Guest post: Hiking in Shifting Sands: On loving dunes and Dune by Wendy N Wagner
Frank Herbert’s Dune and I begin in the same place: the central Oregon coast. The sand dunes blanketing the forty-mile stretch between the towns…
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Guest post: Manufacturing Myths: How a Crime Writer Used Mythology to Learn How to Write Science-Fiction by Nik Korpon
I never meant to write a science-fiction novel. In the early incarnations of The Rebellion’s Last Traitor—which was called Mount Joy at that point…
Article: The Joy of Futures Past
“Secret pleasures” time…. or perhaps not so much of a secret. Those of you who read the Forums here at SFFWorld may have noticed…
Guest post: Death, Dying and Epic Fantasy By Gail Z. Martin
People die a lot in epic fantasy. Yes, everyone blames GRRM for that, but was a trend long before Game of Thrones. The body…
A Brief Retrospective of Tad Williams’s MEMORY, SORROW and THORN
When Tad Williams published The Dragonbone Chair, the first installment of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy, fantasy was in a transition state, though…
Guest post: Climate Fiction is Good for our Genre (and for us!) by Brenda Cooper
I participated in March for Science in Washington D. C. The signs were fabulous. The single topic that marchers depicted the most often was…
Guest Post: Paul Trinetti talks about his Political SciFi Thrillers
When I began writing my political/sci fi thrillers in the Vexton Series back in 2012, I had a deep interest in the topic of…
Article: Circuses in Space!
Well, not quite. (Sorry!) But a recent discussion in the SFFWorld Forums, not to mention a certain recent news article, got me thinking about…
Five reasons to make Magic: The Gathering the next game you try by Titus Chalk
Author and Magic buff Titus Chalk says there’s no better time to take up the iconic fantasy card game. There’s a strong chance, if…
Open Road Media Partners with Humble Bundle to Celebrate Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy
OPEN ROAD MEDIA PARTNERS WITH HUMBLE BUNDLE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY New York, NY; March 22, 2017 —Two iconic science fiction…
Otherworldly Perspective: 5 Science Fiction Novels Written From an Alien’s Point of View by Oliver Thiermann
Typically, in science fiction, stories are told from the point of view of the most relatable characters. Scrappy human freedom fighters, rebels, and malcontents…
Happy Birthday, 2000AD!
In these days of declining sales and reduced markets, it’s always good to pass on a success story. Mark tells of the influence of…
Guest Post: I thought it would be easy to destroy Earth. Oh, was I naïve by Sue Duff
I thought it would be easy to destroy Earth. Oh, was I naïve . . . I’ve always loved the control that I feel…
Guest Post: Why I Wrote SOLERI By Michael Johnston
I was in an undergraduate art history lecture, sometime in the early nineties, when the idea for the book first came to me. The…
Guest post: Horror and Romance by Avon Gale
I’ve always loved scary stories. I remember reading Stephen King books when I was probably way too young, starting with “Pet Sematary” when I…
SFFWorld Review of the Year 2016: Part 3 Film & TV
It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the last decade or so, we have dragged ourselves from the revelries here…
SFFWorld Review of the Year 2016: Part 2 – Science Fiction
Books of the Year 2016 Best of 2016 – Part 2 It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the…
SFFWorld Review of the Year 2016: Part 1 – Fantasy
Books of the Year 2016 Best of 2016 – Part 1 It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the…
Article: Christmas Book Collection
OK: it’s nearly time for that celebration of Winter, these days a celebration whether you are religious or not. Out in the wilds…
Cover reveal – J. L. Doty talks about the Inspiration and Development of The Dead Among Us
Never Dead Enough, book three in J-L- Doty’s self-published urban fantasy series, The Dead Among Us is going to be released on February 1st…
