Showing posts with label Futuristic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Futuristic. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Yesterday's Tomorrow

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Another glance at some futuristic inventions from fiction that have come into real existence, in this case from the cartoon series THE JETSO...
Thursday, December 05, 2024

Welcome to the Future

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Recommended for fans and writers of near-future science fiction: YOU CALL THIS THE FUTURE? THE GREATEST INVENTIONS SCI-FI IMAGINED AND SCIEN...
Thursday, August 03, 2023

Retro Futures

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Watching the first few episodes of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, which takes place during Captain Christopher Pike's command of the Ent...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

Unimaginable?

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Cory Doctorow's latest LOCUS column tackles the issue of scenarios that are allegedly impossible to imagine: The Unimaginable The sp...
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Monday, August 23, 2021

Introduction: Author Karen Wiesner

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Author Karen Wiesner Creating realistic, unforgettable characters one story at a time… Just this past weekend I received an invitati...
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Monday, November 09, 2009

FFFig! Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost (or why the wrong label sucks)

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Heather and passengers have had some interesting and productive discussions on the labeling and categorizing of science fiction romance over...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Futuristics discussed on TheAuthorsShow

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The Authors Show host, Don MacCauley, wrote of my interview (which is streaming today, March 19th on http://www.TheAuthorsShow.com , "...
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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Where Fantasy Meets Science Fiction (Does it ever?)

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My brain is a blender. I've just bought a new Osterizer (TM) to turn nuts and flax/sesame/sunflower/pumpkin seeds into powder, hence the...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Cost Of Magic

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Magic costs the user. Every writer of speculative fiction or fantasy knows that. Don't they? Industrial Light and Magic (TM) has its cos...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Serendipity and Convergence (Poverty and futuristic world-building)

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Sometimes, things come together, no pun intended. This week, the world is recognizing the issue of Poverty on several days. Wednesday 15th i...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Alien Romance -- and a question of sub-genre

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Do labels help or muddy the waters? Do labels matter? To some authors, labels, subgenres and categories matter very much, especially at thi...
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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Worldbuilding in the grocery aisles

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Hybrids aren't just cars that run on more than one fuel source. There are hybrid animals, and hybrid plants which occur either naturally...
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