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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Author of the Week

Starting next Monday, November 2nd, I will be interviewing a science fiction/fantasy author every week, as well as reviewing one or two pieces of their work. There will be questions about their pieces, getting published, the experience of being an author and a writer, how they choose their characters and why, along with many other [...]

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Tides from the New Worlds: In Orbite Medievali

Tides from the New Worlds: In Orbite Medievali by Tobias Buckell Installment 9 In Orbite Medievali is based on the idea that the Earth is not, in fact, round. What would have happened to the voyage of Christopher Columbus if the world were flat? This is an idea I haven’t read before, and it really [...]

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Tides from the New Worlds: Her

Tides from the New Worlds: Her by Tobias Buckell Installment 8 Her is a surreal work, combining science fiction and magical realism in a way that is incredibly unsettling and mind-bending. We follow a high ranking bureaucrat as he handles the ins and outs of working and living on a giant floating woman in space. [...]

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