen times, and consider it my favorite hard sci-fi novel, period. Vernor Vinge was one of the first people to propose the idea of the technological singularity, and the near-...
In this episode they get to interview 8 characters from them (well if you count the many versions of one of this actors parts)! So if you are into Star Trek you already know that they are interviewing Jeffrey Combs who is one of most versatile actors in Sci Fi TV today and you will...
You’ve written the entire novel and realized none of it makes any sense after the first page? Not even the gods can help you, my friend. So, it’s time to read through what you’ve done. If you’ve outlined, it may help to see where your story and your outline starts to divert...
Sci-Fi Glitch Govil (of Glitch: Redemption, by Roy Jones) Dear readers, tonight with us is someone who’s been called by many epithets — Mercenary, Vigilante, Killer, Saviour, Destroyer, Hero, Villain, Enhanced, Broken, Assassin, Protector, and, also definitely, possibly, certainly, ...
William Gibson‘s Sprawl sci-fi adventure Count Zero (1986). Several years after the events of Gibson’s debut novel, Neuromancer, Bobby Newmark, a small-time computer hacker who calls himself “Count Zero,” uses an unknown piece of software to infiltrate a closely guarded data defense networ...
1 Jan 2024byscifihughf 0 So what is a 3D interface? These examples, although fictional, demonstrate that “3D” can be used in different ways. InJurassic ParkandHackers,3D graphics are used to create a richer display with more information density, though it is not photorealistic. TheJurassic...
John McGuireis writer of the sci-fi novel:The Echo Effect. He is also the creator/author of the steampunk comicThe Gilded Age.If you would like to purchase a copy, go here! Click hereto join John’s mailing list and receive preview chapters of upcoming novels, behind the scenes looks ...
The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel (P.S.) Another deliberate book, The Golem and the Jinni is as much a historical or literary novel as it is a fantasy, following the travails of a naive young golem woman and a hot-headed jinni newly freed from his lamp. The characters are three-dim...