Thursday, December 10, 2020

Book-Love in a Time of Cholera

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That's the title of Brian Attebery's introduction to the latest issue of the JOURNAL OF THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS. He discusses how ...
Tuesday, December 08, 2020

Worldbuilding From Reality Part 15 So What Exactly Is Reality

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Worldbuilding From Reality Part 15 So What Exactly Is Reality? Previous parts in Worldbuiilding From Reality are indexed at: https:...
Saturday, December 05, 2020

Can't? Won't? Don't... (Pay)

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The purpose of copyright law is to promote the progress of useful arts and sciences , by ensuring that artists and scientists have a fair fi...
Thursday, December 03, 2020

Catastrophes and Fiction Writing

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The annual ChessieCon was held virtually this past weekend. One session explored how catastrophic events influence literature. The panelists...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Reviews 58 Divergence by C. J. Cherryh

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Reviews 58 Divergence by C. J. Cherryh  Reviews haven't been indexed yet. Divergence is the 21st Book in C. J. Cherryh's For...
Saturday, November 28, 2020

Science Fiction

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Killing people --or threatening them with a horrible death-- has been a time-honored means of suppressing inconvenient truths and fictions...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it today! We're preparing our usual turkey dinner—actually, my husband does all the hard parts...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Fictional Science or Scientific Fiction Part 2 - The Art of the Parable

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Fictional Science or Scientific Fiction Part 2 The Art of the Parable Part 1 of Fictional Science or Scientific Fiction is: https://...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Egregious (Reversal of Royalties) And Urgent

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What is the point of "selling" a book to a reader, if the middleman (an Amazon company, for instance) actively encourages the read...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Revision Habits

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I've just finished the second revision stage of my current work in progress, a light paranormal romance novella, a loose sequel to two p...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Fictional Science or Scientific Fiction Part 1 - Stephen Hawking

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Fictional Science or Scientific Fiction Part 1 Stephen Hawking   This blog is about Alien Romance, or human/non-human Soul Mates - ...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Sudden Death

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If you do a DuckDuckGo search, you will have a hard time finding a definition of "sudden death" that involves bad luck and sportsm...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

More on AI

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Cory Doctorow's latest LOCUS column continues his topic from last month, the sharp divide between the artificial intelligence of contemp...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

NetGalley And Small Publishers

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NetGalley And Small Publishers by Jacqueline Lichtenberg In 2012, I signed up for NetGalley when they were a startup, just garnering ...
Sunday, November 08, 2020

When Is A Mark Not A Mark?

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Perhaps you remember the homophone riddle from your childhood: "When is a door not a door?" Here is a link to some riddles to help...
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