Following on from my earlier post, Let’s Talk Military SF, and for those of you who are looking for something different, why not try one or two of the novels mentioned below. Each offers an alternate perspective and narrative to the category it is listed under. This is by no means a definite list, but… Continue reading
Let’s talk military SF
There is one thing you can be sure of, modern science fiction gives us plenty of choice to choose from when it comes to sub-genre. Of course, it all depends on who you speak to about what may, or may not, make it onto the list but, for arguments sake, here are a few of… Continue reading
Alpha Base Mobilisation
EXCLUSIVE: Harry J. Canis reporting — Today saw organised chaos here, in Alpha Base, as another crawler was despatched from the base to where, this reporter can only guess. Having pieced together what’s happening elsewhere through communiques with fellow colleagues at the Martian Chronicle, and eavesdropping in on conversations I’m not privy too, I know… Continue reading
Lol and OMG Toll the Death-knell of the English Language
Really? I don’t think so. English is one of those languages that begs, borrows and downright steals from other languages to the point of stalking them down dark alleys. Where, before hitting them over the head with a dangling participle, rifles through a language’s pockets in search of any word it thinks it can get… Continue reading
Unknown Assailants
EXCLUSIVE: Emily Chu reporting — This just in, international scientists and crew based at Malea Planum—who have been researching carbon dioxide ice in Mars’ south polar region—have come under attack from unknown assailants we are told in a dispatch from our reporter, Harry J. Canis. The UN base Commander, Cmdr. Patric Johanneson, has dispatched a… Continue reading
Consulting the Stars
Sometime I think that everything I ever learnt about how to write, I learnt from reading Ursula K. Le Guin novels [with humble apologies to my favourite English teacher from way back when]. Even now, I still find myself reaching for one of Le Guin’s works, not just for that spark of inspiration, but to… Continue reading