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Tag: science fiction
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I can’t Write Fast Enough!
This is what will appear at the very end of Possum Creek Massacre. But it will be a while before that book is released, so you should get a head start on your reading. Like Books Similar to This One? Cedar can’t possibly write fast enough to satisfy most readers. Check these great authors out!…
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Spaceship Design
So I’ve been experimenting with space art again. It’s a lot of fun, which honestly is enough in and of itself. But when I start digging into rendering spaceships, it’s not just for fun. When I create science fiction cover art, I want to use ships. The distant views of nebula or galaxy are amazing,…
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The Pearly Cities of Luna
It’s like something straight out of a pulp novelist’s wildest dreams. Colonies on the moon, roofed over by nacre. But it’s got a slim possiblity of becoming a reality, if you read this paper on the generation of mother-of-pearl by bacteria. I have to shake my head a little over the concept of a spacesuited…
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One Step Closer to Brain Ships
Who hasn’t read a science fiction story involving brain implants that allow the characters to control computer interfaces? The best known, I suspect, at least to me, is the Brain Ship series, where severely physically disabled people get the chance to have adventures through their interface with a starship. Now, current science has made strides…
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New Release: Lab Gremlins
At long last! It lives, it liiiiveess! Muahahahaaaa…. Ahem. Ladies and gentlemen, readers of all ages: if you enjoy a story with a little scary, a little silly, and some very funny moments mingled with the serious, may I present to you the novella Lab Gremlins? Some of you might have read the serialization of…
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In Memoriam 2: Christopher Stasheff
This, the second part of our memorial to Christopher Stasheff, is tangential to the man. It’s a measure of his legacy, which was not only the immortal books he’d written, but the children he’d raised. One of those, Edward, became a writer as well, and here my First Reader interviewed him about living in the…
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New Book!
Not my new book, but it’s still one you should read. Written by my friend (and superior writer) Peter Grant, this is the first of a series, but you won’t have long to wait for the rest of the books. He’s written all three in the trilogy, and will be releasing one a month starting…
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Clarke’s Century
I came across an article reminding me that had he lived, Arthur C Clarke would have been 100 this year. His impact on the genre I write it, on the world I live in, is a powerful one, but it’s not entirely a positive one. I’m not knocking him – consider that he was born…
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Space Art
I’ve been making art almost daily, but for some reason I’ve been fixated on creating science fictional scenes. Digital art, and especially the fractal art, lends itself very well to this. I started teaching myself digital art in order to create covers for my own work, especially short stories as it wasn’t economically feasible to…
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Strong Women in Science Fiction: Book List
Ok, it’s not just books. It is, however, just science fiction so far as I can tell. I knew if I opened it up to fantasy as well, it would become unmanageable, so I may follow up with a second list if there is interest. As it is, I’ve got over 60 names on the…
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Double-Edged Sword of the Apocalypse
There are days that I can say and mean it from the bottom of my heart: science is scary. This is true on every day, of course, but it rarely impinges on my day-to-day reality. Kids, dogs, husband, work, writing… and then there are the science journals. The headline of this article caught my attention…
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New Arrival
It’s finally here. Two years after I’d planned, but it’s been an eventful two years! Dorothy Grant was gracious enough to write a blurb for me… she’s the queen of blurbage! Tanager’s Fledglings When the starship’s captain died midway through a run with a cargo of exotic animals, the owner gave first mate Jem one…