crying because it was all alone). As observed in many obituaries, he was also remarkably humane. Fantasy and science fiction are packed with unreasoning monsters —“always chaotic evil”, in the old parlance ofDungeons & Dragons. Not Pratchett. Everyone in his...
Thoughts on Speculative Fiction Reviews Review: Light of the Jedi ByMarlinonFriday, April 14, 2023 Light of the JedibyCharles Soule My rating:2 of 5 stars The Light of the Jedi is the first book in Disney’s new “High Republic” era, 200 years before the Prequel trilogy during a hey...
Futuristic science fiction stories should include hybrid warfare as something that nations (or planets) would at least know about, if not perform. But while these ideas are modern and aren’t likely to be going away, let’s not rule out fantasy worlds having their own versions of hybrid war...
—Latino Spec Fic:http://www.latinospeculativefiction.com/, which publishedLatin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy, which “is the first anthology to bring together U.S. Latinos/as who are working in science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres”; edited by...
Dan Aug 292 min read Speculative fiction on the screen round up Streaming services have been chock full of wonderful speculative fiction series for several years now. Have we entered a new golden age... 0 comments Dan Aug 191 min read New Fantasy Short Story Drops today I'm abuzz with ple...
Welcome, Richard! He was the most recent person to myspeculative fiction interviewpost, and I’m looking forward to sharing his answers with all of you today. What was the first speculative story you ever remember reading? H.G. Wells’The Time Machine. It was one of the first ‘real’ ...
Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine How do you deal with having to dine on the humanity you adore? Feast on the miscreants. And don't get too close to the good ones. This is Paul Christian’s choice. A seemingly mortal man, he has numerous special abilities. Unfortunately, well, most unf...
It has an amazing concept, a very engaging and entertaining storyline and a well-developed and excellently executed plot. Overall this book has a lot to offer to its readers (ages 14+) and I would strongly recommend it to everyone who likes reading science-fiction and speculative fiction gen...
Scalzi was nominated for a Hugo Award for Old Man’s War and received praise for upending some of the genre’s tropes when it comes to military fiction in a sci-fi setting. In speculative fiction we have the ability to create environments that take what we know, like our historica...
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