Showing posts with label S. M. Stirling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label S. M. Stirling. Show all posts
Thursday, February 06, 2025

Historical Domain Characters

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I've recently read a mystery trilogy set a couple of years before the American Revolution and starring Abigail Adams, written by Barbara...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

Changing the Past

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I've recently finished the latest book by S. M. Stirling (best known for alternate history SF), a time-travel adventure, TO TURN THE TID...
Thursday, June 06, 2024

Leave Them Wanting More?

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Here's an essay by Cory Doctorow about fiction, movies, and games giving audiences what they need instead of what they want, or think th...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Based on a True Story

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Historical fiction typically places invented characters and plotlines against the backdrop of real events, sometimes including encounters wi...
Thursday, February 02, 2023

Vampires Rule

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I recently read a novel with an unusual slant on a world ruled by vampires, DAY BOY, by Trent Jamieson. It takes place in a rather dreary po...
Thursday, December 06, 2018

Alternate Timelines

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One of my favorite authors, S. M. Stirling, recently launched a new alternate-history series with BLACK CHAMBER, published in July of this y...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Biology Marches On

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I'm currently reading, little by little, a book by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (best known for THE SELFISH GENE), THE ANCESTO...
Thursday, March 01, 2018

From the Dark Places

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I'm thrilled to announce that my horror novel with romantic elements FROM THE DARK PLACES has been re-released. It's one of my books...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Optimistic Disaster Fiction

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In the current LOCUS, Cory Doctorow writes about his forthcoming novel WALKAWAY, which he labels a "utopian disaster novel." In a ...