An Interview With Author Steven R. Boyett

Steven Boyett is a well known author as well as a DJ. His first book, Ariel, he wrote when he was just 19. He runs several successful music oriented websites, inlcuding Podrunner. He lives with his wife and a split personality, the DJ versus the Writer. Q1: What draws you to write Speculative Fiction? SB: [...]

Read Full Post »

Short Story Break: Heinlein & Tiptree

Delilah and the Space-Rigger by Robert A. Heinlein Part of the The Green Hills of Earth anthology Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Baen Books; Reprint edition (February 1, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-0671578534 It’s a well known fact that women are a serious and often dangerous distraction on high risk jobs, such as constructing a space [...]

Read Full Post »

Speculative Fiction is Still for Children

Speculative Fiction is Still for Children I don’t remember the first Speculative Fiction story I read. There are so many possible contenders; I literally cannot pinpoint which one got to me first. I read Anne McCaffrey, Brian Jacques, Tanith Lee, Bruce Coville, Philip Pullman, Piers Anthony, Madeleine L’Engle and many more, all before I got [...]

Read Full Post »

An Interview With Author Tobias Buckell

Tobias Buckell is the author of many short stories, three speculative fiction novels, plus a novel set in the Halo universe. He’s also an avid gamer, and a brand new dad to twin girls. Born in the Caribbean, he strives to include that flavor in his novels. Q1: What draws you to write science fiction [...]

Read Full Post »

Crystal Rain: Airships and Aliens

Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Tor Science Fiction (May 29, 2007) ISBN-13: 978-0765350909 John DeBrun is literally a man with no past. Washed up on the seashore 27 years ago with no memory and only the chain around his neck to tell him his name, John has managed to [...]

Read Full Post »